As part of our commitment to provide the most reliable service to our clients, there will be MT4 server maintenance this weekend.
MT4 Maintenance Hours:
24th of August 2024 (Saturday) 08:00 – 13:00 (GMT+3)
Please note that the following aspects might be affected during the maintenance:
1. The price quote and trading management will be temporarily disabled during the maintenance. You will not be able to open new positions, close open positions, or make any adjustments to the trades.
2. There might be a gap between the original price and the price after maintenance. The gaps between Pending Orders, Stop Loss and Take Profit will be filled at the market price once the maintenance is completed. It is suggested that you manage the account properly.
Please refer to the MT4 software for the specific maintenance completion and marketing opening time.
Thank you for your patience and understanding about this important initiative.
If you’d like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact info@vtmarkets.com
Please note that the dividends of the following products will be adjusted accordingly. Index dividends will be executed separately through a balance statement directly to your trading account, and the comment will be in the following format “Div & Product Name & Net Volume ”.
Please refer to the table below for more details:
The above data is for reference only, please refer to the MT4/MT5 software for specific data.
If you’d like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact info@vtmarkets.com.
Say what? Is there anything better than cash at all?
Shouldn’t cash be the ultimate equivalent of financial stability?
While having money in the bank can offer a sense of security, clinging to cash will just halter your journey in achieving financial freedom. This is the biggest mistake could cost you the lifestyle you want to live.
By keeping cash and cash only, you are allowing yourself to be robbed. Here is how it happens.
Inflation erosion: Keeping cash is the sure way to lose
The key trigger is no other than inflation, which reduces the purchasing power of cash over time. If the inflation rate is higher than the interest earned on cash savings, the real value of cash holdings diminishes.
To put this into perspective, consider an inflation rate of 3% per year.
USD 1,000 in year 2024 will have the purchasing power of:
(100% – 3%) x USD 1,000 = USD 970 in year 2025
Followed by
(100% – 3%) x USD 970 = USD 940 in year 2026
Followed by
(100% – 3%) x USD 940 = USD 912 in year 2027
So on and so forth.
What that means is inflation robs from everyone if all that is being done is saving cash, and nothing else. Every year, the stash of cash saved automatically evaporates into thin air just by the power of inflation alone. And just like death and taxes, no one escapes inflation.
Can you trust the banks? Really?
What about putting money in the bank to earn some interest rate, you ask? Wouldn’t that help to negate the effects of inflation too?
This depends on the difference between the inflation rate and the interest rate you earn by parking your spare cash in the bank. An extreme example would be Turkey, whereby the interest rate is somewhere around 50%.
“Wow, I’d be rich by parking Turkish lira in the Turkish banks!” One might think.
Not so fast. Wait till you see that the inflation rate of the Turkey is somewhere around 70% every year.
That means you would be netting at:
(100% + 50% – 70%) x TRY 30,000 = TRY 24,000
Despite whooping percentage of interest rate received from the Turkish banks, the cash holder is just receiving a real loss of 20% in cash value. Not a very smart choice.
Having FOMO is good when it comes to beating inflation
Keeping too much cash on hand automatically means you lose out to inflation. By the same token, the benchmark to beat is to make your hard-earned cash work for you in a way faster than inflation erodes your wealth.
There are two ways to go about this.
Passive long-term investments
Asset classes such as stock, indices, bonds and ETFs have outperformed keeping cash in terms of return of investment (ROI). For example, the Nasdaq Composite (Symbol: NAS100) has an annualised return of 20.9% per annum in the last ten (10) years.
With the power of compounding, that gives you a return of 566.7% in the last decade by simply buying in and not doing anything. Sounds awesome?
Active flipping your capital in the financial markets
Yeah, 566.7% in a decade may sound great, but what if your capital is only $1,000?
Making 566.7% is a mere $5,667 worth of profits over 10 years. That is hardly much for ten years. While it does beat inflation, you will not be having the option to resign your job as and when you wish.
When you have a small capital, you need to make your money work harder. And this is made possible by CFD day trading. It is common to hear day traders making 100% gains in a day, sometimes in matter of minutes. Embark on your journey as a forex trader with VT Markets now. With 1000+ assets being offered by VT Markets, there is nothing to stop you from achieving your desired lifestyle.
