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How to Trade USD/CAD Currency Pair?

Author: Victor Gryazin

Dear Clients and Partners,

USD/CAD – US dollar vs Canadian dollar – is a major currency pair, popular in the Forex market. Let us see, what influences its quotations and what the main trading methods are.

Some history

Canada is a country with the largest territory in North America. The name of the country stands for “kanata”, which means “settlement, land” in the language of local Indian people. The history of Canada started in 1534 when a French seafarer Jacques Cartier explored the country. One of the first French colonies was founded on the territory of modern Quebec, initially populated by indigenous people.

Canada is a federative country that consists of ten provinces and three territories. As early as the 1850s, the country gave up the colonial Canadian pound and switched to the Canadian dollar. Traders also use a slang name “loony”, from “loon”, the name of the bird on the 1 dollar coin. This bird is a mascot o Canada. Since 1970, the CAD has been a free tradable currency; the monetary policy is regulated by the Bank of Canada, the Central Bank of the country.

The CAD is a popular currency that takes part in 3% of all trading operations of international trade. Many leading countries keep a part of their gold reserves in the CAD. Thanks to free conversion and good volatility, the CAD is one of the seven Forex majors.

Trading characteristics of USD/CAD

USD/CAD demonstrates the relation of the US dollar to the Canadian dollar. The quotation demonstrates how many Canadian dollars you will need to buy one Us dollar. The growth of USD/CAD means that the USD becomes stronger on the expense of the CAD. And when the USD/CAD falls, the CAD becomes stronger against the USD.

Here are several trading characteristics of the USD/CAD:

1. Trading time: the pair trades 24/7 except weekends and holidays. Its trading volumes and volatility reach their peaks during the American trading session when important economic statistics from the USA and Canada is published, influencing the quotations of the pair.
2. Volatility: USD/CAD is a quite volatile pair. Its average daily movements are about 80-100 points. Strong surges bring the volatility to 200-300 points a day for a short while.
3. Spread: this pair is a major, popular and liquid enough for the spread to be small. On popular ECN accounts in normal market conditions it amounts to 1-1.5 points.

Trading USD/CAD

To trade the pair, you can use fundamental analysis, tech analysis, and indicators.

Fundamental analysis
This approach analyzes various fundamental factors: economic statistics, expectations of changes in the interest rate, or the current trend in global currency and commodity markets.

Example:

In 2020, when the stock market collapsed due to the pandemic, global oil prices were falling fast. At that time, two negative factors at once influenced the CAD: the US dollar was growing because investors were fleeting from risks, and oil prices were falling. As a result, the USD/CAD pair was growing fast; one could buy it and hold until its growth stopped with the end of the acute phase of the crisis and the beginning of economic recovery.

Closing thoughts

Thanks to good liquidity, volatility, and a small spread, USD/CAD is actively used by Forex traders. Trading decisions are based on various methods, including analysis of economic statistics, price charts, and indicator signals.

To get started, use a demo account so you could practice and only then switch to a real account with minimal risks.

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Sincerely,
RoboForex team

How to Profit from Growing Uranium Prices?

Author: Eugene Savitsky

Dear Clients and Partners,

Market players already understand that in 2022, the QE monetary policy will be coming to an end, and the US Federal Reserve System will increase the interest rate.

This understanding makes investors every time less optimistic and sends stock indices down. For example, NASDAQ Composite (NAS100) has lost 4% since the beginning of the year, and S&P 500 (US500) – 1.5%. Dow Jones Industrial Average (US30) is the only one to withstand the troubles: its decline remains within 1%.

In such a market, do not hurry to buy even those shares that look promising. Their prices may fall even deeper down. However, we still need to look for efficient investment ideas. So, in this article I am driving your attention to the green energy sector and another one that is somewhat connected – the atomic energy sector.

