US Dollar - "We are not expecting a change to the ECB’s flight plan for its new QE program launching next month. Instead, the world’s second most prolific reserve currency will be stirred by the burgeoning concerns about the region’s stability as negotiations over Greece’s bailout terms grind on...
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The Currency Score analysis is one of the parameters used for the Ranking and Rating list which was published earlier this weekend...
Besides the Ranking and Rating list provided here I will also prepare this weekend the Weekly Currency Score list which will support my analysis for trading in the coming week which is then followed by my Review on the Hybrid Grid strategy...
Life in the Algorithm: The searches we make, the news we read, the dates we go on, the advertisements we see, the products we buy and the music we listen to. The stock market. The surveillance society. The police state, and the drones. All guided by a force we never see...
Maybe the pervasive “this time is always different” meme has been perpetuated to the point that the market actually believes it, or maybe it’s just old fashioned greed, but whatever the case, market participants (and this means central banks, retail investors, and everyone in between) have an ext...
Generalising the opinions of 35 analysts from world leading banks and broker companies collected in a table as well as forecasts based on different methods of technical and graphical analysis, it can be noticed that this week green and black colours prevail...
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Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency and commodity news, as well as interesting informative articles for traders. Top news of the week: Greece and the euro: denouement is fast approaching...
"A Greek exit from the euro area likely would take one of two paths: an “accidental”, extended and messy exit where Greece has no choice but to leave (and very likely default) due to deposit flight; or an abrupt, strategic exit that is planned but not signalled a priori...
Humans in general grow up being taught by their environment of the importance of always being right. Those who are right are envied as the winners in society and those who are wrong are cast aside as losers...
I have tried everything . You name it Trend Following, Harmonics, Square Waves, Renko, Ichumoku, Fibonacci to name a few of my favourites. Nothing however works as well as the entry points my EA finds...
Click on my name above to find out I have tried everything . You name it Trend Following, Harmonics, Square Waves, Renko, Ichumoku, Fibonacci to name a few of my favourites. Nothing however works as well as the entry points my EA finds...
The following are Barclays Capital's latest technical setups for EUR/USD, GBP/USD, NZD/USD, and USD/CAD. EUR/USD: We prefer to fade uptics against the recent range highs near 1.1535. A move back below 1.1260 would confirm a re-test of the range lows near 1.1100. Below 1...
The following is EUR/USD range and outlook for next week as provided by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU). EUR/USD – NEUTRAL BIAS – (1.1200-1.1600). The focus in the week ahead is likely to remain on Greece with the talks this week not reaching a conclusion and set to extend into next week...
Analysts at Scotiabank noted how the USD reacted to a cease fire in Ukraine, a lack of agreement over Greece, negative rates and QE in Sweden & a slight hawkish shift at the BoE. Key Quotes: "FX competitive devaluations still an important market theme; and supports ongoing USD upside risk...
AUD/USD is currently trading at 0.7719 with a high of 0.7731 and a low of 0.7644. AUD/USD is recovering the losses from overnight and the jobs data, that will be alarming for the RBA, sending the Aussie down across the board. Versus the dollar, the Aussie dropped down to 0.7644 from the 0...
There is still no deal of any kind either to help ‘solve’ the Greek debt crisis, or to provide short-term funding to make sure that the ECB can support the Greek banks while the negotiations continue, notes SocGen. "However, markets are still priced relatively optimistically," SocGen adds...
Vladimir Miklashevsky, Economist at Danske, maintains the outlook for rouble, noting that the currency will remain driven by oil. Key Quotes “Before the talks in Minsk began, the rouble market switched from ‘the oil mode’ into a ‘headline driven’ one...
