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London open: Stocks edge lower ahead of US-China trade talks; Trump in the spotlight London stocks edged lower in early trade on Wednesday as investors eyed US-China trade talks, with US President Trump in focus after his longtime lawyer pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations. At 0835 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.3% to […]

Last week we looked at the benefits of using an algorithm to trade versus trading manually. The overall message was that an algorithm will outperform any manual trader as it does not suffer from emotional attachment to a trade and will flawlessly execute its trading plan. In this article we compare semi automated trading with […]

London open: Stocks nudge lower as dollar weakens on Trump comments London stocks nudged lower in early trade on Tuesday as investors digested US President Trump’s latest attack on the Fed and looked ahead to US-China trade talks. At 0820 BST, the FTSE 100 was down 0.1% to 7,582.31, while the pound was up 0.2% […]

London open: Stocks edge up as miners rally, NMC earnings impress London stocks edged higher at the open on Monday, supported by a strong showing in the mining sector, as investors continued to keep an eye on geopolitical developments, with Sino-US talks due later this week. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.2% […]

London open: Stocks recover from losses; Sky rallies as Comcast ups offer London stocks edged higher in early trade on Thursday, bouncing back from the heavy losses seen in the previous session after tensions between the US and China escalated. At 0840 BST, the FTSE 100 was up 0.3% to 7,613.58, having fallen 1.3% on […]

London open: Stocks edge up as US-China talks eyed, Qatar bails out Turkey London stocks edged higher in early trade on Thursday as the mood lifted after Qatar came to a wobbling Turkey’s aid with a hefty investment pledge and news emerged of high level trade talks between US and China. At 0830 BST, the […]

London open: Stocks flat as miners weigh; UK inflation data in focus London stocks were steady in early trade on Wednesday as investors eyed the latest UK inflation data for July, with worries about Turkey receding for now as the lira regained some poise. At 0840 BST, the FTSE 100 was flat at 7,613.17, while […]

The key points from today’s economic news, brought to you by Guardian Stockbrokers. UK ILO unemployment rate surprisingly dropped in the April-June 2018 period In the UK, the ILO unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 4.00% in the April-June 2018 period, compared to market expectations of a steady reading. In the March-May 2018 period, the ILO […]

They say the hardest aspect of trading is psychology. If you have been trading for a while then you will verify that this is indeed true. Trading is such a mentally driven business that two people can have exactly the same strategy but apply it in totally different ways and achieve completely different results. The […]

London open: Stocks climb ahead of jobs data; Esure agrees £1.2bn buyout London stocks edged higher in early trade on Tuesday as worries about the Turkish crisis eased – at least for now – with investors looking ahead to the latest UK jobs data. At 0830 BST, the FTSE 100 was 0.2% firmer at 7,656.21, […]