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5 Mistakes of the Beginner Trader
4 November 2021 /
Whether you have recently decided to dip your toes into the world of speculative trading or have been trading for a few years already, ...
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7 Trading Twitter accounts to follow
26 October 2020 /
Gone are the days of inner-circle, exclusive trading tips. Now retail traders like you and I have access to breaking news, trade ideas, ...
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The Forex Technical Trade Note
14 May 2019 /
So close, yet so far comes to mind as the U.S-China Tariff disputes start once more just before the two superpowers were close to reaching ...
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The Forex Technical Trade Note - 2 May 2019
2 May 2019 /
As we all know Interest rates are a hot topic when it comes to the Forex market and watched closely by market participants across the ...
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3 Charting Patterns Every Trader Should Know
30 April 2019 /
What are chart patterns: Due to supply and demand, fear and greed in the markets certain price action patterns will form and there are a ...
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Know Your Candlesticks & Candlestick Patterns
30 April 2019 /
Charting Types - Candlesticks Every trader has their favourite chart type, indicators and timeframes. Here are a some charting types as ...
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Mastering the Fibonacci Retracement
5 February 2019 /
As traders we have a vast arsenal of technical tools at our disposal and one that I regularly use is Fibonacci Retracement (Fib). Fibonacci ...
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Mark to Market is a thing of the past! Onward!
28 November 2018 /
You wanted us to remove the Mark To Market (M2M/MTM) process that ran every night, and we did exactly that.
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We've added Lots on Currency Pairs!
28 November 2018 /
Instead of rand/dollars per point on currency pairs, we have introduced lots on all currency pairs. This means that you can now trade micro ...
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GT247 launches into Crypto-sphere
28 November 2018 /
The GT247 team was pleased to roll out five Crypto Currencies in 2018 as overwhelming customer demand gave us a compelling reason to launch ...
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Money never sleeps! We've extended our trading hours...
28 November 2018 /
You wanted more time to trade, so we made the trading day longer. Well we didn’t really make the trading day longer, we just extended our ...
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Netting and Hedging - You've got it!
28 November 2018 /
You wanted the ability to choose which accounting system your trading account functioned on, so we gave you the choice.
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MetaTrader5 Compatibility changes
28 November 2018 /
One of the main drivers of these changes were that most of our clients use “Signals” that are widely available through our MT5 trading ...
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5 Mistakes of the beginner trader
15 November 2018 /
New to trading? look out for these classic mistakes. In the beginning many new traders believe that there is nothing to trading and that ...
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How to use Technicals to trade profitably - FREE webinar
14 November 2018 /
Planning your trades can go a long way in making sure you trade profitably. Most traders use a form of Fundamental and Technical research ...
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How to use fundamentals to trade profitably - FREE webinar
5 November 2018 /
Our man on the trading desk Musa Makoni will be discussing how traders use fundamental analysis to make trade decisions in their ...
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Learn to trade profitably - FREE webinar
3 October 2018 /
Join Trade Specialists from the GT247.com trading desk in this insightful webinar where Paul and Barry will be discussing the basics of ...
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Vultures and Dead Cats Bouncing - Trader slang is unique
28 September 2018 /
Traders are a unique bunch of people and in the fast-paced world of the financial markets, traders use slang words to express meaning and ...
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The Fundamentals of Fundamentals
16 July 2018 /
What is a fundamental analysis: At GT247.com we employ the services of fundamental analysts who are at the top of their game. Mark Ingham ...
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How to trade Rand hedged stocks
16 April 2018 /
The Rand (ZAR) in relation to Rand Hedged Stocks After looking at my trade idea on Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA (CFR) I thought that I ...
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Adding divergence to your trading arsenal
20 March 2018 /
Trading Education How to use Divergence Divergence is just one of the many Technical Analysis tools that traders use to determine whether ...
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Understanding Quantitative Easing and Tapering
31 January 2018 /
What is 'Quantitative Easing' Quantitative easing is an unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases government ...
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Machines, Unicorns... Traders, 2018 Goals!
12 January 2018 /
I reminisce about the day I walked into the GT247.com trading room for the very first time many years ago. I was a complete noob to trading ...
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Another weapon for your trading arsenal: Moving Averages
11 December 2017 /
Moving Averages: Simple, Exponential and Weighted Many new traders use moving averages, today I will explain the 3 different types, how to ...
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Six candlestick patterns every trader should know
1 December 2017 /
Charting Types - Candlesticks Every trader has their favourite chart type, indicators and timeframes. Here are a some charting types as ...
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How to use the RSI Oscillator
21 November 2017 /
Oscillators – Relative strength index (RSI) Many new traders ask me about indicators and how to use them, so I will try and explain it in ...
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How to download the new MetaTrader 5 Platform
15 November 2017 /
"South Africa's top online stockbroker GT247.com has replaced its ageing legacy trading platforms with MetaTrader 5. The company's top ...
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3 Charting Patterns every trader should know... - Forex Hacks
11 October 2017 /
What are chart patterns: Due to supply and demand, fear and greed in the markets certain price action patterns will form and there are a ...
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How to trade exotic currency pairs
11 August 2017 /
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7 Valuable tips every trader should know...
10 August 2017 /
7 Valuable tips every trader should know...
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Trading: It’s all about controlling your losses
4 July 2017 /
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More than 65 currency pairs to trade
4 July 2017 /
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6 Things to know before you start trading
27 June 2017 /
Trading is the latest craze and rightfully so! A well-known secret is that profits are better than wages and that no one has become a ...
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