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Methodology and real-trade case studies from the UniqUnits team
How statistics helped plan an insurance fund for clergymen's widows
After Newton's successes, scientists tried to describe the world with mathematical equations. But in biology, economics and psychology they ran into enormous complexity: so many interacting factors made it hard to get equally precise predictions.
A Trading Desk trader got a funded account at Funding Pips
Here come the first successes of our traders! Today a trader from Trading Desk got a funded account at the prop firm Funding Pips.
Volatility calendar for October 26 to 30, with the US Fed rate decision as the main release
Here are the release times of this week's events that could create market imbalances and favorable trading conditions.
Volatility calendar for October 19 to 23, with US PMI as the main release
Here are the release times for this week's events that can create market imbalances and favorable trading conditions.
US inflation (September CPI) comes out tomorrow at 12:30 GMT
This is the main number of the week. The market expects inflation to speed up: annual CPI at 3.6% vs 3.4% last time, monthly at 0.6% vs 0.4%.
Half the world is off today
October 12 is a holiday in several countries at once: Columbus Day in the US, Thanksgiving in Canada, Sports Day in Japan and the feast of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil.
Volatility calendar for October 12 to 16, with US CPI as the main release
Here are the release times of this week's events that can create market imbalances and favorable trading conditions.
Seasonality in Forex: should you rely on it?
The common view is that the market comes back to life after the summer lull: more participants return and central banks hold their meetings.
The anchoring effect: why you hold a loss "until it gets back to entry"
The anchoring effect is a mental trap in which the brain locks onto the first or most noticeable number. In trading, that number is most often your entry price.