Forex
Trading the US jobs report (NFP): a 2026 guide
The 2026 release dates for US non-farm payrolls, how EUR/USD, gold and US indices usually react, five common ways traders approach the release, and the costs and risks to plan for.
Market analysis
Articles from the NAMH Global research desk on forex, gold, oil and stock indices: previews of data releases and central bank decisions, market reviews and explainers. A dated article describes the market on the day it was published.
FEATURED · 3 JUN 2026
Commodities
What moves the gold price: six drivers of XAU/USD
Gold is moved mainly by real interest rates and the US dollar, then by central-bank buying, inflation and safe-haven demand, investment flows and supply. When…
Forex
What moves EUR/USD: six drivers
EUR/USD is driven mainly by the gap between Fed and ECB interest rates, then by the broad US dollar, relative growth, risk appetite, inflation data and…
Forex
What is the DXY (US Dollar Index)? A trader's guide
The US Dollar Index measures the dollar against six currencies, and the euro makes up more than half of it. How it is calculated, how it relates to gold and…
Indices
What is US30? The Dow Jones CFD explained
US30 is a common broker name for a CFD on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index of 30 large US companies weighted by share price. How the weighting works,…
Indices
What is NAS100? The Nasdaq-100 CFD explained
NAS100 is a common broker name for a CFD on the Nasdaq-100, an index of 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq. What is in it, what moves…
Forex
Forex market hours and trading sessions
The Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions in UTC and New York time, for winter and summer, with the overlaps, the clock changes and when spreads are…
Platform
MetaTrader 5 guide: what MT5 is and how it compares with MT4
What MetaTrader 5 is, who makes it, and how it differs from MT4: timeframes, order types, Depth of Market, position accounting and automated trading.
Risk Management
Forex leverage explained: margin, losses and position size
How leverage and margin work, with worked examples at 1:100, 1:500 and 1:1000, what happens at a margin call and a stop-out, and how to size a trade from your…
Trust & Safety
Saint Lucia forex brokers: what registration means for your money
What a Saint Lucia company registration covers, what a securities regulator would add, and six things you can check yourself before you deposit with any…
Accounts
What is an ECN account? How ECN pricing works and what it costs
What an ECN is, what brokers mean by an ECN account, how a raw spread plus commission compares with an all-in spread, and the terms of the NAMH Global ECN…
Forex
June 2026 jobs report: payrolls miss forecasts, unemployment falls
US payrolls rose 57,000 in June 2026 against a forecast of about 110,000, and unemployment fell to 4.2%. What the report meant for the Fed, the dollar and…
Forex
June 2026 FOMC: the Fed's projections point to a rate hike
The Fed held rates on 17 June 2026, but its projections moved from a cut to a hike by the end of the year. How the dollar, gold and bitcoin reacted, as at 28…
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