Some history

Canada is a country with the largest territory in North America. The name of the country stands for “kanata”, which means “settlement, land” in the language of local Indian people. The history of Canada started in 1534 when a French seafarer Jacques Cartier explored the country. One of the first French colonies was founded on the territory of modern Quebec, initially populated by indigenous people.

Canada is a federative country that consists of ten provinces and three territories. As early as the 1850s, the country gave up the colonial Canadian pound and switched to the Canadian dollar. Traders also use a slang name “loony”, from “loon”, the name of the bird on the 1 dollar coin. This bird is a mascot o Canada. Since 1970, the CAD has been a free tradable currency; the monetary policy is regulated by the Bank of Canada, the Central Bank of the country.

The CAD is a popular currency that takes part in 3% of all trading operations of international trade. Many leading countries keep a part of their gold reserves in the CAD. Thanks to free conversion and good volatility, the CAD is one of the seven Forex majors.

Looking for clean energy

Renewable energy sources (sun and wind) cannot replace hydrocarbons yet because the humanity has not figured out how to store lots of energy for a long time.

Using solar and wind power, people become dependent on weather.
Meanwhile, hydrocarbons are more user-friendly and reliable, as well as economically efficient. However, it has a negative influence on the environment. Ecological concerns and the threat of global warming make people look for replacements for hydrocarbons.

Options are few:

1. Solar energy
2. Wind energy
3. Sea wave energy
4. Water energy
5. Atomic energy
6. Thermonuclear energy

Why we do not use thermonuclear energy

Thermonuclear energy is a dream of the humanity. First attempts to get electricity from thermonuclear reactions were made as long ago as in 1950. yet, scientists fail to achieve any satisfactory results: they still spend more energy on carrying out those processes than they get in the end.

This sector is developing actively anyway. A good example is the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project, originating back in 1980. Nowadays, no one can confidently say when the dream will come true, while we need electricity every day, and the need for it is growing constantly.

The EU plans to consider atomic energy “green”

Some steps have already been made in this direction. On January 1st, the Euro Commission presented to member countries a draft bill where it is suggested to consider atomic energy ecologically clean. This means financing of nuclear energy plants construction at least until 2045.

Germany opposes constructing nuclear energy plants

Germany speaks against this project, referring to the consequences of nuclear power plants accidents. German government does not only speak against this project – it takes actions.

By January 1st, it had shut down three nuclear power plants, leaving just three more in the energy system of the country, that are also going to be shut down by the end of 2022.

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RoboForex team

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RoboForex improves Affiliate programme conditions

Dear Partners,

We’ve updated our cooperation conditions – now the maximum profit you can earn as a RoboForex partner is 84% of the broker’s revenue.

Payout amounts have been increased from 50 to 70%

The Affiliate programme is now even more profitable: the rates for Cent Affiliate, ECN Affiliate and Pro Affiliate accounts have been increased up to 70% for all partners and the commission is on a daily basis.

We’ve also launched a dedicated server for Pro Affiliate accounts. It will help to distribute the load and increase the order execution speed.

The Loyalty programme conditions have also been improved

A greater number of partners can now join the programme – the minimum commission amount for receiving payouts is now 100 USD.



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The Most Anticipated IPOs of 2022

Author: Vadim Kovalenko

Dear Clients and Partners,

Last week, we told you about the IPO of Justworks, the company that created the management accounting platform. Due to the current market situation, the underwriters decided to postpone the IPO to a more favourable period. The underwriters of other IPOs followed in their footsteps, that’s why today, we’ll talk about the most anticipated IPOs of 2022.

SDiscord, a messenger



The company was established in 2015 with headquarters in San Francisco, California. Developers decided to create a messenger for gamers with a wide range of free services – text, voice, and video chats. Users can communicate while playing without risking disconnecting. It’s particularly important for cyber athletes, who were indeed instrumental in the growth of Discord popularity.

The messenger is compatible with all operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. In addition to that, it can be installed on a mobile device. Discord’s key competitive advantage is that it can be used even with gaming consoles, such as Xbox and PlayStation. The messenger audience is over 140 million people all over the world.

