Most investors believe currency hedging reduces risk.It sounds intelligent. It sounds prudent. It sounds like control. But in reality? Currency hedging often does the exact opposite. In this video, I break down why hedged ETFs—like the difference between IVV and IHVV— don’t reduce risk, don’t improve returns, and may actually damage long-term performance. Because what…
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Betting on binary outcomes—such as the outcome of a drug trial—introduces a fundamentally different risk profile to most forms of trading. In conventional market environments, trades tend to fail gradually. Prices move against the position in increments, allowing the trader to respond: stops can be adjusted, positions reduced, or risk reassessed. Losses unfold over time,…
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The chart below is a year to date comparison of crude oil and natural gas. What is immediately apparent is the performance differential between the two since the start of the latest conflict in the Middle East. This is interesting because superficially, when we view commodities within a given sector, we tend to think of…
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Financial markets contain certain relationships that appear sacrosanct. Traders are comforted by rules that never seem to alter, and by which they believe they could literally set their watches. One of the most persistent links is betweenmadness in the Middle East, rising oil prices, and gold prices. Historically, the pattern has been straightforward. When geopolitical…
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A recent video on our YouTube channel – it is an interesting question that deserves a more complete answer than you can generate in the comments section under a video. The question was as follows – Could the main source of psychological problems be a lack of technical knowledge and skills? One of the most…
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The break is over – and this episode is about getting back into a trading rhythm that actually works. In this Talking Trading conversation, Louise Bedford unpacks a problem that sits behind so many stalled trading journeys: Hesitation. Waiting for certainty. Delaying decisions. Watching setups form and then letting them go. A loss can teach…
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In trading, profitability is rarely about predicting the market with flawless foresight. Instead, it often depends on how you frame risk, execute consistently, and allow probability to work in your favour. Two terms that are frequently confused but vitally important to distinguish are precision and accuracy. They sound similar, yet for traders, they represent entirely…
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Where do ten-baggers really come from? Not where most traders think. In this episode of 10 Minutes with Tate, I dismantle the popular belief that the biggest gains come from market leaders and high relative-strength stocks. Using empirical evidence, index-rotation examples, and real-world case studies, he explains why true ten-baggers emerge from low-priced, thinly followed…
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So, you think you should only invest in the biggest stocks on the market? You’ve bought into the myth that size equals safety, and that only the ASX200 or ASX300 deserve your attention. Wrong. That’s the exact mindset that keeps individual investors from crushing it in the markets. Meanwhile, the real money is being made…
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