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Marcus Holland

Marcus Holland has been trading the financial markets since 2007 with a particular focus on soft commodities. He graduated in 2004 from the University of Plymouth with a BA (Hons) in Business and Finance.

By Marcus Holland On Sunday, January 20th, 2013
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40 Largest One Day Gains for the Dow Jones Since its Beginning

The “stock market” is a global shares entity that both appeals and apprehends the average Joe. While the prospect of high-monetary influx serves as an initial propellant, minimal stock knowledge, along with More...

By Marcus Holland On Saturday, January 19th, 2013
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Credit spreads explained

Anyone who goes on an introductory course in options trading will no doubt become familiar with credit spreads. This remains one of the most popular trading strategies among traders of all levels for a variety of More...

By Marcus Holland On Thursday, January 17th, 2013
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Cameron to define UK’s European future on Friday

            Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron is to give one of the most important speeches of his premiership on Friday when he lays out his country’s European course.  More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
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The curious case of the one trillion dollar coin

When the Nobel Prize winner and economist Paul Krugman supported Obama’s decision to consider the one trillion dollar coin idea, a great dispute started in the media about this solution. Is Krugman going crazy More...

By Marcus Holland On Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
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Quantitative Easing

By increasing the supply of money within an economy, a government can help to stimulate economic activity.  A negative side-effect of quantitative easing is inflation. var hupso_services_t=new Array("Twitter","Facebook","Google More...

By Marcus Holland On Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
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Using Bollinger Bands with CFD Trading

Ever since John Bollinger developed the Bollinger Bands technical indicator in the 1980s, countless traders around the globe have been using it to guide their trading activities. The discussion that follows will More...

By Marcus Holland On Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
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How to Trade Gold Successfully

If you have a preference to trade gold and desire to do so successfully, then essentially you must develop your trading mindset so that you can implement quality decisions over a considerable period of time. The More...

By Marcus Holland On Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
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Forex scalping strategies

Scalping is a trading strategy that uses short time frames, such the 1 minute, 3 minute and 5 minute. Traders avoid volatility as a central policy and concentrate on capturing profits from very small price movements. More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
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CFD trading and fundamental analysis

Short term CFD traders are not the most likely candidates to make use of fundamental analysis. One would normally find them glued to their laptops, analysing the latest share, commodity or currency prices and accompanying More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, December 31st, 2012
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Using the RSI for better CFD Trading

As with the MACD, there are countless CFD traders out there who rely on a momentum indicator such as the RSI to guide their trading decisions. The main aim of the RSI (Relative Strength Index) is to calculate the More...