Towards the end of the year we tend to review its ups and downs and start planning for the new one. Whether its a pledge to eat more healthy food, learn something new or improve your trading, everything seems to be possible to achieve when we're standing on the verge of another new year. So while you compile your own list of resolutions have a look at what some of the FXstreet.com contributors expect to achieve in 2014. Maybe you will discover you have similar goals or maybe they will give you inspiration. Aren't you curious?
Check previous year's experts resolutions!
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
Ed Ponsi
- Do More For Others
- Diversify My Holdings
- Enjoy Life More
Carol Harmer
- Try and Teach The Retail Trader How To Trade Profitably
- Explain That There Are Many Markets To Trade..Creating Missed Opportunities
- Make The Time To Write A Book
Valeria Bednarik
- Go back to the basics
- Write a book
- Finish my house
Joseph Trevisiani
- Stop Being Reflexively Contrarian
- Remember that in Writing the Hardest Part is Starting
- Give More of Myself
Kathleen Brooks
- Stop trying to make the market fit my strategy
- Stay disciplined
- Join the community
Navin Prithyani
- Setup technological platforms to allow others to duplicate my trades
- Setup a branch of my firm in Toronto, Canada
- Get more media attention for my firm
Ilian Yotov
- Enjoy another year with my family
- Launch my new currency management company AIMfx
- Expand my efforts to grow personal philanthropy and inspire others
Dr. S. Sivaraman
- Develop more strategic trading techniques and fine tune market reading
- Create more awareness among traders about reality of forex market
- Try and develop more patience and perseverance
David Pegler
- Be More Available
- Don’t underestimate funny money
- Enjoy trading again
Bradley Gilbert
- Make our professional training package more accessible for all traders.
- Increase our FUM to $25 Million
- Open our Asian headquarters in Beijing
Tarik Chebib
- Trust your gut feeling
- Understand the drivers of the US economy better
- Diversify my goals again
David Cooney
- Finalise the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulation process for MahiFX
- Finish my fixed wing instrument rating
- Figuring out a remedy for the daily 5 AM wake-up call courtesy of my four-year-old daughter
Matt Simpson
- Gauge market sentiment using fundamental information
- Improve Efficiency
- Increase Exercise
James Stanley
- Don’t manage every position aggressively
- Avoid the Noise
- Be more balanced
Editors’ Picks
EUR/USD met some decent resistance above 1.0700
EUR/USD remained unable to gather extra upside traction and surpass the 1.0700 hurdle in a convincing fashion on Wednesday, instead giving away part of the weekly gains against the backdrop of a decent bounce in the Dollar.
GBP/USD snaps the two-day winning streak above 1.2450, eyes on US GDP data
The GBP/USD pair snaps the two-day winning streak near 1.2460 amid the modest rebound of the US Dollar on Thursday during the early Asian session. The release of the US Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter will take center stage on the day.
USD/JPY finds its highest bids since 1990, approaches 156.00
USD/JPY broke into its highest chart territory since June of 1990 on Wednesday, peaking near 155.40 for the first time in 34 years as the Japanese Yen continues to tumble across the broad FX market.
Editors’ Picks
AUD/USD posts gain, yet dive below 0.6500 amid Aussie CPI, ahead of US GDP
The Aussie Dollar finished Wednesday’s session with decent gains of 0.15% against the US Dollar, yet it retreated from weekly highs of 0.6529, which it hit after a hotter-than-expected inflation report. As the Asian session begins, the AUD/USD trades around 0.6495.
USD/JPY finds its highest bids since 1990, approaches 156.00
USD/JPY broke into its highest chart territory since June of 1990 on Wednesday, peaking near 155.40 for the first time in 34 years as the Japanese Yen continues to tumble across the broad FX market.
Gold stays firm amid higher US yields as traders await US GDP data
Gold recovers from recent losses, buoyed by market interest despite a stronger US Dollar and higher US Treasury yields. De-escalation of Middle East tensions contributed to increased market stability, denting the appetite for Gold buying.
Ethereum suffers slight pullback, Hong Kong spot ETH ETFs to begin trading on April 30
Ethereum suffered a brief decline on Wednesday afternoon despite increased accumulation from whales. This follows Ethereum restaking protocol Renzo restaked ETH crashing from its 1:1 peg with ETH and increased activities surrounding spot Ethereum ETFs.
Dow Jones Industrial Average hesitates on Wednesday as markets wait for key US data
The DJIA stumbled on Wednesday, falling from recent highs near 38,550.00 as investors ease off of Tuesday’s risk appetite. The index recovered as US data continues to vex financial markets that remain overwhelmingly focused on rate cuts from the US Fed.
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