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2026-11-09

6 minutes

Anthropic IPO: What traders need to know before the debut

Anthropic, the AI safety company behind the Claude family of models, has officially stepped out of its confidential phase by filing an amended S-1 registration (S-1/A) with the SEC on 2 November 2026. The company is targeting a listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker ANT. While the exact debut date and final share price remain blank in the preliminary filing, the offering is expected to proceed as soon as the SEC clears the registration. For most retail traders, direct pre-IPO access is not available, but indirect sector exposure is possible through ETFs and CFDs on related names. At a near-$1 trillion valuation, this would be one of the largest IPOs in history and the first pure AI safety company to reach public markets. Is this a generational opportunity, or a hype trap dressed up in AI?

2026-11-06

5 minutes

How to read a candlestick chart

Just open any trading platform and you’ll see them everywhere: a sequence of coloured bars, of varying lengths, with thin lines at either end. This is the candlestick chart. Once you’ve learnt how to read a candlestick chart, the whole market will start to make much more sense to you.

2026-11-06

5 minutes

Ethereum forecast 2026: Institutional adoption through spot ETFs and asset tokenisation

Ethereum has had a weak year, but the final months of 2026 could show it recovering with the adoption of ETH through spot ETFs and asset tokenisation.

2026-11-06

7 minutes

Doji candlestick pattern: understanding indecision in trading

Understanding and using Doji candlestick patterns in your trading strategy will give you real-time windows into shifting market sentiment.

2026-11-05

6 minutes

Take-Two earnings preview: GTA VI launch is the critical catalyst for TTWO

Take-Two’s upcoming earnings are less about the quarter just ended and more about whether management can reaffirm GTA VI’s launch, demand outlook and profitability path.

2026-11-04

7 minutes

Risk management in finance: Why is it important?

Risk management is a non-negotiable for traders and, while you can never entirely eliminate risk, you can have robust and adaptive approaches to it.

2026-11-03

7 minutes

Trading EUR/CHF forex pair guide

The EUR/CHF pair is a cornerstone pair for European macro trading, and has immense liquidity. Find out how you can utilise its volatility in your trades.

2026-11-02

6 minutes

Midterm elections & tariffs: EUR/USD, USD/CAD, and USD/MXN outlook

An in-depth technical analysis and macroeconomic review of major foreign exchange pairs—EUR/USD, USD/CAD, and USD/MXN—as trade policy recalibrations and tariff structures shape market dynamics ahead of the October 2026 U.S. midterm elections.

2026-10-29

4 minutes

Apple ahead of earnings: record sales are only the beginning of the test

Apple is approaching its earnings release with expectations for quarterly revenue exceeding $113 billion. Following a strong first half of the calendar year, however, investors will be looking to see how much of that sales growth translates into a sustained improvement in profitability. The previous report showed that even record results require a careful reading of the footnotes: some of the profit came from tariff refunds.

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