The U.S. dollar extended yesterday’s gains against the euro during today’s London and New York sessions. One opportunity to short the EUR/USD at a convergence of multiple levels of likely resistance, came together during the 30 minutes leading up to the U.S. equity market open. The dollar’s momentum increased following the release of a worse than expected October consumer confidence index from the Conference Board. The short trade delivered a profit of up to 80 pips [depending on exit strategy]. Curt Wehrley FX Bootcamp’s Quantitative Analyst
FOREX VIDEO - New York Session Review - October 27, 2009
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EUR/JPY on the slide
Early Tokyo has taken a dislike to EUR/JPY, selling it down from 137.70 to 137.30. Those players caught long at the wrong levels might be bailing out and reassessing as this pair has certainly come quite a long way in a relatively short space of time. GBP/JPY has also met with some early selling,...
Q3 US GDP Could Outperform but Data may be Overlooked
Source: ForexYard Typically US GDP is a high impact event in the foreign exchange market though tomorrow’s data may be overlooked given the...
FOREX VIDEO - London Session Review - October 26, 2009
Here we are on the Monday right after the British Pound dove off a steep cliff. In addition, London’s time changed so that London open does not correspond with the normal London open for US traders, that goes back to normal Sunday when US times change as well. After such a massive move, we...
WORLD FOREX: Dollar Finds Favor On Caution
"The short dollar trade has become a bit crowded," said Brian Dolan, chief currency strategist at Forex.com. "The real money mangers are buying back dollars ... See all stories on this...
FOREX VIDEO - Pre London Outlook October 8th 2009
Hi everyone, for today’s outlook I concentrate on the Euro Pound cross, it’s displaying some signs of rollover, if that’s indeed the case the Pound USD becomes an interesting long. I build a few conservative trade plans for Cable, Euro USD and the Euro Pound. Good luck!! David...