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Carry Trade Explained: How It Works and When It Fails

A carry trade uses cheaper funding to hold an investment with a higher yield. In a currency carry trade, that...

Artem Goryushin
Buy The Dip

Buy the Dip: Meaning, Strategy and When It Fails

Buy the dip means buying an asset after its price falls, expecting it to recover. You get a lower entry...

Artem Goryushin

Seven Ways to Trade Japanese Stocks in 2026-2027

We’ve recently added 20+ new Japanese stocks to our platform, including Toyota, Sony, Nintendo, Tokyo Electron, Advantest, Mitsubishi UFJ, and...

Mauricio Diaz
Futures vs options

Futures vs Options: Key Differences, Costs and Examples

A futures contract commits both sides to settle a trade at an agreed price. An option gives its buyer the...

Artem Goryushin

How to Trade Oil: Costs, News and a Worked Example

To trade oil, choose a benchmark and an instrument, check the news that could move that market, and calculate the...

Artem Goryushin

Europe’s AI stocks: 10 companies powering the AI boom 

When traders think AI, they usually think Nvidia, Microsoft or Alphabet. But besides software, an AI model also needs chips...

Artem Goryushin
Fair value gaps

Fair Value Gaps: How to Identify, Validate and Trade Them

A fair value gap (FVG) is a three-candle pattern where the first and third candles do not overlap. In a...

Artem Goryushin
Buy the rumors

Buy the Rumor, Sell the News Explained

A company announces record revenue. Its share price falls the next day. The headline looks positive, so why are investors...

Artem Goryushin

$100B to $26B: what went wrong with Shein — and what Shein’s IPO changes

In 2022, private investors valued Shein at almost $100 billion. Four years later, the fast-fashion giant finally reached the stock...

Mauricio Diaz

Europe’s Volatile 20: Fastest-moving EU stocks to watch

140 new European stocks have just landed on IQ Option 🎉 Here are some names that deserve extra attention due...

Mauricio Diaz