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Hot under the collar – My market experiences by Alan Hill part 4

Time to perform! The Corporate salesman asking me the price had a client on the line with a reputation for trying to drive the market....

Top four common mistakes in currency trading business

Top four common mistakes in currency trading business Everyone thinks trading is the easiest profession in this world. The rookie traders fund their trading...

Risk Management is a Practical Issue

It must be personal to your strategy What is the number one reason we lose money trading FX? No, it is not getting the market wrong...

Global Crisis Viewed from Afar – Market Experiences by Alan Hill p.11

Casual comment heralds a meltdown When I lived in Riyadh, I used to play golf with the Managing Director of Saudi British Bank, the nationalized...

Can we still pay the Bonus? – Market Experiences by Alan Hill p.10

LTCM Collapse almost brings economy to its knees One of the most enduring and downright unbelievable quotes from my entire trading career was publicized following...

Castles Truly Built on Sand – Market Experiences by Alan Hill part 12

Dubai comes close to collapse The ludicrous situation by which virtually anybody could by a property was exacerbated by the sheer volume of new property...

Oh, What a Night

The creation of a truly twenty-four-hour market! In the early nineties, the FX market was disjointed and split into three very distinct segments each with...

How to Start Trading Forex: 4 Simple Steps

Everyone knows that you can make money on Forex, but how to do it and where to start is unclear. In this article, we...

The Successful Traders Template

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