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Franc Rises Ahead Of Swiss Unemployment Data The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs releases Swiss unemployment data for February in the pre-European session on Tuesday at 1:45 am ET. The jobless rate is forecast to remain unchanged at 3.8 percent in February...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:53
After months of yen appreciation, the BOJ’s new policy measures initially saw weakness on the yen, however this quickly turned as a result of risk aversion with the USDJPY falling over 1000 pips since the January 29 high...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Sherif Hasan, 8 March 2016, 08:51 #forex
Japan Eco Watchers Index Falls Unexpectedly To 15-Month Low A measure of peoples' assessment of the Japanese economy decreased unexpectedly in February to the weakest level in fifteen months, survey figures from the Cabinet Office showed Tuesday...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:49
FXWIREPRO: EUR/JPY Holds Above Channel Base Support at 124.25, Weakness Only on Breaks Below EUR/JPY upside capped at 125 levels which is strong resistance for the pair. Downside for now is holding above channel base support at 124.25, breaks below could accentuate weakness, tests of 122...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:43
UK Permanent Job Placement Growth At 3-Month High Permanent job placements in the U.K. grew at the fastest pace in three months in February, the Report on Jobs compiled by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and Markit Economics showed Tuesday...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:37
Commodity Currencies Slide Amid Rising Risk Aversion Commodity currencies such as the Australian, the New Zealand and the Canadian dollars weakened against their major counterparts in the Asian session on Tuesday amid rising risk aversion, with some of the markets erasing early gains following th...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:34
There are many myths and stereotypes about automated trading, especially nowadays when automated trading and automation in general is on the rise. Many of them, unfortunately, are still supported by bad developers. What are the most common myths and stereotypes about automated trading on Forex...
Trading Systems
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Algofxsolution, 8 March 2016, 08:33
Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for March 08, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news on the Revised GDP q/q, French Trade Balance, French Gov Budget Balance, and German Industrial Production m/m is due to be released...
Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for March 08, 2016 In Asia, Japan will release the Economy Watchers Sentiment, Consumer Confidence, 30-y Bond Auction, Final GDP Price Index y/y, Bank Lending y/y, Final GDP q/q, and Final GDP q/q...
Daily Analysis of USDX for March 08, 2016 The USDX is trying to break the bottom formed around the zone of 97.13 and we can expect another decline towards the support level of 96.61...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:25
EUR/GBP Challenges Highs Near 0.7740 EUR/GBP is picking up further pace following the closing bell in Asia on Tuesday, eyeing the upper bound of the range near 0.7740. EUR/GBP focus on EMU releases, risk The European cross keeps navigating within a narrow range in the low-0...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:21
Daily Analysis of GBP/USD for March 08, 2016 In the H1 chart, GBP/USD is forming another bullish pattern below the resistance level of 1.4267, where bulls are still trying to break higher in order to strength the bullish bias on a short- and medium-term basis...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:18
GBP/USD Recedes in Early Europe After 6-Day Winning Streak The bullish momentum in the GBP/USD pair stalled in the late NY session, making way for a corrective move. The spot is down in early Europe near 1.4240 levels...
Currency
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 08:14
The Australian dollar is declining against the U.S. counterpart after China has released the data on trade balance, exports and imports. China is the Australia's main trading partner, thus slowing down of the country's economy have a negative impact on the Aussie...
Canadian Dollar Drops Against Most Majors The Canadian dollar weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The Canadian dollar fell to 4-day lows of 1.4708 against the euro and 84.57 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.4627 and 85.39, respectively...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 05:00
NZ Dollar Slides Against Most Majors The New Zealand dollar weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The NZ dollar fell to 4-day lows of 1.6304 against the euro and 76.30 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.6162 and 77.13, respectively...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 04:57
Australian Dollar Falls Against Majors The Australian dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Tuesday. The Australian dollar fell to 4-day lows of 1.4863 against the euro and 83.69 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.4745 and 84...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 04:55
AUD/USD Dumped on Awful China Trade, 0.7400 Eyed? The selling pressure behind the AUD intensified following the release of poor Chinese trade data, knocking-off AUD/USD to fresh session lows. AUD/USD nears 5-DMA at 0.7417 Currently, the AUD/USD pair drops -0.58% to 0...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 04:52
China Feb Trade Data: Surplus Shrinks More Than Expected, Exports Slump In yuan terms, China trade balance for February came in at +209.5bn vs. +341bn expected and 402.20 previous. While exports saw a bigger than expected slump, falling -20.6% y/y vs. -11.3% exp and -6.6 prior...
Market News
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 04:48 #China
Oil is Strong, Rising Above $40 and 6% Overnight Analysts at ANZ explained that crude oil prices were strong. Key Quotes: "Brent crude rose above USD40/bbl for the first time since December. Sentiment continues to improve as discussion about a production freeze lingers...
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Roberto Jacobs, 8 March 2016, 04:44