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EUR/JPY avoids 100.00 ground

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 8 days ago in EUR made popular 8 days ago

High-Risk Warning Forex, Futures, and Options trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risks. The high degree of leverage can work against you as well as for you. You must be aware of the risks of investing in forex, futures, ... read more
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Canada dollar slides on political impasse in Greece

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 11 days ago in USD, EUR, CAD

The Canadian dollar erased earlier gains against its US counterpart on Tuesday but surged to a 16-month high against the euro after Greece said it would hold new elections and worries mounted about its possible ... read more
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Next Possible Support Levels for the Free-Falling NZD/USD

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 18 days ago in USD, EUR, CAD, AUD

Join the Market Intelligence Briefings to get fundamental analysis, technical setups, trade plan assessments for NZD/USD and other currency pairs. Fan Yang CMT is a trader, analyst, educator and Chief Technical Strategist for FXTimes - provider of ... read more
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EUR/USD-Bulge bracket FX bank creative short EUR posi

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 18 days ago in EUR made popular 18 days ago

One of the global top 4 FX trading banks has put on a fresh 6-mth EUR/USD digital put at 1.2900 with a 1.1950 "American knockout". Whilst they don't expect to make money short term (their 1-mth forecast 1.3000) they want to have the position on so that ... read more
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The Dollar & Gold Have Eyes on Europe (GLD, UUP, UDN, AAPL)

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 19 days ago in EUR

What is particularly troubling about the chart above is that the EUR/USD currency pair is seeing reduced implied volatility. This essentially means that the market is not expecting any major moves in the currency pair amid all of the poor economic ... read more
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Should You Forget the Marcellus & Bakken Shale and Consider Nevada for Oil ...

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 26 days ago in Commodities

This oil prospect consists of 7270-acres in the Monte Cristo basin located about 135 miles southeast of Reno. According to a September 2008 report, the prospect could have an estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) amount of as much as 669 million barrels of ... read more
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NZD/SGD, NZD/USD Flows: NZD/SGD eye Parity Options on Dovish RBNZ + Hawkish MAS

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 32 days ago in NZD made popular 32 days ago

NZD/USD at 0.8110-12, NZD/SGD at 1.0110-20, USD/SGD at 1.2466-68, looking offered as funds, models continue to sell USD/SGD - buy SGD - on hawkish MAS and higher inflation, of 5.2% in March. NZD/SGD eye return to sub Parity, 1.0000 again, ... read more
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AUD Preview: CPI Data Key to RBA Rate Cuts and Aussie Direction

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 33 days ago in USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, AUD, Economic Indicators

With producer prices falling that should filter down into weaker consumer prices in the coming quarter and should mean that inflation pressures remain subdued. In terms of consumer prices, CPI is expected to climb 0.8% in the first quarter, ... read more
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USD/CAD pushes higher as growth worries persist

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 46 days ago in CAD made popular 46 days ago

Forexpros - The US dollar was modestly higher against its Canadian counterpart on Tuesday, as concerns over the outlook for the US economic recovery lingered after Friday's disappointing US employment data. USD/CAD hit 0.9999 in early US trade, ... read more
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The Opening Bell: Where currencies start for Thursday, April 5, 2012

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 52 days ago in USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, AUD, NZD made popular 52 days ago

So despite the fact the world isn't falling off a cliff, the market is trimming back on 'risk' assets and the NZD as 'pro-risk' currency has been under pressure. ADP Employment numbers from the US came in as expected and previous months were revised up ... read more
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Positive European and US economic data needed to restore global outlook confidence

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 55 days ago in EUR, NZD

by Mike Jones After spending most of last week dribbling lower, the NZD/USD has made a flying start to the week thanks to the weekend's buoyant Chinese PMI figures. Worries global growth could be losing steam undermined sentiment towards ... read more
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Seoul shares set to edge down, Apple may support techs

posted by Avatar RiskTaker 59 days ago in all made popular 59 days ago

-----------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 22:27 GMT------------------- INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1405.54 -0.49% -6.980 USD/JPY 82.88 -0% 0.000 10-YR US TSY YLD 2.201 -- 0.000 SPOT GOLD $1662.79 -0.02% -0.330 US CRUDE $105.56 0.14% 0.150 DOW ... read more