Trading psychology books and blogs often talk about the need to “remove” emotions from decisions to get more consistent trading results. But can you really remove emotions from decision making? University of Bergen’s Hans-Rüdiger Pfister and Gisela Böhm argue that emotions are NOT external forces that disrupt an otherwise non-emotional process of making a decision. In fact, they believe…
As mentioned before, don’t hold your breath on meetings such as this one. It’s clear that China played this ace card as a way to control the narrative before the upcoming meeting between Trump and Xi in South Korea. That sets the tone for measured optimism and not for the Trump to bully his way out of this one….
The eurozone calendar is empty until Friday’s PMI and EUR/USD moves will primarily depend on market sentiment about the US credit market. What is important to note is that EUR/USD is spot on its short-term fair value (1.167) despite the recent rally, ING’s FX analyst Francesco Pesole notes. This week’s focus should stay on the US “That is partly…
2025.10.20 2025.10.20 Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 20.10.2025 Roman Oneginhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/roman-onegin/ Dear readers, I’ve prepared a short-term forecast for Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum based on the Elliott wave analysis. The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways BTCUSD: The final part of a bullish impulse appears to be developing. Consider buy entries with a target at a high of…
Introduction Not all trading bots are built for the same purpose or the same trader. Grid, DCA, and Arbitrage bots are three of the most common approaches, each with unique mechanics, strengths, and blind spots. On paper, comparing them seems straightforward. In practice, the choice is deeply personal. The bot you choose must align not only with your strategy…
In the European session, we don’t have anything on the agenda other than a couple of low tier releases like the Italian and Eurozone current account figures. In the American session, we just have a couple of Canadian reports like the PPI and the Business Outlook Survey that are unlikely to change anything for the BoC anyway. The focus…
The Australian Dollar (AUD) advances against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday, extending its gains for the second consecutive trading day. The AUD/USD pair remains stronger after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) decided to keep its interest rates unchanged. China’s central bank left its one- and five-year Loan Prime Rates (LPRs) at 3.00% and 3.50%, respectively. It is…
Fresh off a week where regional banking jitters collided with trade war theatrics, we’re heading into arguably one of the most data-intensive stretches of October. Between inflation prints that could reshape Fed expectations, PMIs offering our first real pulse-check on global growth, and geopolitical chess moves from Washington to Beijing, there’s plenty to keep us on our toes. …
China’s ‘very strong’ rare earths leverage set to endure, says Goldman Sachs China on slower GDP: tariff abuse by certain countries has disrupted global trade order Japan – Ishin party leader says mostly agreed on conditions with LDP to form coalition China’s top trade negotiator Li Chenggang removed from post Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s own inflation indicator +2.7%…
China’s economy expanded at an annual rate of 4.8% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, compared to a 5.2% growth in the second quarter, the official data published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday. The figure came in line with the market consensus. On a quarterly basis, the Chinese Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate rose 1.1%…
