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The ECB made an interesting policy shift at its policy meeting yesterday...

Despite the large drop from the NZD after a surprise decrease in interest rates, the NZD/USD has regained a large majority of those losses today as the USD opens weak. The NZD/USD has been trading within an inclining channel since the start of February...

President Mario Draghi's remark during the ECB press conference yesterday that the bank is done cutting rates for now sent EUR soaring and European stocks and bonds tumbling, completely undoing the impact of the aggressive easing measures announced earlier...

The following are UBS' latest short-term (mostly intraday) trading strategies for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, and USD/CHF. EUR/USD: went up 400 pips from the lows Thursday, likely on positioning...

It has long been argued that the strength or weakness of the U.S Dollar depends largely on the Interest rate cycle that the FED is operating on. The theory being: • A rate lowering cycle drives down interest cost to borrow the Dollar...

We take a look at where the NZ dollar stands in the wake of the surprise decision by the RBNZ to cut interest rates. If you were the governor of a central bank and you wanted the most ‘bang for your buck’ you will have to catch markets by surprise...

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has downgraded its growth forecast for the UK economy, blaming "global headwinds and uncertainty". It now expects the UK's economy to grow by 2.2% this year, down from a previous estimate of 2.5%. The BCC also cut its growth forecast for 2017 to 2.3% from 2...

The selling bias remains unchanged around the shared currency on Friday, confining EUR/USD to trade in the 1.1100/1.1080 band for the time being. EUR/USD down on profit taking, risk-on Spot keeps alive its downside from ECB-led peaks around 1.1220 during overnight trade...

An order to sale #GPBUSD has activated, and soon the result was fixed at the level of 1.4241. Here we have entered the market to buy, and this order is still relevant. Find out more by checking out the Source Link. Please note that this post was originally published on Vistabrokers.com...

Euro Declines Against Majors The euro fell against its major opponents in European deals on Friday, amid stark contrast in the European Central Bank's monetary policy from those of other major central banks in rest of the world...

An order to enter a long position in #USDJPY has activated on a breakthrough of a fractal (up) at 114.26. Soon it was closed, according to System rules, and currently we have no open positions. Find out more by checking out the Source Link...

USD/CAD: Sell-off Stalls as Oil Trims Gains Canadian dollar’s tight correlation with oil continues remains intact; with USD/CAD sell-off stalling near Wednesday’s low given oil has trimmed gains. Off lows, but still down 0.67% Pair has recovered slightly from the low of 1...

AUD/USD Now Targets 0.7600 In view of the research team at UOB Group, the next hurdle for the Aussie dollar remains at 0.7600 in the short-term. Key Quotes “The high of 0.7528 held just below the 0.7535 objective”...

Analysis: (2016-03.09) After the breakdown of the channel up H4 pair tested EMA521 (monthly), EMA1440 (yearly) and returned to slain (up H4 broken) to roll back. (03/10/2016) The test confirmed EMA521 levels of breakdown and subsequent roll back down (alternate achievement goals short sales...

GBPUSD: The pair remains biased to the upside on corrective recovery leaving risk of more strength on the cards. On the downside, support lies at the 1.4250 level where a break will turn attention to the 1.4200 level. Further down, support lies at the 1.4150 level...

Brent oil prices were boosted by IEA report, but failed to chew through offers around $41.00/barrel. Stays above 5-DMA The futures have trimmed gains to $40.75, but stay well above 5-DMA located at $40.40 levels...

Dramatic Journey of Euro in the Aftermath of ECB Piotr Matys, EM FX Strategist at Rabobank, notes that the ECB revealed a comprehensive package of easing measures to boost inflation and economic activity in the Eurozone. Key Quotes “Key measures include a 10bp cut in the deposit rate to -0...

The pound to Australian dollar conversion may be reaching a pause in its down-trend as all signals point to the move lower being overdone. There are signs that a temporary cessation in selling may be at hand. GBP/AUD has reached major support line in the form of the S1 monthly pivot at 1.8940...

Intraday Technical Levels and Trading Recommendations for NZD/USD for March 11, 2016 On January 28, the depicted support at 0.6400 acted as a prominent key level offering a valid buy entry. A bullish breakout above 0.6550 was executed a few weeks ago. Bullish persistence above 0...

EUR/GBP Slumps to 0.7750 on GBP-Buying The selling pressure around the single currency is picking up pace today, now sending EUR/GBP to test fresh lows in the mid-0.7700s. EUR/GBP down from 0.7850 The European cross is losing around a cent since overnight tops in the 0...