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ASX 200: Financial Year in Review

Despite living through one of the most chaotic political and trade environments in recent history, the ASX 200 delivered its strongest performance since the pandemic rally. The S&P/ASX 200 Index gained 9.97% in capital growth and 13.81% in total returns, hitting a record high of 8,639.1 points in June. While Trump's tariff announcements c...

July 9, 2025
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Where to for FY26 and beyond?

The ASX 200 closed out the 2025 financial year on a high, reaching a new intra-month peak of 8,592 in June and within touching distance of the all-time record.  The index delivered a 1.4% total return for the month, rounding off a strong final quarter with a 9.5% return and locking in a full-year gain of 13.8% — its best performance since 202...

July 8, 2025
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Revisiting the Turtle Traders: Applying Lessons to a New Market

In the world of trading, few stories are as famous as the one behind the Turtle Traders.  The Turtle experiment was simple in concept — could absolute beginners, given nothing but a set of rules and two weeks of training, beat the markets? The results of the experiment were extraordinary.  Even today, four decades later, many of their ...

July 7, 2025
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What Is the Best Time of Day to Trade?

Most traders obsess over entries, indicators, and setups, but often overlook a simple factor — the time of day that you trade. Time of day affects volatility, liquidity, and when new information enters the market.  Ignoring it can turn good setups into frustrating inactivity, or even losses, while embracing it can help you trade with the m...

July 7, 2025
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Why Smart Traders Trade the Price Story, Not Indicators

There is an apparent enthusiasm among traders nowadays to add indicators to charts that resemble modern art more than market analysis. RSI, MACD, moving averages, stochastic oscillators, Bollinger Bands, volume profiles, and so many more.  While these tools do have their place in some strategies, many traders forget the fundamental truth: price...

June 30, 2025
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3 Key Takeaways From the June FOMC Meeting

1. Inflation Uncertainty  While recent data has shown core inflation moderating, core PCE is on track to average below target at just 1.6% annualised over the past three months. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear that concerns about future inflation, especially from tariffs, remain top of mind. “If you just look backwards at t...

June 24, 2025
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The US Entering the War – What Does It Mean for Oil?

The US has entered the Israel-Iran war. However, despite an initial 4 per cent surge on the open, oil has settled where it has been since the conflict began in early June — around US$72 to US$75 a barrel. Trump claims the attacks from the US on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend are a very short, very tactical, one-off. This is someth...

June 24, 2025
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Scaling In and Scaling Out: Advanced Position Management for Every Market

Position management is one of the most overlooked skills in trading. The shiny new entry setups seem to proliferate our social media channels, while position management receives little airplay. Yet it can be what separates a trader who rides price moves with clarity on when to take action, from one who repeatedly watches their unrealised profits...

June 23, 2025
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Imposter Trader Syndrome: Why Confidence Matters as Much as Analysis

Have you ever stared at your charts, perfectly certain your setup is valid, then right when you are ready to press the entry button, you freeze, tweak the setup, or abandon it altogether? If so, then you have probably experienced what I call the ‘Imposter Trader Syndrome’. Irrespective of trading experience or the evidence-based nature of...

June 20, 2025
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The CFD Trader’s Guide to Corporate Actions

Ignoring corporate actions is a common pitfall many CFD traders fall into. Longing or shorting the underlying share is rooted in technical and fundamental analysis, and simple dividend payouts or buybacks feel unimportant to the trading strategy. However, even though you’re trading an instrument whose value is determined by the movement of an ...

June 19, 2025
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Oil Price Reality: Are We Destined for New Highs, or Just Another False Alarm?

Oil has been thrust back into the spotlight as the negative catalyst for markets. The events over the weekend highlight just how fragile the Middle East is and how it will shape global trading in the second half of 2025. Putting Iran in an oil-specific perspective, despite rising geopolitical tensions, the potential for sustained disruptions to ...

June 16, 2025
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Israel-Iran Conflict: How Markets Are Reacting and What Traders Need to Know

Last week, the simmering geopolitical situation in the Middle East took a dramatic turn with Israel launching large-scale airstrikes on Iran. Primarily targeting nuclear and missile sites and key Iranian leaders, fears are increasing of a move towards Iran developing local nuclear development capability..  In the days since, Iran has retaliated...

June 16, 2025
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Beating Trading FOMO: How to Enter and Exit Without Fear of Missing Out

Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is a powerful psychological force that can completely derail your trading potential. It can alter meticulously planned trading decisions, right at the time you’re meant to execute. Having spent many years as a trading coach, FOMO is something I have seen far too often. It masquerades as an urgency to be “in the mar...

June 9, 2025
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Start Smart: Pre-Market Trading Preparation and Downloadable Checklist

Introduction: The Moment Before the Move There is one key habit that appears to separate consistent high-performance traders from the rest, i.e. they fully prepare before engaging in the “battle of the market”. Before a position is amended or a new order is placed, professional traders engage in a ritual or daily agenda (as many of you ha...

June 5, 2025
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Mastering the Art of Partial Closes: A Practical Guide to Managing Trade Risk

Introduction As any experienced trader has seen in the reality of the market, knowing when and how to exit trades is arguably as important, if not more important, than knowing when to enter. We have invested a lot of time on Inner circle webinars discussing exit approaches not only in terms of management of potential capital risk i.e. the potent...

June 2, 2025
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