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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.

Stocks ・

2 September 2020

Amazon next for a stock split ?

The flavour of the day in these unusual times is pushing up stocks like Apple and Tesla after they announced a stock split. Is Amazon next in line?

2 September 2020

Stocks ・ Forex ・

2 September 2020

Australia in recession, ADP & Barratt earnings

For the day ahead we've got Australia Q2 GDP data which is expected to show Australia in a technical recession, US ADP employment data- as well as earnings from Barratt Developments, CrowdStrike and Macy’s.

Stocks ・ Technology

1 September 2020

Zoom & lasting demand for video conferencing

Zoom stock rocketing over 40% the day after reporting Q2 earnings probably demonstrates both excess speculation and long-term demand for video conferencing.

Stocks ・ Technology

1 September 2020

Bezos worth $200 billion: Investing in leadership

Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest man, rising Amazon shares and the Amazon P/E ratio have a common denominator - investors’ belief in the leader.

Stocks ・ Forex ・

1 September 2020

Best August since '84, the RBA & Zoom earnings

Today will be all about whether equity markets can sustain the positive momentum after the best August in years and yesterday’s Apple and Tesla stock splits.

Stocks ・ Technology

31 August 2020

Hydrogen over-hyped ?

The share prices of hydrogen fuel companies are flying higher than a hot-air balloon. But they might be about to fall out of the sky like they have in the past.

Forex ・ Technical Analysis

31 August 2020

4 Simple Ways to Determine a Price Trend

Trend following is one of the most basic trading strategies employed by traders. Here are four of the simplest ways to determine a price trend.

CFDs

25 August 2020

The advantages and disadvantages of CFD trading

Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are derivatives that enable traders to speculate on financial markets without taking ownership of the underlying asset.

Forex ・ Technical Analysis

24 August 2020

An Introduction to Forex Signals

New forex traders often use trade signals, often based on technical analysis to help them determine the best time to buy or sell a specific pair.

What is... ?

20 August 2020

What is the bid ask spread ?

The difference between the bid (sell) and ask (buy) prices of any instrument is known as the spread, hence the term bid ask spread.

18 August 2020

Client sentiment tool (good data) vs. Cambridge Analytica (bad data)

Client sentiment collects the aggregate position of traders and displays the short and long positions as a percentage of the total.

Stocks ・ Forex ・

17 August 2020

Basics of Harmonic Patterns & Harmonic Trading

Harmonic Trading is a way to analyse financial markets by recognising specific price patterns and the alignment of Fibonacci ratios to determine potential ...

Client Positioning

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