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Buying or selling a good, asset, or stock from oneself. You trade with yourself in order to create the illusion of demand and market activity.
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If you’re looking for additional reading to supplement your forex trading education, you’ve come to the...
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Currency intervention occurs when one central bank or more buys (or sells) a currency in the foreign...
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Supply refers to the amount of an asset that is available while demand is the quantity of an asset that...
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An entry order is one that is used to enter a trade at a specified price level. If the currency pair never...
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The Chaikin Oscillator was developed by Marc Chaikin to compare volume and price levels for an asset. The...
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