Why Smart Traders Trade the Price Story, Not Indicators

There is an apparent enthusiasm among traders nowadays to add indicators to charts that resemble modern art more than market analysis. RSI, MACD, moving averages, stochastic oscillators, Bollinger Bands, volume profiles, and so many more.  While these tools do have their place in some strategies, many traders forget the fundamental truth: price...

June 30, 2025
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3 Key Takeaways From the June FOMC Meeting

1. Inflation Uncertainty  While recent data has shown core inflation moderating, core PCE is on track to average below target at just 1.6% annualised over the past three months. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear that concerns about future inflation, especially from tariffs, remain top of mind. “If you just look backwards at t...

June 24, 2025
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The US Entering the War – What Does It Mean for Oil?

The US has entered the Israel-Iran war. However, despite an initial 4 per cent surge on the open, oil has settled where it has been since the conflict began in early June — around US$72 to US$75 a barrel. Trump claims the attacks from the US on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend are a very short, very tactical, one-off. This is someth...

June 24, 2025
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Scaling In and Scaling Out: Advanced Position Management for Every Market

Position management is one of the most overlooked skills in trading. The shiny new entry setups seem to proliferate our social media channels, while position management receives little airplay. Yet it can be what separates a trader who rides price moves with clarity on when to take action, from one who repeatedly watches their unrealised profits...

June 23, 2025
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Imposter Trader Syndrome: Why Confidence Matters as Much as Analysis

Have you ever stared at your charts, perfectly certain your setup is valid, then right when you are ready to press the entry button, you freeze, tweak the setup, or abandon it altogether? If so, then you have probably experienced what I call the ‘Imposter Trader Syndrome’. Irrespective of trading experience or the evidence-based nature of...

June 20, 2025
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The CFD Trader’s Guide to Corporate Actions

Ignoring corporate actions is a common pitfall many CFD traders fall into. Longing or shorting the underlying share is rooted in technical and fundamental analysis, and simple dividend payouts or buybacks feel unimportant to the trading strategy. However, even though you’re trading an instrument whose value is determined by the movement of an ...

June 19, 2025
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Oil Price Reality: Are We Destined for New Highs, or Just Another False Alarm?

Oil has been thrust back into the spotlight as the negative catalyst for markets. The events over the weekend highlight just how fragile the Middle East is and how it will shape global trading in the second half of 2025. Putting Iran in an oil-specific perspective, despite rising geopolitical tensions, the potential for sustained disruptions to ...

June 16, 2025
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Israel-Iran Conflict: How Markets Are Reacting and What Traders Need to Know

Last week, the simmering geopolitical situation in the Middle East took a dramatic turn with Israel launching large-scale airstrikes on Iran. Primarily targeting nuclear and missile sites and key Iranian leaders, fears are increasing of a move towards Iran developing local nuclear development capability..  In the days since, Iran has retaliated...

June 16, 2025
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Beating Trading FOMO: How to Enter and Exit Without Fear of Missing Out

Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is a powerful psychological force that can completely derail your trading potential. It can alter meticulously planned trading decisions, right at the time you’re meant to execute. Having spent many years as a trading coach, FOMO is something I have seen far too often. It masquerades as an urgency to be “in the mar...

June 9, 2025
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Start Smart: Pre-Market Trading Preparation and Downloadable Checklist

Introduction: The Moment Before the Move There is one key habit that appears to separate consistent high-performance traders from the rest, i.e. they fully prepare before engaging in the “battle of the market”. Before a position is amended or a new order is placed, professional traders engage in a ritual or daily agenda (as many of you ha...

June 5, 2025
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Mastering the Art of Partial Closes: A Practical Guide to Managing Trade Risk

Introduction As any experienced trader has seen in the reality of the market, knowing when and how to exit trades is arguably as important, if not more important, than knowing when to enter. We have invested a lot of time on Inner circle webinars discussing exit approaches not only in terms of management of potential capital risk i.e. the potent...

June 2, 2025
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It’s oh so quiet, but for how long?

In the words of Bjork’ 90s indie hit  “Oh So Quiet” – It's, oh, so quiet Shhhh, Shhhh, It's, oh, so still Shhhh, Shhhh, You're all alone Shhh, Shhh And so peaceful until… Until… that is the question, and considering it is ‘peaceful’, it's probably best to review the minutes from the Fed as it is signalling that the quiet time...

May 30, 2025
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Practical Tips for Trading Cryptocurrencies with More Confidence

Introduction As many of you will know, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and an increasingly wide range of other cryptocurrencies have become one of the most closely followed asset classes globally by investors and traders alike. This, combined with the ability to trade these assets using CFDs, has simply added not only to their popularity but also provided yo...

May 27, 2025
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From Pattern to Profit: From idea to strategy – A Roadmap

Introduction: Why Seeing Patterns Alone Is no more than a start point Many traders begin their journey by being taught and then noticing visual patterns on charts such as a two-bar reversal, a classic triangle, double top or maybe a series of wicks that seem to regularly signal a turning point. These patterns often look compelling, especially wh...

May 21, 2025
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Is It Blue Sky for Here, or Are We Facing a Cruel Joke?

We want to point out some interesting statistics that have us asking, Are we in a blue sky world or a cruel joke? Since the April 7th intraday lows, equities have done some astonishing things. The S&P 500 is now up 22% from that low. On April 8th, the S&P was down 15% year to date, yet it took just 25 trades from that closing low to reve...

May 19, 2025
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