In the retail foreign exchange business, everyone believes that this field is dominated by only two front-end trading platforms from one company – Met[……]
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Currency Crises and How to Anticipate Them
In the early 1990s, many global fund managers invested in countries like Thailand, Mexico, and Russia to “catch the wave” in emerging market developme[……]
Benzinga Fintech Summit Highlights
The inaugural Benzinga FinTech Summit in San Francisco on September 28th was a whirlwind event for the international FinTech industry. Attendees h[……]
Currency Trading Strategies in the Medium Run
Which factors determine foreign exchange rates in the medium run (year to year) and what strategies do foreign exchange traders use to leverage that?[……]
Three Factors that Determine Foreign Exchanges Rates in the Short Run
While the three main determinants of long-run exchange rates are purchasing power parity, productivity trends, and the savings/investment balance tren[……]
The Psychology Behind Foreign Exchange Trading Decisions
by Christopher Chen
Previous posts talked about understanding the foreign exchange market using a traditional economic model. These traditional mod[……]
Spot, Swap, Spread: Foreign Exchange Terms Defined
by Christopher Chen
The foreign exchange market has a trading volume of $5.3 trillion per day. The market functions like any other market – buyers[……]
The Law of One Price and Arbitrage
by Christopher Chen
The Law of One Price is the economic theory that identical goods sell for the same price after exchange rates are taken into co[……]
Currency Trading Strategies in the Long Run
by Chris Chen
The most common analytic to determine a long run foreign exchange rate is purchasing power parity (PPP). However, the system has limi[……]
Technical Trading, Currency Carry, and Momentum Strategies
by Christopher Chen
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, 730 delegates from the Allied nations convened in a New Hampshire hotel to discuss[……]