With the USD having appreciated consistently for approximately eighteen months, there is massive long positioning in the market...
In the view of Pernille Henneberg, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, the Norwegian krone remains vulnerable in light of the slump of crude oil prices and the prospects of rate cuts by the Norges Bank...
Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, notes that since the start of the month EUR/GBP has recovered around 3.3% and the move is likely to have been greeted with some relief to BoE policy setters who have been viewing sterling strength as a headwind to UK economic activity...
Analysts at Westpac got together and drew up and lost of key points for the key flow indicators for Australia and New Zealand. Key Quotes: "Japanese demand for A$ assets held up well in October as AUD/JPY stabilised around 85...
Analysts at Deutsche Bank explained that since October 2014, the Norges bank has cut the policy rate by 75 basis points, with the last easing in September of this year accompanied by a very aggressive revision to the repo rate forecast, implying an additional 24bp of easing and shifting out expec...
Analysts at Nomura explained that Japanese investors’ foreign portfolio investment activity remained strong in November. Key Quotes: "The pace of foreign portfolio purchases slowed from the previous month, but foreign investment momentum remains strong...
The EUR/USD hit a fresh session high of 1.0890 as the S&P 500 futures dropped 1%, pointing to heightened China-led risk aversion ahead. Safe haven/funding currencies on the rise The risk-off is supporting gains in the safe haven/funding currencies like JPY, EUR. Both currencies are up 0...
According to Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the door could be open for a test of the 136.15 level. Key Quotes “EUR/JPY has eased back from the 4 month resistance line at 134.58 and very near term we would allow for some slippage to 132...
The offered tone around CAD gathered pace in the early US session, pushing the USD/CAD to a fresh session high of 1.3606 as oil prices fell into losses...
Dear Traders, While the British Pound continued to weaken against the U.S. dollar, the euro tested the 1.08-barrier which lends a short-term support for the currency pair...
The EUR/USD pair is heading northwards in the European session as the European stock futures point to China-led risk aversion ahead. Hovers around hourly 50-MA The pair currently trades near its hourly 50-MA at 1.0857 levels...
Research Team at TDS, sees downside risks to UK Oct manufacturing output, where they see -0.6% (mkt -0.2%) after the healthy +0.8% for Sep. Key Quotes “The sector is feeling the strains of a relatively high GBP, and will continue to be a drag on UK growth...
The offered tone on the AUD picks-up pace in the late-Asian trades, drowning AUD/USD deeper into the red towards 50-DMA as markets digest weak China trade data. AUD/USD drops to fresh 5-day low Currently, the AUD/USD pair trades -0.57% lower at fresh five-day lows of 0...
Deutsche Bank made a long-term forecast for USD/SEK stated that this pair will continuing with the ranging condition up to the end of this year: the price is traded to be on bullish ranging within 8.02 support level and 8...
The Aussie keeps range below hourly 20-SMA at 0.7278 following the release of the sluggish Chinese trade figures, which once again raised worries over the country’s external demand. China data disappoints again Currently, the AUD/USD pair trades -0.11% lower at 0...
AUD/JPY was licking its wounds after losing the 0.73 handle in a soft commodities sector and the greenback losing ground to the Yen. In recent moments, there has been supply in the Aussie while PBoC said to be injecting CNY 10b via 7 day reversals and sets the ref rate mid point for CNY at 6...
We have no trade call for the session as it is Monday and there is no tier 1 data due up. Start your week off on the right foot by reading my currency update below. Currency Update: USD: The market currently prices a 72% probability for a Fed rate hike on December 16...
A renewed bout of buying interest seen around the US dollar in last hours, drove USD/JPY to a new two-day high near 123.50 levels. USD/JPY rises along with the USD Currently, the USD/JPY pair trades 0.23% higher at 123.40, having surpassed Friday’s high and posted fresh daily highs at 123.44...
Option expiry’s for today New York cut at 10:00 ET, via DTCC, can be found below. - EUR/USD: 1.0800 (E1.9Bln), 1.0850 (E1.4Bln), 1.0900 (E1.2Bln), 1.1000 (E1.7Bln) - GBP/USD: 1.5000 (Gbp652M). - EUR/GBP: 0.7125 (E319M), 0.7225 (E279M), 0.7275 (E201M) - AUD/USD: 0.72300 (A$1BLN), 0.7300 (A$705M...
Option expiry’s for today New York cut at 10:00 ET, via DTCC, can be found below. - EUR/USD: 1.0800 (E1.9Bln), 1.0850 (E1.4Bln), 1.0900 (E1.2Bln), 1.1000 (E1.7Bln) - GBP/USD: 1.5000 (Gbp652M). - EUR/GBP: 0.7125 (E319M), 0.7225 (E279M), 0.7275 (E201M) - AUD/USD: 0.72300 (A$1BLN), 0.7300 (A$705M...