Microsoft took interest in buying Discord but the acquisition didn’t happen. Now Discord intends to go public at the end of 2022. The preliminary estimate was made during the latest round of financing and amounted to about $15 billion.

Databricks, software for data analysis



In the last few years, large corporations tend to use data analysis for making management decisions. It resulted in the growth of demand for software intended for this purpose. In 2013, seven scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, founded Databricks. Its speciality is the development of software for BigData analysis.

According to BusinessWire, the global BigData analysis market is expected to reach $142.5 billion by 2024. As a result, the average annual growth rate could be 20%.

Databricks already has over 5,000 clients. Among them are such famous companies as Comcast and T Mobile. In 2020, the company’s revenue demonstrated 75% growth, up to $350 million. The revenue in 2021 is expected to pass $500 million. the company’s goal for 2022 is $1 billion in sales. Databricks capitalization is estimated at $28 billion. The exact IPO date hasn’t been announced yet.

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RoboForex team

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This week, the ContestFX project invites everyone to take part in the following competitions:

The 130th competition of "Demo Forex" is going to end.
The 346th competition of "Week with CFD" has just started.
480th competition of "Trade Day" will start on 02.02.2022 at 12:00.
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RoboForex improves conditions of Cryptocurrency trading and Affiliate Programme

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Trading Cryptocurrencies at RoboForex is now even more profitable: we’ve reduced commissions on Prime accounts and brought our trading conditions as close to the ones offered by cryptoexchanges as possible.

 

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Up to 25% of the company’s revenue on Prime for partners

The conditions of the Affiliate VIP programme for Prime accounts have been improved. The partner commission for attracting new clients is now 25% of the company’s revenue instead of 20% before.

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RoboForex is voted the Best Broker of the year by the Traders Union

Dear Clients and Partners,

we are proud to announce that RoboForex has conquered a new peak – in 2021, the broker won new awards from the International Association of Forex Traders in several nominations:


We’re sincerely thankful to our clients for their trust and confidence, and want to meet their expectations by providing the most transparent and favourable trading conditions. Assess them yourself:

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Dear traders!

This week, RoboForex's project called ContestFX will continue, as usual, with the following competitions::

The 131st competition of "Demo Forex" and 347th competition of "Week with CFD" have just started.
At 12:00, February 9th, 2022, starts the 481st competition of "Trade Day".
At 20:00, February 10th, 2022, starts the 395th competition of "KingSize MT5".

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How to Invest in Metaverse

Author: Eugene Savitsky

Dear Clients and Partners,

The stock market expects that the Federal Reserve System will soon increase the interest rate, and this cause a lot of tension. The S&P 500 index has already lost 8% since the beginning of the year and remains in a downtrend. The tech sector is also suffering: over the last three months it has lost 9%, becoming one more outsider.

There is no crisis these days: the interest rate is being raised to cool down the economy a bit, i.e. slow down its growth and avoid forming of a bubble. Hence, the current decline of the indices can be looked upon as a correction.

The decline of stock prices and, consequently, the decline of the capitalization of companies can be used by corporations that manager to accumulate plenty of cash on their accounts during the pandemic. They will start engulfing other companies, so that 2022 can become a year of mergers.

Microsoft Corporation buys Activision Blizzard

The one to get started is Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT): on 18 January, it became known that the company was buying Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI). After such news, the shares of the game company grew by 33%.

The purchase will cost 74 billion USD. Microsoft can afford such spending: according to its fresh financial report, it has about 130 billion USD on the balance.

However, what is important here is not the sum that the IT giant will pay but the direction it is going in. As the official press release goes, buying Activision Blizzard will speed up the development of the game business of the corporation and, most importantly, will provide building blocks for the metaverse.

This confirms the idea that the metaverse is developing, not just in the form of empty talks nowadays but as real mergers that aim at getting closer to the virtual reality.

