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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, November 2nd, 2012
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An Introduction to Futures Trading

Futures are a very popular form of trading on the price of a financial asset going up or down in the future. var hupso_services_t=new Array("Twitter","Facebook","Google Plus","Pinterest","Linkedin","StumbleUpon","Digg","Reddit","Bebo","Delicious","Print");var More...

By Marcus Holland On Friday, November 2nd, 2012
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Nigerian Reserves on the Rise, Yen Falls

After the markets opened on Wednesday, the euro began to rise. Over the day, it gained 0.4 percent to reach $1.3014 versus the United States dollar. This marks the strongest level for the euro in almost a week. More...

By Marcus Holland On Friday, November 2nd, 2012
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Combining Options and Futures

In the world of options trading one seldom finds a trader who knows a lot about futures trading. Options traders would usually immediately raise objections such as ‘unlimited risk’ and ‘high slippage’ when More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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Using the Dow’s Method in Forex Trading

The root of the Dow’s method can be found in a series of articles that Charles H. Dow wrote for the Wall Street Journal in the early 1900s. Despite being around for over a century, the general theoretical framework More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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The Principle of Leverage as it Applies to CFDs

Leverage can both be the doing and the undoing of any great trader. This single facet of CFD trading can either make or break a trader’s career. For the most part, most millionaire traders have made their millions More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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How to Trade the Trend with CFDs

Nearly everyone who has been trading CFDs for any length of time will have stumbled upon the sayings ‘trade with the trend’ or ‘the trend is your friend’. But what is a trend? Is it really that easy to spot? More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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How to use Gann’s Pyramid

Gann’s Pyramid is a trading system developed during the 1920s by a certain William Gann. Although his theory was never published in a scientific journal and some traders view it as something close to astrology, More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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Three Volume-Based Technical Indicators to use with CFD trading

While most technical indicators study changes in price behaviour in an attempt to predict future price movements of CFDs, there is another subset of indicators that study changes in the trading volumes that are More...

By Marcus Holland On Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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Chinese Yuan Reaches 19 Year High

Some data indicates that China’s economy is performing better than expected. After a brief manufacturing slump, the globe’s second-biggest economy shows signs of growth in investments and exports. A private More...

By Marcus Holland On Saturday, October 27th, 2012
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US Dollar Reaches Four-Month Peak

On Friday, the United States dollar rose to a four-month peak against the Japanese yen. Many expect that the Bank of Japan will enact new fiscal easing policies at their meeting next week. If they do, the dollar’s More...