Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for May 29, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. As bitcoin becomes more useful as money and is spendable in more and more places, it's easy to get…
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Your Weekly Trading Review by UFX.com – Sunday, December 24th, 2017 These major financial events set the tone for the past week. Let’s take a look at how they affected the global financial markets: Gold rose by +0.65%, ending at $1,278.80. Crude Oil rose by +0.19%, closing at $58.47 a barrel. The DOW fell by -0.11%, closing…
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Most financial instruments, like the majority of we people, take the weekend off. Even when weekend trading is offered by online brokers on key currency pairs or indices, it usually occurs with very low volume and little price movement barring any market-moving news, basically there to allow traders to adjust positions or hedge open positions…
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Following a two month long climb seeing Bitcoin rise from under $1,000 in late March to over $2,700 late last week, Friday and weekend trading activity in the world's leading digital currency have brought Bitcoin back to earth, just a little, on a wild roller coaster ride of volatility. After hitting an intraday and all-time…
Read moreThe following guest post is one of a series courtesy of Marco Streng, CEO and Co-founder of Genesis Mining. [divide] The value of Bitcoin has been indisputably volatile since its inception. Rising from only a few cents in 2010 to over $1,200 in 2013 then dropping down to $400 where it has remained for much of…
Read moreThe following guest post is one of a series courtesy of Marco Streng, CEO and Co-founder of Genesis Mining. [divide] The price of Bitcoin is extremely volatile and has been since inception. It is not uncommon for the price to increase or decrease 10%, 20% or even 30% in a single day. From the outside, this…
Read moreIt is always interesting when a CFD broker gives us a glimpse into what is going on behind the scenes, such as what instruments are actually traded. And Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has done just that, revealing to LeapRate their top-traded instruments over the past three days across a variety of sectors - Forex, Stocks, Commodities,…
Read moreLeverage on Bitcoin raised to 20x as Bitcoin trading risk is perceived lower. LeapRate Exclusive.... Very quietly, retail forex brokers have become more comfortable adding Bitcoin trading, while at the same time relaxing the conditions of trading for their customers. These changes are coming as Bitcoin volatility has subsided somewhat, and as traders become more…
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