I have already touched upon this topic in the article about the trends of 2022. Today, it is of exception interest to many — just look at the dynamics of the "metaverse" inquiry in Google.



Let us get acquainted with several other companies that can increase their revenue thanks to the growth of the virtual reality industry.

Autodesk

Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) is the largest software provider for industrial and civil building, car industry and entertainment in the world. With Autodesk software, you can create 3D animation for virtual and augmented reality, which is great for the metaverse.

Hedge funds demonstrate vivid interest in the company. Autodesk shares are held in the portfolios of more than 50 investment companies.

According to the report for Q3, 2021 — we will see the results of Q4 only in March — the revenue of the company reached 1.1 billion USD. This was 14% more than in Q3, 2020. EPS grew from 1.04 to 1.33 USD. However, these results turned out more modest than experts had expected, so Autodesk shares dropped and are trading in a downtrend.

They are further pulled down by the general decline in the stock market. Hence, this investment should become a promising one, where you will be waiting for the negative influence to subside. Currently, the optimum purchase level for Autodesk shares will be the support level at 220 USD.



Adobe

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) designs software and is well-known for such products as Acrobat, Photoshop, Creative Cloud, and Aero.

Aero is an instrument for designers meant for creating images in the augmented reality and requiring almost no programming skills. Director-general of Adobe Shantanu Narayen considers Aero the best product for metaverse development of these days.

Adobe shares, as well as those of Autodesk, dropped quite a deal after the quarterly report was published. However, the difference is that Adobe revenue lived up to the expectations of experts. Alas, they were unhappy about the forecast for the next year made by the management: EPS is expected to be 12.48-13.7 USD while now it is 10 USD.

With that, the shares lost 20% of the price and keep going in a downtrend. Nonetheless, not all investors support the idea that Adobe shares are to be get rid of. Laura Desmond, a member of the board of directors of the company, used the downtrend to increase the number of the shares in her portfolio. On 7 January she bought 973 shares for about 500 million USD.

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RoboForex team

How to Trade Piercing Pattern and Dark Cloud Cover?

Author: Victor Gryazin

Dear Clients and Partners,

Today the article is devoted to two patterns — the Piercing Pattern and Dark Cloud Cover — their forming and trading principles.

How do the patterns form?

The Piercing Pattern and Dark Cloud Cover are reversal candlestick patterns that predict a correction or reversal of the current trade

These patterns consist of two candlesticks each and mirror each other. The Piercing Pattern forms at the lows of the chart and forecasts a reversal upwards. The Dark Cloud Cover appears at the highs and warns of a decline beginning.

Speaking metaphorically, the emergency of the Dark Cloud Cover in a growing market shows that the bulls are stuck in a serious obstacle, and if they fail to overcome it, a downward correction will follow. And vice versa: if after a market decline the Piercing Pattern appears, the bears are losing the grip, and the bulls are optimistic about an upward reversal.

Dark Cloud Cover

Japanese traders state that this pattern in the chart gives little chance for further growth. The pattern consists of two candlesticks, a white and a black ones.

At the white candlestick, the market is growing actively, and a new local high is set. Thanks to the optimism and the pressure applied by buyers, the next trading session opens with a gap upwards. But then the market falls, and the black candlestick closes in the middle of the body of the white one or even lower.

As a result, the optimism of the bulls reflected in the white candlestick gets fully destroyed by the black candlestick. The bears have managed to recover, stop the bulls, and are ready to fight back.

The farther the closing price of the black candlestick reaches behind the preceding white one, the stronger this signal is considered. The signal can be canceled by the growth of the price above the high of the pattern.



Closing thoughts

The Piercing Pattern and Dark Cloud Cover form in a downtrend or an uptrend, respectively. They predict a reversal of the current trend.

Trading by these patterns can be augmented by tech analysis and indicators. In more details, this trading is described in a book called “Beyond Candlesticks: New Japanese Charting Techniques Revealed” by Steve Nison.

