CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 77% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Educational Articles
Expand your knowledge of the financial markets with FXTM’s educational articles. Written by Andreas Thalassinos, these articles have been designed to provide traders at all levels with the skills and knowledge they need to trade with confidence.
Andreas Thalassinos (BSc, MSc, MSTA, CFTe, MFTA) is a renowned forex educator and a Certified Technical Analyst, whose automated systems, tools and indicators are used around the world by traders, investors, brokers and investment firms.
How to Apply the Right Trading Tools in the Forex Market
Andreas Thalassinos
When trading the financial markets, one always faces the dilemma of whether to enter a trade or pass on it. Some forex traders use their “gut feeling” to make this important decision.
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Bitcoin Block Rewards
Andreas Thalassinos
Proof-of-work is one of the more brilliant features of Satoshi Nakamoto’s innovation, Bitcoin. It represents the confirmation of transactions or, more specifically, blocks of transactions.
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Blockchains: Mining for bitcoins
Andreas Thalassinos
Blockchain technology is at the heart of cryptocurrencies, including the most famous one of all - bitcoin. In its simplest form, a blockchain consists of blocks of information.
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Uncovering Bitcoin Transactions: How they Work
Andreas Thalassinos
A bitcoin transaction is a signed piece of information for the purpose of transferring ownership of a set amount of bitcoins from one individual to another.
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The Origins of the Digital Currency: A Beginning of a Long New Road
Andreas Thalassinos
In recent times, especially after the 2008 financial crisis, we all became more familiar with financial terms such as “bail-in” and “bailout” and those of us who are not economists realised that th
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