Marcus Thornfield
Senior FX Trader & Market Analyst
📍 London, United Kingdom · 15 years experience
Macroeconomic AnalysisGBP/USD & EUR/USDHedge Fund TradingMarket Sentiment
93 articles on ForexBite
About Marcus Thornfield
Marcus spent 15 years on trading desks in the City of London before moving into independent analysis and education. He started his career at a mid-sized hedge fund in Canary Wharf in 2008, which meant his first year in the industry was also one of the most volatile in modern financial history. That experience shaped how he thinks about risk. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a CFA charterholder designation. His analysis tends to cut straight to the point: macro drivers, positioning data, and what the price action is actually telling you.
Writing style: Direct and data-driven. No-nonsense. Backs every claim with a number or a chart.
Articles by Marcus Thornfield
Courses & Lessons
- Caution With Currency Correlation advanced
- How to Calculate Currency Correlations Using Excel advanced
- Currency Correlations With the Stock Market advanced
- Forex Markets and Global Equity Markets: How They Connect advanced
- Managing Risk Exposure With Currency Correlations advanced
- What Is the COT Report and How to Use It in Forex advanced
- What Is Currency Correlation? A Practical Introduction advanced
- What Is the US Dollar Index (DXY/USDX)? advanced
- Currency Pairs: How Forex Trades Are Structured basics
- Fundamental Analysis for Forex Beginners basics
- Money Management in Forex: Protecting Capital Before Chasing Profit basics
- Risk Management Basics: The Rules That Determine Long-Term Survival basics
- Market Sentiment in Forex: Trading the Crowd's Psychology basics
- Three Types of Forex Analysis: Technical, Fundamental, and Sentiment basics
- Forex Market Hours: When the Market Is Worth Trading basics
- Famous Forex Trades: What History's Greatest Currency Bets Teach Us basics
- Who Moves the Forex Market? The Key Players Explained basics
- How Forex Trading Works: Long, Short, Spreads, and Pips Explained basics
- Margin and Leveraged Trading: How Leverage Actually Works basics
- Online Forex Trading: How to Get Started With a Broker basics
- What Affects the Value of a Currency? 7 Key Drivers Explained basics
- What Is Forex? The Foreign Exchange Market Explained basics
- Why Trade Forex? Real Advantages, Honest Disadvantages basics
- Central Banks Every Forex Trader Must Know fundamental analysis
- Employment Indicators and Their Impact on Forex fundamental analysis
- Exchange Rates and Supply and Demand fundamental analysis
- Top 5 factors that affect exchange rate fundamental analysis
- How to Read a Forex Economic Calendar fundamental analysis
- How to Use Fundamental Indicators to Make Trade Decisions fundamental analysis
- Inflation Indicators in Forex: CPI, PPI, and PCE Explained fundamental analysis
- Interest Rates and Forex: How Central Bank Decisions Drive Currency Prices fundamental analysis
- Macroeconomic Indicators in Forex: GDP, Employment, Trade Balance Explained fundamental analysis
- Monetary Policy and Its Impact on Forex Markets fundamental analysis
- Forex News Sources and Market Data for Traders fundamental analysis
- Political and Economic Performance as Currency Drivers fundamental analysis
- The Role of Central Banks in Forex: How Monetary Policy Moves Currencies fundamental analysis
- What Is Fundamental Analysis in Forex? The Beginner's Complete Guide fundamental analysis
- Forex Day Trading: Strategy, Sessions, and Setup Guidelines getting started
- Dealing Desk vs. Non-Dealing Desk Brokers: Key Differences Explained getting started
- Different Forex Broker Types: Market Makers, STP, and ECN Explained getting started
- Follow a Working Trading Routine: The Daily Structure of a Disciplined Forex Trader getting started
- Forex Broker Due Diligence: How to Choose a Safe, Regulated Broker getting started
- Forex Trading Styles: Scalper, Day Trader, Swing Trader, or Position Trader? getting started
