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ECB Hikes to 2.50%, Oil Tops $100 on Iran Strikes, and a Fed-BoJ-BoE Triple-Header Looms

ECB raised rates to 2.50% on September 10, Brent crude spiked past $108, and the Fed, BoJ and BoE all decide within 48 hours next week.

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Gearing Ratio Explained: How to Calculate It, How to Read It, and How It Differs From Trading Leverage

How to calculate the gearing ratio, why sources define it differently, what counts as high by sector, and how company gearing differs from trading leverage.

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Reverse Stock Split Explained: Why Companies Do It, What It Signals, and How It Affects Your Position

What a reverse split does to your share count, price and market cap, why the 2025 listing rules changed the signal, and how a 1-for-10 affects a derivative position.

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Trading in the Zone Summary: Mark Douglas's Five Fundamental Truths and How to Actually Apply Them

A practical Trading in the Zone summary: Mark Douglas's five fundamental truths, the seven principles of consistency, and a twenty-trade worksheet to apply them.

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Forex Tracking: How to Track Your Trades Properly and the Metrics That Actually Improve Results

Most trading logs record entry, exit and profit, and teach you nothing. Here's what to track instead and how to export it.

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CLARITY Act Gets Its Senate Date, Hot Jobs Data Revives Fed Hike Bets, and Solana Votes to Cut Supply

CLARITY Act faces a September 15 Senate vote, hot jobs data lifts Fed hike odds, Strategy and Strive buy $513M of Bitcoin, and Solana votes to cut supply.

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FOMC Minutes Explained: How to Read Them and How They Affect Forex, Gold and Stocks

FOMC minutes publish three weeks after each rate decision. Here's how to read them, and why markets sometimes move against them.

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SpaceX IPO Explained: Stock Price, Valuation and How to Buy or Trade SPCX

SpaceX listed on Nasdaq at $135 under SPCX. Where the stock stands now, what drives it, and how to get exposure.

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Hyperliquid Trading Explained: Perpetual Futures, HYPE and the HYPUSD CFD

How Hyperliquid trading works for BTC and ETH perpetuals, and how the funding, fees and custody compare with crypto CFDs.

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Bitcoin Wraps a 9% Week Ahead of Warsh's Jackson Hole Debut as Evernorth Clears the SEC for Nasdaq

Bitcoin closed a 9% week before Warsh's first Jackson Hole address. Evernorth cleared the SEC, Schwab added three tokens, and Sandbox got exploited.

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USD/JPY Forecast: Can Record Yen Intervention and a September BoJ Rate Hike Strengthen the Yen?

Japan spent a record sum defending the yen and USD/JPY is back near 160. Here's what the September BoJ meeting could actually change.

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How to Read a Stock Chart: Price, Volume, Candlesticks and Trends Explained

Learn how to read a stock chart: price and time axes, candlesticks, volume, trends, support and resistance, and moving averages, explained for beginners.

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