This week’s strategy video covers a very important scenario that all traders come across – trend breakouts that don’t turn out as expected. Textbooks say that if a trendline breaks, then that’s it – another direction is certain. David explains why this isn’t necessarily true and he gives us illustrations and examples of the so-called false breakouts and shows you how to identify them. Making the distinction between trend reversals and false breakouts can make all the difference in your portfolio as they usually happen at critical levels. These can be where support and resistance are determined or the boundaries of trend channels making it harder for traders to determine […]
In this week’s vlog David focuses on the dollar index as political events in the U.S. have charged the currency and it dropped 2% over the last five trading days. President Trump’s impact has been higher than usual after he fired the director of the FBI. The strategy session this time around looks at the triangle pattern, one of the most widely utilised formations in chart analysis. David uses real chart examples from the USD/JPY to demonstrate breakouts in either direction of the triangle and what usually follows them. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall […]
Continuing with the theme of trading patterns David explains one of the most popular setups in the trading world – the “Head and Shoulders” formation. Using real examples he shows us how to interpret it when it happens, as well as the potential pitfalls of relying too much on similar formations that are not confirmed with indicators or the larger trend. Among the highlights that David is looking forward to this week are the CPI and Average Earnings data from the UK and the GDP number for Japan, respectively the GBP/USD and USD/JPY. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment […]
In this video David explains the idea of profiting when the price of an instrument is going down. This is one of the main aspects of the market and its participants and more importantly, it’s something that traders can take advantage of – no matter where the market is headed, a profit can be made in both directions, as long as you can predict it. David breaks down what initially looks like a hard concept into details and shows you how to use short selling in your trading strategy. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall […]
In this week’s explanational video, David Jones will be talking about Double Top and double bottom setups and how we could take advantage of them. He also shares with us his insights on key events for the week ahead and finally he includes a technical analysis on last weeks sell of Crude Oil. 00:49 – What to look ahead for this week 01:43 – Strategy session (DB & DT) 07:21 – Technical Analysis on Oil At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall and rise. Capital at risk. CFDs are higher risk because of leverage.
In this week’s explanational video, David Jones will be talking about Simple Moving Average trading strategies and how they can improve our trading performance overall. He also shares with us his insights on key events for the week ahead like FOMC (Wednesday) and Nonfarm payrolls (Friday) and finally he includes a technical analysis on the Dow Jones Industrial Index. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall and rise. Capital at risk. CFDs are higher risk because of leverage.
In this week’s vlog David talks about another popular trading indicator used by Forex and stock traders – Moving Averages. As the name implies this is an indicator based on price averages over certain periods of time that form lines which act as support and resistance levels. David takes us through the basics of the indicator and its most popular variation – Simple Moving Average (SMA). The trading preview for the week is focused on the GBP/USD pair as political events have made it more dynamic and a suitable setting for demonstrating moving averages in a real environment. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should […]
In another video about risk management in trading, David focuses our attention on Take Profit orders and setting them at certain levels. Combined with a Stop Loss order this setup lets you trade almost automatically but you can still close or change your position whenever you want to. Finding the right Take Profit levels is perceived as being easier than identifying Stop Loss ones and hence they don’t get that much attention. But they are definitely as equally as important as the latter. Regardless of what you’re trading, be it Forex pairs, gold, oil or even Bitcoin, taking your profits at the right time can make the difference in your […]
In this week’s video we stick with the RSI but this time we delve deeper into how to interpret it. We look at certain setups that allow us to gauge the strength of a trend and show us if it’s changing direction. These setups are called bullish and bearish divergences and are one of the more useful features of the RSI. David also takes us through the coming week’s main events and how they’ll impact the Forex market focusing on the EUR/USD pair. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall and rise. Capital at risk. CFDs […]
This week’s vlog sees David discussing in depth one of the most popular indicators – the Relative Strength Index. Commonly known as the RSI it’s perhaps the most widespread indicator when it comes to analysing if markets are overbought or oversold. David picks gold as his focus for the coming week which is packed with inflation data from the UK and the U.S., as well as the first quarterly reports from earnings season. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can fall and rise. Capital at risk. CFDs are higher risk because of leverage.