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Sincerely,
RoboForex team

Dear traders!

This week, the ContestFX project is waiting for everyone in the following competitions:

The 131st competition of "Demo Forex" entered its second week.
The 348th competition of "Week with CFD" has kicked off today.
482nd competition of "Trade Day" will start on 16.02.2022 at 12:00.
396th competition of "KingSize MT5" will start on 17.02.2022 at 20:00.

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What Is Additional Issue of Shares and How Does It Influence Investments?

Author: Maks Artemov

Dear Clients and Partners,

When you invest long-term and medium-term, you can face such a stock market phenomenon as additional issue of shares. Not all investors understand how it influences the capitalization of companies or their share prices, so feel vulnerable in such situations. Today’s article is devoted to the details of additional issue of shares.

What is additional issue of shares?

Under additional issue we understand issuing and selling new shares of a company in order to attract new capital. This measure is meant to neutralize negative factors that influence the economic situation of the company, to help expand the business, or to launch new projects that require investments.

How can a company attract money?

A profitable company can allocate a part of the profit to reaching new goals. However, if the size of the profit is not enough or the new project requires a colossal influx of money, the company decides on an additional issue.

Another option is using loans and credits. These require extra expenses on serving them and paying off interests. This is not always profitable and increases the financial load on the company.

The influence of the additional issue on the share price is quite ambivalent. The share price may drop significantly and recovery will take quite long. However, the inflow of finance in the company generated at smaller expense will have a good influence on the company in the future.

What is additional issue of shares meant for?

1. Attracting extra money to support or develop the business
2. Increasing authorized capital
3. Expanding the share of large investors for making them more influential in the company
4. Avoiding extra expenses on paying off loans

How is additional issue organized?

1. The board of directors and major investors decide to issue additional shares. They agree on the size of the issue and the initial share price.
2. The decision is ratified based on the company charter.
3. The authorities register the additional issue by all legal procedures.
4. The issued shares are sold among the existing investors of the company. The remaining shares are placed in the stock market where they become available to anyone who wants them.
5. The company charter gets amended, namely — the charter capital and the number of the shares in turnover.

How does the additional issue influence the share price?

In most cases, additional issue drives the share price down. In the future, the quotations can recover and even grow, but normally it takes quite long, several years sometimes.

Example of additional issue

The N production company had 1 million of shares in turnover that cost $1 each. Hence, the capitalization of the company reached $1 million. The board of directors and the stock meeting decided to attract additional investments sized $500 thousand. The money was necessary for building a new plant and expanding production to enter new markets.

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RoboForex: upcoming changes to the trading schedule in view of Presidents' Day in USA

Dear Clients and Partners,

We are informing you that due to the public holiday in the USA, Presidents' Day, there will be some changes to the trading schedule*.

MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5 platforms

Schedule for trading on CFDs on US indices (US30Cash, US500Cash, USTECHCash) and Japanese index JP225Cash

1. 21 February 2022 – trading stops at 7:40 PM server time.
2. 22 February 2022 – trading starts as usual.

Schedule for trading on Metals (XAUUSD, XAGUSD) and CFDs on oil (Brent, WTI)

1. 21 February 2022 – trading stops at 7:40 PM server time.
2. 22 February 2022 – trading starts as usual.

Schedule for trading on CFDs on US stocks

1. 21 February 2022 – no trading.
2. 22 February 2022 – trading starts as usual.

R StocksTrader platform

Schedule for trading on US stocks, CFDs on US stocks, and ETFs

1. 21 February 2022 – no trading.
2. 22 February 2022 – trading starts as usual.

Schedule for trading on CFDs on US indices (US500, US30, NAS100)

1. 21 February 2022 – no trading.
2. 22 February 2022 – trading starts as usual.

