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NZD/USD Takes Flight Towards 0.6900, China Data Underpins The NZD/USD pair rebounded in the Asian session, bringing an end to its two consecutive sessions of declines and now approaches 0.6900 levels. NZD/USD supported at 0.6850 Currently, the NZD/USD pair jumps 0.47% to 0...
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Roberto Jacobs, 15 April 2016, 07:09 #nzdusd
Having bottomed at the daily pivot at 0.7683 in the last hour, the AUD/USD pair is seen hovering at session tops following the Chinese economic releases. AUD/USD keeps 0.77 handle post-China data dump Currently, the AUD/USD pair rises 0.25% to fresh session highs at 0...
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Francis Dogbe, 15 April 2016, 05:52
Team Alpha did not enter the CME Group Trading Challenge expecting to win. Their goal was simply to get experience against students from some of the world’s top finance and business programs...
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Francis Dogbe, 15 April 2016, 05:48
Gold Capped Below 5-DMA in Asia, Set for Weekly Drop Gold stalled its selling spiral in the Asian trades this Friday, although remains poised to book first weekly loss in three weeks as broad based US dollar advance continues to weigh on the metal...
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Roberto Jacobs, 15 April 2016, 05:47 #gold
We think the Yellen-induced carry trade is close to reaching a tipping point. For sure, it seems unlikely a fresh USD rally will exceed the highs seen over the past two years...
Market News
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Francis Dogbe, 15 April 2016, 05:46
ASX200 Trades Well Above 5100, Jump Till 5200 Is Possible Major resistance - 5130 ASX200 has broken major resistance 5130 and jumped till 5144 at the time of writing. It is currently trading at 5143. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 5065 holds...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 15 April 2016, 05:44
FxWirePro: Nikkei 225 Faces Resistance at 17000, Good to Buy at Dips Major resistance - 17000 The index has jumped till 16913 and slightly declining from that level. It is currently trading around 16840.Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support 16275 (55 4H EMA) holds...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 15 April 2016, 05:42
FxWirePro: USD/KRW Fails to Find Support Above 1153, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral USD/KRW is currently trading around 1150 levels. It made intraday high at 1154 and low at 1150 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral for the moment...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 15 April 2016, 05:40
USD/JPY Making Headway Towards 110.00 The USD/JPY pair caught fresh bid tone in the Asian session this session and resumed its upward trajectory, now printing fresh weekly highs. USD/JPY finds support ahead of daily pivot at 109...
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Roberto Jacobs, 15 April 2016, 05:38
Asian Stocks Subdued Ahead of Doha Meet, Ignore China Data The Asian stocks rally took a pause on the final trading day of this week, as a cautious tone prevailed in the markets ahead of the OPEC producers in Doha, while the regions’ indices failed to benefit from upbeat Chinese economic news...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 15 April 2016, 05:01
AUD/USD Prints Fresh Highs Above 0.7700 on Chinese Data Having bottomed at the daily pivot at 0.7683 in the last hour, the AUD/USD pair is seen hovering at session tops following the Chinese economic releases. AUD/USD keeps 0.77 handle post-China data dump Currently, the AUD/USD pair rises 0...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 15 April 2016, 04:57
Expectations heading into Sunday's meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC members in Doha, Qatar, have served to propel oil prices higher, with West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude posting new 2016 highs this week...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 15 April 2016, 03:50
Fed's Lockhart weakened the dollar a bit. He actually spoke like a Fed official who is data dependent (just like they said they would be) - citing 1Q GDP that is soft. Some of the other Fed officials say "data dependent" but then argue for higher rates or say April meeting is "live...
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Francis Dogbe, 14 April 2016, 23:08
Analysts from Lloyds Bank, favor a stabilization in theGBP/USD pair over the near term and they expect it to rise toward fair value around 1.47 by end-2016. “We forecast GBP/USD to move back towards fair value, around 1.47, by end-2016” “Having briefly fallen below 1...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 14 April 2016, 23:08
Since the Fed divergence story began, the USD has become positively correlated to risk. However, we think the USD could start behaving like a ‘safe haven’ again due to the recent dovish turn in FOMC rhetoric...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 14 April 2016, 23:03 #forex
The only thing worse for longs than a rising wedge is an upward sloping flag. Don’t get me wrong. Ascending and descending channels form all the time in trending markets...
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Francis Dogbe, 14 April 2016, 23:01 #price action
“It may be that liquidity has deteriorated only in certain market segments...
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Francis Dogbe, 14 April 2016, 22:57 #Fed
CAD/JPY Bearish Below March High; Break Sub-84.57 Fuel Losses Talking Points CADJPY Rebound at risk- on the lookout for short-triggers Resistance at 86.21/ Broader Bearish invalidation at March high Updated targets & invalidation levels...
Market News
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Mohammed Abdulwadud Soubra, 14 April 2016, 22:39
The following are the latest technical setups for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, AUD/USD, and NZD/USD as provided by the technical strategy team at Barclays Capital. EUR/USD: The break below 1.1310, the 21-dma, encourages our bearish view towards initial targets near 1.1210 and then the 1...
The euro’s attempt to break higher against the US dollar following the more dovish policy signal form the Fed has failed in the near-term, notes BTMU. "As a result EUR/USD continues to remain range bound...
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Vasilii Apostolidi, 14 April 2016, 20:48 #EUR/USD