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Today I wanted to share a presentation that we did in the seminar that we had a few weeks ago. This was the saturday before the gigantic crash in the markets and I wanted to share this with you because I think in this industry most people only share all the winners and all the money that they supposedly make, and this is actually a situation where I have two very big loses, it’s $47,555 dollars in losses. I wanted to share […]
In the recap of this week, the Coronavirus is the main topic. The pandemic fears have wiped out $3.4 trillion from the U.S. S&P 500, in just 6 trading days going from record highs to a correction as of yesterday. And more losses are coming today. U.S. stocks are having their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. That’s the fastest such movement in over 70 years. U.S. Treasury Yields hitting new record lows Friday as investors look for safety. Panic grows […]
This week, the U.S. stock indices heading lower on Friday, as a spike in new coronavirus cases in China & elsewhere around the globe, sent many investors running for safer assets such as gold, silver & government bonds. Several U.S. firms are warning investors that Q1 sales will take a hit from the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Apple is 1 example. At a market valuation of $1.4T, Apple put out a surprise investor update, stating it no longer expects to meet the revenue […]
The coronavirus is a very relevant subject that is affecting multiple things day to day. In this video, Marcello shares his point of view in regards to the coronavirus and tells us its possible beginning, likely in a laboratory in Wuhan. He thinks the virus started due to some tests being made on bats, they likely escaped the laboratory and given that all sorts of animals are eaten in China, maybe someone ate the bats infected with the virus and this is […]
In the recap of this week, we found the stock markets globally edged higher on Friday, as investors gamble that damage to the world economy from China’s coronavirus outbreak, will not be long term as earlier feared, despite the rather sharp rise in the number of coronavirus deaths & infections as reported by China. Some see the possibility of even more Chinese central bank stimulus measures, in response to any further slowdown likely. International Energy Agency slashes its forecast for global oil […]
Now at SpeedUp Trader, we have forex funding accounts. Although at Day Trading Academy we have always recommended not to start in the world of trading with forex due to the high level of manipulation that occurs there (with an average of 76% of losing accounts), we want to allow those people who believe they can make money in it. We’ll have leveraged accounts between 100,000 and 500,000. As requirements for those who decide to enter Forex trading is to have a […]
In the recap of this week, we found the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 wrapping up its best week in 8 months, as investors decide to be satisfied with Chinese government efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus & limit the economic damage from the outbreak that has now killed over 600 people. Over 300 S&P 500 companies have now reported Quarter 4 results so far, of which about 70% have topped earnings estimates. Earnings are expected to have risen 2.1% overall. E.U. […]
Coronavirus from China spreads rapidly and hits global markets. Past Monday US stocks nosedived, S&P500 down 1.3%… NASDAQ fell 1.7%… DAO 1.48%. Tuesday markets went up. Thursday closed higher despite the Coronavirus being declared a global emergency by The World Health Organization. Friday markets plunged 600 points due the virus alert. Nations around the world are evacuating their diplomatic staff and citizens. Since the Coronavirus threat started 1 Trillion USD of global equities gone. Oil has been affected, precious metals not so […]
Funding for Forex activated, we still don’t recommend it for new traders, but if you have enough experience come on over to Speed Up Trader, eventually we’ll have Crypto CFD’ stocks. Coronavirus! New threat to the world arises, according to China Government, it already has killed 56 people and infected over 2K since the first case was detected last week. The virus has made it to other countries and so a new crisis begins. Big selloff past tuesday, due the virus scares, […]
Trade agreement phase 1 between China and the US holds the Trade War! China pledged to buy goods and services from the US over the next 2 years, for the value of $200,000 Millions. The past week balance was: monday US stocks rose, tuesday were mixed due anticipation of the trade deal, wednesdays rose but just behind record highs, on friday the US stocks hit another record highs as well, due investors optimism on the data. DAO went up 1,82%… S&P500 1,99%… […]