Schedule for trading on Metals (XAUUSD, XAGUSD) and CFDs on Crude Oil (BRENT.oil, WTI.oil)

1. 21 February 2022 – no trading.
2. 22 February 2022 – trading starts as usual.

cTrader platform

Schedule for trading on Metals (XAUUSD, XAGUSD)

1. 21 February 2022 – trading stops at 7:40 PM server time.
2. 22 February 2022 – trading starts as usual.

Please take note of the above trading schedule changes when planning your trading activity.

* - This schedule is for informational purposes only and may be subject to further change.

Sincerely,
RoboForex team

Dear traders!

This week, the RoboForex company's project called ContestFX, as usual invites everyone to the following competitions:

The 131st competition of "Demo Forex" has crossed its "Equator".
The 349th competition of "Week with CFD" has just started.
483rd competition of "Trade Day" will start on 23.02.2022 at 12:00.
397th competition of "KingSize MT5" will start on 24.02.2022 at 20:00.

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Best Long-Term Trading Strategies: “Daily Breakout and Moving Average”

Author: Andrey Goilov

Dear Clients and Partners,

Almost any trend strategy uses Moving Averages as they help traders to quickly define the trend. However, the tactics named “Daily Breakout and Moving Average” works differently.

According to this strategy, a trader will trade against the direction of Moving Averages. In order to do that, they will have to follow quite unusual rules of using Moving Averages.



If Moving Averages show a bullish trend, then a trader should look for a signal to sell. If Moving averages show a bearish trend – vice versa, a trader should look for a signal to buy. It turns out to be some kind of a countertrend strategy.

More to that, the ADX indicator is usually added here to get a confirmation to enter the market. This combination of indicators allows to “catch” the completion of the current tendency ahead of time.



Authors of the strategy believe that it can be used for working with any instrument but only on a daily timeframe.

The article goes into the details of the “Daily Breakout and Moving Average” strategy – we’ll discuss how to trade against the dominating tendency and try to “catch” a breakout using simple indicators.

How to customise indicators to trade by the strategy

To use the strategy, you need to apply three indicators to a daily time frame.

1. Simple Moving Average (SMA) with a period of 20, building at the lowest prices and choosing Low. An arithmetical average that uses the lowest prices over the period instead of the closing prices.

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RoboForex team

How to Trade Hammer and Shooting Star Candlestick Patterns

Author: Victor Gryazin

Dear Clients and Partners,

Hammer and Shooting Star are two popular candlestick patterns. Appearing on the chart, they precede a correction or trend reversal. These two patterns form at the local extremes of the price chart after a lengthy movement.

Hammer

The Hammer pattern indicates a market reversal upwards and forms at the price lows after a descending price movement. The pattern looks like a candlestick with a small body and a long lower shadow, at least three times as large as the body.

The body of the candlestick closes near the highs, the upper shadow is tiny or lacking altogether. The candlestick may be of any colour, with or without a gap from the previous candlestick. A pattern with a white body will be a bit stronger. The candlestick resembles a hammer on a long handle, that is why the pattern got its name.

The Hammer only matters after a serious decline, when the market is oversold. In a downward movement, the bears bump at a strong support level that lets the bulls find a foothold and try to reverse the market upwards. The long lower shadow of the candlestick demonstrates the power of the bulls and their readiness to fight back.

If after the Hammer forms the bulls manage to hold the support level consisting of the pattern low and push the quotations upwards, renewing the high of the candlestick — then an upward correction becomes more possible, which means a good chance to buy. However, if the bears manage to drag the prices under the low of the candlestick, the signal to buy will be cancelled, so that the decline may continue.



Shooting Star

Shooting Star indicates a market reversal downwards, appearing at the highs of the price after an ascending movement. This pattern mirrors the Hammer: it consists of a candlestick with a small body and a long upper shadow, at least three times larger than the body.

The body closes near the lows, the lower shadow is small or totally lacks. The candlestick may be of any colour, with or without a gap from the previous candlestick. A pattern with a black body will be a bit stronger. This candlestick looks like a shooting star (a meteorite burning in the atmosphere) that leaves a long trail.

