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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.

Commodities ・
9 September 2020

Thinking about volatility in directional trading strategies

High volatility can cause anxiety for traders and investors but with a different mind-set and some preparation, volatility can be great for trading opportunities.

9 September 2020
Stocks ・ Forex ・
9 September 2020

Tesla stock crash & new UK Brexit bill

The agenda today is the crash in tech stocks especially Tesla, which had its biggest 1-day drop ever and Brexit as the UK introduces an 'Internal markets bill'.

Forex ・ Macro
8 September 2020

British pound slides on Brexit risk but investors are bullish

The British pound has dropped to its lowest against the dollar in a month on renewed fears of a no deal Brexit.

What is... ?
8 September 2020

What is swing trading? | 2 Swing Trade Strategies

What swing trading is, how to use it in trending and range-bound markets, using it in buying and selling, 2 swing trading strategy examples and personality-types it is best suited to.

8 September 2020
Forex ・
8 September 2020

Wall Street returns, Eurozone GDP & Slack earnings

So looking at this day ahead in markets, I’ll be watching the reopening of Wall Street after a 3-day weekend, Germany trade data, Eurozone GDP as well as earnings from Slack and Lululemon.

Stocks ・ Investing
7 September 2020

6 Reasons Softbank's ‘Nasdaq whale’ trading strategy made $4 billion

This is a deep dive into Japanese conglomerate Softbank’s ‘Nasdaq whale’ strategy, which appears to be one of the principal causes of the summer 2020 melt-up and subsequent drop in tech stocks.

7 September 2020
Stocks ・ Forex ・
7 September 2020

Tesla left out of S&P500, Softbank the 'Nasdaq whale' & Japan GDP

US stock exchanges are closed for Labour Day, Tesla has been left out of the S&P 500, Softbank identified as the ‘Nasdaq Whale’ and Japan reports Q2 GDP.

Stocks ・ Technology
4 September 2020

What to do when megacap tech is out of favour

If we assume that mega cap tech is now out of favour following Thursday’s big decline, either the shares continue to fall or go sideways, where else could funds travel?

4 September 2020
Forex ・ Macro ・
4 September 2020

NFP Preview

The big event of the day is the August US non-farm payrolls. Canada is reporting unemployment stats too and the ECB chief economist Philip Lane has another speech.

Stocks ・ Forex ・ EURUSD
3 September 2020

August Non-farm payrolls: EUR/USD Revision

A technical analysis review of the short-term price action on EUR/USD from the past four non-farm payroll days to give us an edge for the Sept 4 release.

Stocks ・ Technical Analysis
3 September 2020

What it takes to be a scalper

Scalping is a popular, ultra short-term technical trading strategy, especially popular in the 24-hour forex market.

3 September 2020
Stocks ・ Technology ・
3 September 2020

Dollar rebound, ISM Services PMI & Broadcom earnings

For the day ahead in markets I’ll be focused on the release of global service sector PMIs, weekly US jobless claims data and earnings from Broadcom and Campbell Soup.

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