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Jasper Lawler

Jasper Lawler

Jasper Lawler has accumulated over twelve years of experience in the financial industry. He held positions as Senior Market Analyst at City of London-based CMC Markets, Client Relationship Manager at GAIN Capital and was a stockbroker for Westrock Advisors in Midtown Manhattan, New York (including during the 2008 financial crisis). His introduction to trading was as a proprietary Forex trader for FX Signs, a Hong Kong-based asset manager. Jasper has a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from Lancaster University, England. He has held the FINRA Series 7 license for Financial Advisors and the National Futures Association (NFA) Series 34 license for Retail-Off Exchange Forex. He is also a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) charter holder.

Technical Analysis

Breakdowns: A trade entry technique for market declines

Many will be familiar with ‘Breakouts’ a popular trade entry technique during rising markets. Now we address ‘breakdowns’ for use in a market decline.

Stocks

WATCH: Video where motorless Nikola EV truck rolls down hill

Watch the 2018 promo video for the Nikola One truck, which the company now admits features a motorless truck which had been rolled down a hill in Utah.

16 September 2020
StocksForexInvesting

Fed meeting & Buffett-backed Snowflake IPO

For this day ahead I’ll be focused on potentially the biggest software IPO ever – Snowflake as well as the Federal Reserve rate decision and UK CPI data.

Technical Analysis

What are the different trading styles?

To achieve success as a trader, it is essential to find a trading style that suits you, which starts with deciding from the 4 principal types of trader.

15 September 2020

Apple product launch & Oracle TikTok deal

In this day ahead: Apple’s product launch (likely not involving the new iPhone), China economic data and whether Trump agrees to the Oracle TikTok deal.

StocksTechnology

Apple product launch (Sept 15) and what it means for Apple stock

Apple has named the product launch on September 15 “Time Flies” - suggesting the Apple Watch will be the main event - not a delayed iPhone 12.

14 September 2020
StocksMacro

Brexit bill 1st debate & tech stock sell-off

Themes for the day ahead are ongoing sell-off in US tech stocks and the first debate on the Brexit-inspired ‘internal markets bill’ in the UK parliament.

Stocks

Staples & tech sectors rising together is unusual

The pandemic has led to an unusual parallel strong performance in both technology and consumer staples sectors, as demonstrated by Kroger Q2 earnings.

StocksCommoditiesTechnology

BP dividend has gone with the wind

The $1.1 billion investment in wind energy is a first glance at how BP intends to spend the money it once paid out as dividends to investors.

11 September 2020
ForexEURGBP

EU legal action against the UK - EURGBP spike

This latest round of Brexit talks conclude today and UK GDP is released so a standout market to watch is the euro-pound exchange rate which has jumped to 5-month highs.

StocksCommoditiesMacro

The oil price is rolling over because people aren’t travelling

Oil markets are waking up and look bearish. Brent crude oil fell by over 5.5% on Tuesday to under $40 per barrel for the first time since June.

10 September 2020
BondsMacro

ECB Preview & Peloton earnings

Today's big event is the ECB meeting but there’s also weekly jobless claims and oil inventories data as well as earnings from Oracle and Peloton.

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