The pattern is significant only after a lengthy decline of the quotations, when the market is overbought. In an ascending movement, the bulls get stuck in a strong resistance level that gives the bears a chance to accumulate forces and push the price down. The long upper shadow of the candlestick demonstrates the power of the bears and their eagerness to reverse the market in their direction.

If after a Shooting star the bears manage to hold the resistance level formed by the high of the pattern, and push the quotations down, renewing the low — then the descending correction becomes more probable and a good chance to sale appears. However, if the bulls manage to raise the quotations above the high of the pattern, the signal to sell will be cancelled, and the upward movement may return.



Trading the Hammer and Shooting Star

As long as these two are reversal patterns, they are to be looked for on the local lows and highs of the price chart in a descending or ascending trend, respectively. These patterns are not recommended for flats except for the cases when they confirm bounces off the borders of the price range.

The patterns are good for trading shares, commodity futures, Forex currencies, etc. They work on larger timeframes by themselves and can be useful for trading intraday when applied alongside tech analysis.

Read more at R Blog - RoboForex

Sincerely,
RoboForex team

Dear traders!!

This week, the ContestFX project will continue with the following competitions:

The 131st competition of "Demo Forex" is approaching the finish line.
The 350th competition of "Week with CFD" has just started.
484th competition of "Trade Day" will start on 02.03.2022 at 12:00.
398th competition of "KingSize MT5" will start on 03.03.2022 at 20:00.

We remind you that after winning any of our competitions, you will get prize money to your real trading account, which you can use to start working in the Forex market without investing your own financial resources.

We're looking forward to your joining in and wish you good luck!

Sincerely,
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Top 7 Major Currency Pairs on Forex

Author: Victor Gryazin

Dear Clients and Partners,

In this article, you’ll find a short review of seven major currency pairs on the Forex market. These pairs are the most popular with traders and investors and are also characterised by high liquidity and low spreads.

EUR/USD

Euro (EUR) is a single European currency, which replaced all national currencies in the European Union in 1999. Given its status, EUR is reflective of the state of economic affairs in the European Union and very sensitive to the macroeconomic statistics from Europe.

The EUR/USD pair is leading the Forex market: its daily trading volume is the biggest – almost 20% of the total trading turnover.

The EUR/USD rate shows the current ratio between currencies of two global economic regions, the EU and the US. If the pair is growing, it means that EUR is getting stronger against USD, and vice versa. Economic and political news from these regions has a significant influence on the EUR/USD rate.

At the very beginning of trading, EUR/USD was moving downwards and once reached the all-time low at 0.8200. For several years after that, the pair was steadily rising and set its all-time high a bit above 1.6000 in 2008.

Later on, due to crises and some troubles in Europe, the pair dropped pretty much. EUR/USD is characterised by high liquidity, low spreads, and daily volatility of about 80 pips.



GBP/USD

British Pound (GBP) is the United Kingdom’s national currency. It’s one of the oldest currencies in the world, which approximately appeared in the twelfth century. As a result of the development of trading relations between Britain and its colonies, there emerged a need for a reliable currency to be used in settlements.
GBP/USD shows the ratio between currencies of the United Kingdom and the United States. The pair accounts for 15% of the total currency market trading turnover. “Cable” is a foreign exchange slang term for GBP/USD. The term comes from the days of early telegraph cables that were laid between London and New York and were used to communicate currency quotes and other data.

British Pound is the base currency, while USD is the quote currency. If the pair rises, it means that GBP is getting stronger against USD, and vice versa.
The British Pound is considered a rather aggressive speculative currency, which creates high volatility in GBP/USD, about 100 pips a day. The pair movements often create a lot of false breakouts of support and resistance levels in the price charts.



