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“A blindfolded monkey throwing darts at a newspaper’s financial pages could select a portfolio that would do just as well as one carefully selected by experts.”

Burton Malkiel wrote this in his 1973 book "A Random Walk on Wall Street," which sparked much debate. Without a doubt! The entire foundation …

In technical analysis, a head and shoulders pattern is widely used. A specific chart formation indicates a trend reversal from bullish to bearish. The pattern appears as a baseline with three peaks, the outside two of which are close in height and the middle of which is the highest. 

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What is a central bank? 

A central bank is a public institution with a monopoly over the financial system. It performs financial and banking services for the government and commercial banks. Therefore, it is of great importance to the economy as a whole. The respective Monetary Policy Framework defines its …

We’ve talked a lot about the importance of a trading journal and discipline. Easier said than done. In the support chat, clients share: "I'm getting tired of recording my deals in the trading journal." We’ve got three methods to turn your journaling into the best part of trading.  
 

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Trading, like every sphere of activity, involves events we can't control. In trading, such events make trends. It is impossible to influence trends if you are not Elon Musk, but you can try to anticipate them. Let's learn how to identify the trends and profit from them!

A trend is …

In the crypto market, there are Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake types of cryptocurrencies. For instance, the well-known Ethereum has long been a PoW coin but soon it’ll switch to PoS. What does it all mean? Is Proof-of-Work better to invest in than Proof-of-Stake or the other way around? Read the following …

Musicians need notes, architects can’t work without schemes, and traders are paralyzed without… charts. What makes trading charts so confusing for a newbie? Why are they different instead of being standardized? Why do people use candlestick charts instead of simple line charts? The answers are below in this article. Let’s …

“The more I trade, the more I feel I suck at trading," We meet phrases like this around trader forums and even in our support chat. Many traders meet negative emotions and feelings but not everyone can handle them. Here are the tips from experts of Grand Capital on how …

When novice traders start their path in financial markets, they immediately realize how complex and unpredictable the market moves are. We can agree to some extent: yes, the market is complex; no, we don’t think it is totally unpredictable. This article will show you several ways to identify the trend …

What is a Stop Loss? 

It is a pending order that helps limit possible losses during trading. A Stop Loss is automatically triggered when the price reaches a pre-set level. This is the level you define beforehand as the maximum allowed value for a price movement in an unfavourable direction.  …