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Browse trading-related articles aimed at all levels of experience, covering trading basics through to more technical and strategic topics.
Our article library has been organised into four categories below: trading strategies, trading basics, fundamental analysis and technical analysis & charting.
Learn about different trading strategies, how they can help your trading and how to develop them.
Learn to trade the US non-farm payrolls data
Learn how to trade one of the most important data releases of the month.
Trading strategy
Considerations when defining trading goals
Setting precise trading goals can help to enhance one's profit potential when trading the financial markets.
Trading strategy
5 powerful forex trading strategies
There are numerous trading strategies, including technical and fundamental analysis, that you could use to improve your forex trading potential.
Trading strategy
Tracking the world: which markets can I trade?
In this brief introduction to the global markets, we take a look at some of the key markets you can trade and outline a few factors you should consider before making your choice.
Trading strategy
How to swing-trade stocks
Learn swing trading basics and gain valuable insights into five of the most popular swing trading techniques and strategies.
Learn stop loss trading
Learn how leverage magnifies risk, and that while it can increase your potential profit, it can also increase potential losses.
Trading strategy
What to do with big wins
It's important to know how to handle these wins in a way that won't negatively affect your trading strategy and future trades.
Trading strategy
CFD pattern recognition
Learn how pattern recognition technology could help you with your trading. Our pattern recognition scanner automatically scans over 120 of our most popular CFD and spread betting products approximately every 15 minutes, including forex, indices, commodities and shares, for common chart formations such as triangles, wedges and channels.
Trading strategy
What is spread in forex?
In forex trading, the spread is the difference between the bid (sell) price and the ask (buy) price of a currency pair.
Trading strategy
Creating a trading strategy template
A trading strategy template is a set of defined rules and steps that a trader can follow for every trade that they place.
Trading strategy
These articles cover trading basics, from risk management to common mistakes and tips from experiened industry analysts.
Top 3 trading mistakes & how to avoid them
Learn about the three most common mistakes new traders make and how to avoid them.
Trading basics
What is commodity trading?
Learn about the large range of commodity instruments you can trade, from oil and gas to metals like gold, and soft commodities like sugar.
Trading basics
A simple guide to risk management
What does risk management actually entail what is the best way of implementing it in your trading?
Trading basics
Top tips from successful traders
See top trading tips from some of the world's best traders.
Trading basics
How to trade penny stocks
Penny stocks are usually characterised by high volatility and are seen as high-risk stocks but with the possibility of significant growth.
Trading basics
Trading review: learning from your mistakes
When it comes to evaluating your trading performance, it's useful to review past trades to identify possible areas of improvement.
Trading basics
Module linking explained
The majority of modules within the Next Generation web platform can be linked together to make navigating the platform features easier and more efficient.
Trading basics
Top 10 platform hints
Learn more about the Next Generation trading platform with our top 10 tips.
Trading basics
Fundamental analysis is often considered to be the cornerstone of trading and investing, and focuses more on economic wellbeing than pricing and charting.
Trading on news & economic announcements
Learn how news events and economic announcements can affect the markets and how to trade on the accompanying volatility.
Fundamental analysis
How to trade non-farm payrolls
Learn about how this eagerly-awaited key economic indicator impacts the financial markets and how to trade it.
Fundamental analysis
What's the difference between technical & fundamental analysis?
Discover the differences between fundamental and technical analysis so you can pick the technique best suited to your trading personality.
Fundamental analysis
Real-time market calendar
Our live market calendar, powered by Thomson Reuters, displays real-time information.
Fundamental analysis
Learn how you can incorporate technical analysis into your trading to identify trading opportunites on charts.
5 key technical analysis techniques
Learn how to incorporate these five technical analysis techniques into your strategy to help you identify trading opportunities.
Technical analysis & charting
How to choose the right chart timeframes
Choosing the right chart timeframe for the instruments you want to trade is an important part of the trading process.
Technical analysis & charting
Trading chart patterns guide
Chart patterns are used by traders and analysts to identify potential entry and exit points in the markets.
Technical analysis & charting
What is Fibonacci trading?
Fibonacci retracements are a popular form of technical analysis used to predict future potential price support and resistance levels.
Technical analysis & charting
The six tenets of Dow Theory
The Dow Theory, a financial markets theory developed by Charles H. Dow, rests on six basic tenets that were a precursor to modern-day technical analysis.
Technical analysis & charting
The Elliott Wave Theory
The Elliott Wave Theory breaks down the price fluctuations of financial markets into cycles, each comprising of eight "waves" with specific characteristics.
Technical analysis & charting
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