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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 Friday, December 14th, 2012
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Binary Options Glossary

To someone first venturing into the world of binary options trading, the sheer number of unfamiliar words and terms might sometimes be bewildering. Below are a few of the most common terms new traders often have More...

European Equity Funds Outperformed by Benchmarks
By Marcus Holland On Thursday, December 13th, 2012
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Trading Indices versus Individual Shares

What are Indices In general terms an index is a measure or sign of something derived from a mathematical calculation. When it comes to the financial markets, indices are a statistical measure and benchmark of change. More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
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Can Anyone Become A Trader?

Those looking for somewhere to invest their money are frequently encouraged to take steps towards trading, implying that almost anyone can try their hand at being a trader and come out on top. But is this really More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, December 10th, 2012
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Avoiding Stressful Forex Designing

Envisage that you have decided to create a quite complex trading strategy which involved continuously capturing 5 pip profits as shown in the next chart. However, a price retraction can always occur at some time More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, December 10th, 2012
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How to Identify Forex Scams

In order to provide you with protection from scammers, let us now analysis a number of sections taken from a scamming script that was used to produce a recent Forex webinar. Each one will be displayed in blue text More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, December 10th, 2012
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Good and Bad Forex Trading Methods

Many forex experts emphasize the importance and power of screen time.  In particular, there are two types of screen time. The first one is to study historic charts by walking through them in order to identify trading More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, December 10th, 2012
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Forex Robots are the Scammer’s Playground

If you are new to Forex trading and are planning to purchase a Forex robot then you must take care because when doing so you will be entering the world of the scammer. These individuals are normally failed forex More...

By Marcus Holland On Monday, December 10th, 2012
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How To Combat Forex Volatility

The degree by which price fluctuates is called volatility. Currency pairs tend to oscillate over a much larger range at a faster pace when volatility is high. Forex experiences such conditions only about 30% of More...

By Marcus Holland On Saturday, December 8th, 2012
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How to use Probability Calculators with Options Trades

Introduction One of the most common mistakes novice options traders make is to only take into account the risk/reward ratio of an options trade without considering the probabilities involved in the specific trade. It More...

rolling an options contract
By Marcus Holland On Saturday, December 8th, 2012
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Rolling an Options Position

Introduction How should one adjust a naked options position if it gets into trouble? Fig. 8.27(a) below shows a fictitious chart for the share price of company ABC. It used to trade in a fairly narrow range and More...