by Sarid Harper | Jan 13, 2023 | Macro Economics
What are interest rate swaps? Interest rate swaps are financial derivatives that allow two parties to exchange a stream of interest payments on a specific principal amount. They are used as a hedge against interest rate risk and to speculate on changes in interest...
by Sarid Harper | Jan 9, 2023 | Education, Lifestyle
I want to take the opportunity to wish you and your family a happy New Year, and share a few thoughts. As we move into the new year I think it’s important to reflect on the events that affected all of us over the past two or so years, and begin to ask ourselves...
by Sarid Harper | Sep 23, 2020 | Currency Strength, Market Cycles
I have been studying currency strength and the movement of the prices of currencies and currency pairs for almost a decade now, mostly from a price-centric perspective. I have learned to view the price of anything that is bought by human beings as moving in cycles....
by Sarid Harper | Aug 12, 2019 | Algorithmic Trading, Price action, Supply and demand
Price action tools and utilities to help you interpret price have many benefits, as looking at naked charts can, for the untrained eye, can sometimes be overwhelming and cause confusion. Back in 2010 when I started programming software that I could use to help me...
by Sarid Harper | Apr 5, 2015 | Currency Strength
If you ask a room full of currency traders which pairs they trade, the vast majority will be quick to respond and tell you that they prefer certain currency pairs over others. Despite the fact that this is very common practice, I find it to...