Stop holding too much cash, let your money work for you
While having some cash on hand is essential for liquidity and emergency purposes, over-relying on cash can lead to missed opportunities for growth and wealth accumulation. Balancing cash reserves with strategic plans allows your money to work for you instead of you having to work hard for them, bringing you to another level of lifestyle that makes you happier.
The above data is for reference only; please refer to the MT4 and MT5 software for specific data.
Friendly reminders:
1. All specifications for Shares CFD stay the same except leverage during the mentioned period.
2. The margin requirement of the trade may be affected by this adjustment. Please make sure the funds in your account are sufficient to hold the position before this adjustment.
If you’d like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact info@vtmarkets.com.
Please note that the dividends of the following products will be adjusted accordingly. Index dividends will be executed separately through a balance statement directly to your trading account, and the comment will be in the following format “Div & Product Name & Net Volume ”.
Please refer to the table below for more details:
The above data is for reference only, please refer to the MT4/MT5 software for specific data.
If you’d like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact info@vtmarkets.com.
Please note that the dividends of the following products will be adjusted accordingly. Index dividends will be executed separately through a balance statement directly to your trading account, and the comment will be in the following format “Div & Product Name & Net Volume ”.
Please refer to the table below for more details:
The above data is for reference only, please refer to the MT4/MT5 software for specific data.
If you’d like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact info@vtmarkets.com.
Please note that the dividends of the following products will be adjusted accordingly. Index dividends will be executed separately through a balance statement directly to your trading account, and the comment will be in the following format “Div & Product Name & Net Volume ”.
Please refer to the table below for more details:
The above data is for reference only, please refer to the MT4/MT5 software for specific data.
If you’d like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact info@vtmarkets.com.
Sydney, Australia, [16 August 2024] – VT Markets, a global multi-asset broker, is proud to announce a new partnership with Newcastle United. This collaboration unites two entities that exemplify bravery, perseverance, and innovation.
“We’re proud that VT Markets views Newcastle United as the ideal partner to support and elevate its ambitious growth plans in markets across the world.” said Newcastle United’s Chief Commercial Officer, Peter Silverstone. “We are delighted to welcome another internationally recognised partner to our club and look forward to working closely with VT Markets.”
“We are incredibly excited about this partnership with Newcastle United, a team that exemplifies the same drive for excellence and innovation that we strive for at VT Markets,” said Agustin Bilinskis, Head of Strategy Operations, APAC of VT Markets.
A special jersey bearing the number ‘77’ has been unveiled in honour of this collaboration. The number ‘77’ holds great significance for VT Markets, symbolizing good fortune and our aspirations for continued growth. In football, a player’s number and name represents their iconic and memorable identity, and to embody this global partnership, we chose a number that resonates deeply with our brand.
The partnership was officially inaugurated at the J. League International Series 2024 in Japan. The event’s highlights included an exchange of appreciation tokens. Newcastle United presented a curated number ‘77’ jersey while VT Markets reciprocated with an appreciation trophy.
This occasion unfolded at the 63,700-capacity Saitama Stadium in Japan on July 31st, attended by representatives from both organisations. VT Markets was represented by Agustin Bilinskis, Head of Strategy Operations, APAC and Dandelyn Koh, Global Brand Lead. Representing Newcastle United was their Chief Commercial Officer, Peter Silverstone.
About VT Markets
VT Markets is a regulated multi-asset broker with a presence in over 160 countries as of today. It has earned numerous international accolades including Best Online Trading and Fastest Growing Broker. In line with its mission to make trading accessible to all, VT Markets offers comprehensive access to over 1,000 financial instruments and clients benefit from a seamless trading experience via its award-winning mobile application.
Please note that the dividends of the following products will be adjusted accordingly. Index dividends will be executed separately through a balance statement directly to your trading account, and the comment will be in the following format “Div & Product Name & Net Volume ”.
Please refer to the table below for more details:
The above data is for reference only, please refer to the MT4/MT5 software for specific data.
If you’d like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact info@vtmarkets.com.