NZD/USD

New Zealand Dollar (NZD) is the national currency of New Zealand. Its history goes back to the 1970s. In the “colonial” past, New Zealand Dollar was pegged to British Pound and was named New Zealand Pound.

In 1967, the first New Zealand Dollars appeared and they were pegged to USD. New Zealand Dollar is classified as a commodity currency.

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RoboForex team

RoboForex: upcoming changes to the trading schedule due to reverting to Daylight Saving Time

Dear Clients and Partners,

We’re informing you that on 13 March 2022, the USA will revert from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time. In Europe, reverting from Standard Time to DST will take effect on 27 March 2022. Thereby, there will be more changes to the trading schedule*.

MetaTrader 4 / MetaTrader 5 platforms

Schedule for trading on CFDs on US indices (US30Cash, US500Cash, USTECHCash) and oil (Brent, WTI)

1. From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading CFDs on US indices and Oil will be opened and closed 1 hour earlier than usual (server time).
   Trading session (server time): 02:00 AM - 10:15 PM.

Schedule for trading on Metals (XAUUSD, XAGUSD) and CFDs on the JP225Cash index

1. From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading CFDs on Metals and CFDs on the JP225Cash index will be opened and closed 1 hour earlier than usual (server time).
   Trading session (server time): 12:05 AM - 10:55 PM.

Schedule for trading on CFDs on US stocks

1. From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading CFDs on US stocks will be opened and closed 1 hour earlier than usual (server time).
   Trading session (server time): 03:31 PM - 09:59 PM.

Please note that, on 18 and 25 March 2022, trading on all instruments in all platforms will be closed at 11:00 PM server time. In addition, from 14 to 25 March 2022, the bank rollover time will be from 10:00 PM to 12:30 AM server time. Consequently, this might lead to short-term interruptions in quoting, and significant widening of spreads.

R StocksTrader platform

Schedule for trading on US stocks and ETFs, CFDs on US stocks and ETFs

1. 1From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading US stocks and ETFs, CFDs on US stocks and ETFs will be opened and closed 1 hour earlier than usual (server time).
   Trading session (server time): 03:30 PM - 10:00 PM.

Schedule for trading on CFDs on oil (BRENT.oil, WTI.oil) and US indices (NAS100, US30, US500)

1. From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading CFDs on Oil will be opened and closed 1 hour earlier than usual (server time).
   Trading session (server time): 02:00 AM - 10:15 PM.

Schedule for trading on Metals (XAUUSD, XAGUSD)

1. From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading CFDs on Metals will be opened and closed 1 hour earlier than usual (server time).
   Trading session (server time): 12:05 AM - 10:55 PM.

Schedule for trading on all currency pairs

1. From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading all currency pairs will be stopped for an interval 1 hour earlier than usual (server time).
   Interval period (server time): 11:00 PM - 11:15 PM.
2. Starting 28 March 2022, all currency pairs will be available for trading within the operating range of the contract specifications.

Please note that, on 18 and 25 March 2022, trading on all instruments, including Cryptocurrencies, in all platforms will be closed at 11:00 PM server time.

cTrader platform

Schedule for trading on all currency pairs

1. From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading all currency pairs will be stopped for an interval from 10:55 PM - 11:05 PM (server time).

Schedule for trading on Metals (XAUUSD, XAGUSD)

1. From 14 to 25 March 2022, trading Metals will be opened and closed 1 hour earlier than usual (server time).
   Trading session (server time): 12:05 AM - 10:55 PM.

Please note that, on 18 and 25 March 2022, trading on all instruments in all platforms will be closed at 11:00 PM server time. In addition, from 14 to 25 March 2022, the bank rollover time will be from 10:00 PM to 12:30 AM server time. Consequently, this might lead to short-term interruptions in quoting, and significant widening of spreads.

Please bear these changes in the schedule in mind when planning your trading activity.

* - This schedule is for informational purposes only and may be changed by the provider.

Sincerely,
RoboForex team