Because it is released much earlier. The Tokyo Core CPI being released today is from this month, the National Core CPI being released today is from the previous month. The National CPI reading is only a slightly more accurate gauge of inflation, but ...

Why is Tokyo CPI higher impact than Japanese National CPI?

+1. Thousands and thousands of threads, books and websites have been written about the psychology of trading ..... people lap it up, because it's something they feel they can control. But if a trader simply lacks the intellect required to identify ...

Emotion - the biggest weakness of the trader

I don't keep records of my trades as well as I should, but here is a couple of trades I have a record of: Accumulating U/J in late 2014, as it rose from 1.08 to 1.20: url - I've caught a few good moves on JPY since Abe's election, but that trade ...

What is the best trade you have ever made?

News reports don't get leaked to anybody ahead of time, that's a myth. Believed by people who almost certainly believe a whole lot of other crap too.

Technicals Vs. Fundamentals?

No, and in this day and age I don't think you'll find many long term profitable traders who agree with that. All the successful traders I know of, at the very least know enough to avoid betting against shifts in monetary policy. Yeah it is trying to ...

Technicals Vs. Fundamentals?

If you keep searching for the logic behind TA methods you might find that there is none, or the logic contradicts the logic behind other methods. I agree with you .... a reversal is a reversal, regardless of where the OHLC levels happen to fall and ...

What is the logic behind the engulfing pattern?

Good comment. If you ask elite performers in most fields - businessmen, musicians, athletes etc. most will tell you that they love what they do so much they would do it for free. The money, the fame and the chicks come later, but if you are ...

OrderFlowTrading.com - Become a Market Predator

Learning to analyze and think of currencies individually, instead of trying to analyze a pair of currencies, is a big step in the right direction IMO, and shows that you understand the forex market on a level that most traders don't. I use FA and ...

Trading a single currency basket

I'm not saying you're wrong - I don't know which way things will go in the future - but none of those things indicate a recession. A recession is two or more consecutive quarters of GDP growth below zero and a rising unemployment rate or negative ...

Trading the BoE interest rate decision this week?

There's definitely a correction going on but USA and UK are still a long, long way from entering a recession .... I don't think it's going to happen

Trading the BoE interest rate decision this week?

GBP won't really react to the Bank Rate (assuming it doesn't surprise) ... it might react strongly to the language of the inflation report and policy summary though. If the bank rate does surprise, GBP's reaction will be too unpredictable and too ...

Trading the BoE interest rate decision this week?

You seem completely incapable of envisaging any scenario other than you being right about everything - if you're wondering why you still can't trade, there's a big clue. Here's another clue - people who assume/insist that their problems must have an ...

Why doesn't George Soros sell subscriptions to a website?

wow. So, according to your theory that nobody can be better or smarter than yourself (a miserable failure) Mr. Soros is doomed to lose all his money? Have you informed him of this? I'm sure he would appreciate this information - maybe you can send ...

Why doesn't George Soros sell subscriptions to a website?

The factors you listed are more than enough to account for the slide...... url

Reasons for the slide in the Pound

DIBS, flag trading the trend and building an equity millipede can all be traded profitably, since they are designed to exploit non-random market movements. The key is to pick one strategy and stick to it, spend several years studying the one ...

What strategy (From this board or other websites) works 4 u best

Because George Soros was 70-something years old when subscription websites were invented? Darkstar writes websites and sells subscriptions, Soros writes books and sells copies of them. It's fundamentally the same thing - both are profiting by making ...

Why doesn't George Soros sell subscriptions to a website?