If you want to understand why the markets are collapsing, read on to discover the reasons behind the recent Black Monday on Wall Street—and how you can still earn a tidy sum during a market crash.
For those who have ever wondered when the next financial bubble might burst – it just did.
For one, if you saw how stocks ended last week and checked the global indexes last night, you can tell there’s a lot of fear in the markets right now.
Global markets have entered a perfect storm for a sell off.
In case you missed it, here’s what happened last Monday on Wall Street:
• The S&P 500 experienced its largest single-day decline since September 2022.
• The Dow plummeted by over 1,000 points.
• The Nasdaq 100 lost nearly $1 billion in market value.
• The VIX, Wall Street’s Fear Gauge, reached levels last observed during the 2008 Financial Crisis and the 2020 pandemic.
There’s no way to predict exactly when a stock market downturn will occur, but it’s safe to assume it will happen eventually. Market downturns are normal, and, unfortunately, they’re also unavoidable.
A market crash essentially means that stock prices across various sectors of the market take a sharp decline. Many investors start selling their shares at the same time, and stock prices fall. When this happens on a broad scale, a market crash can occur.
Just like this trade that’s causing mayhem in financial markets outside the US:The yen-carry trade.
Over the last few days, the Japanese yen has surged and hit levels that haven’t been seen since World War II.
The recent selloff is largely due to the yen-carry trade unwinding after the Bank of Japan raised rates twice in a row for the first time in 17 years. This move caused the yen to rebound from a 40-year low of 161.61 to 142.71 against the U.S. dollar
Traders responded by selling off foreign assets and converting their money back to yen to limit their losses. It looks like the market might have gone too far too quickly, so we’re now seeing some adjustments during the European trading session as it moves back to more normal levels.
Many people associate market crashes with losing money. But if you take the right steps before a market downturn, you might not lose money at all.
In fact, the opportunistic would see it as the best time to take advantage of the crash and make money from it.
Take a cue from the “Rich Dad Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki who expected a historic crash across financial markets.
“The biggest crash in world history is coming,” he said, adding that sell-offs create buying opportunities but that markets wouldn’t recover for a long time. “Get more gold, silver, and bitcoin while you can,” he tweeted.
Biggest bubble in world history getting bigger. Biggest crash in world history coming. Buying more gold and silver. Waiting for Bitcoin to drop to $24 k. Crashes best time to get rich. Take care.
And because the entry point has been lowered, it’s easy for beginner traders to tap into the markets and start building their portfolios with minimal initial investment. It just takes the right approach.
3 ways to profit from the market crash
Exploit the yen-carry trade
While we did say that the crash was caused by the yen-carry trade, opportunities remain; the revised rates remain low enough for investor demand. As with how it has been done, the Japanese yen’s low-interest rates allow traders to borrow yen at low rates and invest in higher-yielding assets or currencies that are temporarily undervalued.
Traders are, however, advised to be careful of sudden increases in the yen’s value due to upcoming BOJ hikes and Fed cuts; this can affect their returns.
Trend trading
Trend trading, a strategy based on identifying and following the direction of market movements, can be particularly effective during such volatile periods.
We’ve written an article on why trend trading is one of the most effective ways to capture the hottest moments in the market.
Since CFDs are derivatives, you don’t own the underlying asset. This also means you have the flexibility to respond swiftly to market crashes, capturing opportunities as they arise.
Another word of wisdom to take heed from is this advice from Robert Kiyosaki:
Why I like gold, silver, Bitcoin? LIQUIDITY. People rushing in to buy a house at top of real estate market. When real estate crashes cannot get out. Real estate not liquid. I own 8000 rental properties. Bought during crashes. In 2021 I prefer liquidity of gold, silver, Bitcoin.
Market crashes can be intimidating, but they also present opportunities for traders who know how to navigate them.
Why trade CFDs with VT Markets?
As an award-winning broker, VT Markets equips traders with everything they need to profit from the markets, regardless of market trajectory. By trading CFDs on the VT Markets app, you have…
Access to a wide range of assets
Tighter spread and near-instant liquidity
The power of leverage for higher returns
…which makes it easy for traders to find opportunities to profit, whether it’s a bear market, a crash, or a downturn.