- Forex Trading System in 6 Steps: How to Build a Strategy That Works getting started
- Goal Setting for Forex Traders: How to Define Success Before You Start getting started
- How Much Money Can You Risk Trading Forex? (2026 Guide) getting started
- Forex Position Trading: How to Trade Major Multi-Week Trends getting started
- Forex Scalping: How to Trade the London and New York Opens getting started
- Forex Swing Trading: The Complete Guide for 2026 getting started
- Testing Your Forex Trading System: Backtesting and Forward Testing Guide getting started
- How to Keep a Forex Trading Journal: The System That Closes the Gap getting started
- What Is a Forex Trading Plan? (And How to Build One That Actually Works) getting started
- Average True Range (ATR): How to Use Volatility in Your Trading risk management
- Account Capitalization in Forex: How Much Do You Need to Start? risk management
- Chart Stop-Loss: How to Place Stops Based on Market Structure risk management
- Equity Stop-Loss: Protecting Your Account Across Multiple Positions risk management
- Forex Margin Call: What It Is, Why It Happens, and How to Avoid It risk management
- Forex Trader Psychology: Mastering the Mental Game in 2026 risk management
- Managing Exposure and Position Sizing Across Multiple Trades risk management
- Risk Management in Forex Trading: The Complete Beginner's Guide (2026) risk management
- Risk of Excessive Leverage in Forex: The Math That Destroys Accounts risk management
- Risk-Reward Ratio: Why the Math of Trading Matters More Than Win Rate risk management
- Volatility Stop-Loss: Using ATR to Size Stops for Current Market Conditions risk management
- What Is a Drawdown in Forex? How to Measure, Manage, and Recover risk management
- Forex Leverage: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Kills Accounts risk management
- Breakout Trades With Pivot Points: Range Breakout and Level Reclaim Setups technical analysis
- Candlestick Charts: The Complete Pattern Reference for Forex Traders technical analysis
- Caution When Trading Fibonacci technical analysis
- Elliott Wave Theory in Forex: The Five-Wave and ABC Pattern Explained technical analysis
- EMA Explained: Exponential Moving Average in Forex Trading technical analysis
- Fibonacci Retracement and Trend Lines: How to Combine Two Tools technical analysis
- Fibonacci Retracement: How to Draw Levels and Trade the Pullback technical analysis
- Elliott Wave Five-Wave Impulse Pattern: Detailed Breakdown technical analysis
- Forex Charts Basics: Bar Charts, Line Charts, and Candlesticks Compared technical analysis
- Head and Shoulders Pattern: The Most Reliable Reversal Signal in Forex technical analysis
- Methods to Establish Support and Resistance in Forex technical analysis
- Moving Averages in Forex: SMA, EMA, and How to Use Them technical analysis
- Moving Averages Crossover Trading: Using MA Signals for Trend Entries technical analysis
- Pivot Points and Market Sentiment: How to Read Institutional Bias technical analysis
- Pivot Points in Forex: How to Trade Daily and Weekly Support and Resistance technical analysis
- Popular Moving Average Time Periods in Forex: Which Periods Actually Matter technical analysis
- Range-Bound Trading: How to Profit From Horizontal Markets technical analysis
- Chart Patterns: Rectangles, Triangles, Tops and Bottoms in Forex technical analysis
- SMA Explained: Simple Moving Average in Forex Trading technical analysis
- SMA vs. EMA: Which Moving Average Should You Use? technical analysis
- Support and Resistance Levels: How to Draw Them Correctly and Trade Them technical analysis
- Three-Wave ABC Correction: How to Trade Elliott Wave Corrections technical analysis
- Tops and Bottoms in Forex: Identifying Major Reversal Patterns technical analysis
- Trading Trend Lines and Channels in Forex technical analysis
- Trends in Forex: How to Identify, Classify, and Trade Market Trends technical analysis
- Triangle Chart Patterns in Forex Trading technical analysis