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Hours before the Swiss National Bank announcement to cut the LIBOR rate, there was a heavy supply signal in H1. Shorted right after that bar: The movement that proceeded : Exit right after that demand (green signal), for a total of +1375 PIPS...
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Leonardo Barata, 15 January 2015, 21:24
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that the SNB made the shocking decision to drop its peg at 1...
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Andrius Kulvinskas, 15 January 2015, 21:14
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BlondieNews, 15 January 2015, 18:11 #bitcoin
Swiss franc surged to a record versus the euro as cash flooded into the nation after the Swiss National Bank removed a cap on the currency that had held back inflows for more than three years...
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News, 15 January 2015, 16:08 #Swiss National Bank, ECB
U.S. producer prices in December recorded their biggest drop in more than three years on plunging energy costs whilst underlying inflation pressures were muted, a cautionary note for the Federal Reserve as it ponders its next step on monetary policy...
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News, 15 January 2015, 15:37 #Fed
Fake Investment Company Steals 1,000 BTC from Customers Group of people complained about CryptoDouble, an investment company that disappeared with around 1,000 Bitcoin...
Currency
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Patti, 15 January 2015, 15:11 #Cryptocurrency, bitcoin
Oil prices steadied on Thursday, firming as the dollar weakened, though OPEC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch reduced forecasts of demand for its oil this year. Oil and other commodities are priced in dollars and are likely to gain when the U.S. currency declines...
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News, 15 January 2015, 14:45 #Swiss National Bank, OPEC
A surprise interest-rate cut in India sent banks soaring and as Chinese equities surged. The Swiss central bank’s decision to remove a cap on the franc pummeled currencies in eastern Europe, as Bloomberg reports...
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News, 15 January 2015, 13:26
USD/JPY broke below 116.60 and dropped to 116.28, reaching a fresh daily low. The pair remains with a bearish bias in the short term as stocks retreated in Europe after the SNB abandoned the EUR/CHF cap. On Asian hours greenback extended the recovery against the yen and reached 117...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Andrius Kulvinskas, 15 January 2015, 13:00
On Thursday the euro dropped to multi-year lows against the greenback and Swiss franc after the Swiss National Bank abandoned its exchange rate cap against the European currency and cut interest rates further into negative territory...
Currency
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News, 15 January 2015, 12:38 #Swiss National Bank
EUR/USD seems recovered after the SNB caught everybody off guard in today’s meeting, now regaining the 1.1700 region after being down to 1.1570. EUR/USD calmer, keeps in red The offered tone remains intact around the euro today, with spot struggling to keep the trade in the vicinity of 1...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Andrius Kulvinskas, 15 January 2015, 12:38
2015-01-15 00:30 GMT (or 02:30 MQ MT5 time) | [AUD - Employment Change] past data is 45.0K forecast data is 5.3K actual data is 37.4K according to the latest press release if actual > forecast (or actual data) = good for currency (for AUD in our case...
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Sergey Golubev, 15 January 2015, 12:11 #fundamental analysis
The British currency dropped lower against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, as the greenback regained some strength after weakening in the previous session due to downbeat U.S. retail sales data...
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News, 15 January 2015, 11:56 #eur/gbp, ECB, forex news
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is discontinuing the minimum exchange rate of CHF 1.20 per euro. At the same time, it is lowering the interest rate on sight deposit account balances that exceed a given exemption threshold by 0.5 percentage points, to −0.75...
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Rohit, 15 January 2015, 11:06
European stocks advanced on Thursday, influenced by expectations for additional easing measures by the European Central Bank which overshadowed the ongoing rout in oil prices. The EURO STOXX 50 rallied 1.05%, France’s CAC 40 climbed 1.04%, while Germany’s DAX 30 jumped 1...
Market News
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News, 15 January 2015, 10:30 #Glencore, Nasdaq
The Japanese yen is giving away some of the recent gains vs. its American counterpart, allowing USD/JPY to return to the upper 117.00s. USD/JPY supported around 116.00 After bottoming out in the vicinity of 116...
Trading Ideas
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Andrius Kulvinskas, 15 January 2015, 10:29
The FX market shifted its bias after the weaker than expected Retail Sales data for the US economy. The US dollar was weighed by the sluggish retail growth data and remains in consolidation against its major counter parties. More specifically, the USDJPY dropped to as low as 116...
Analytics & Forecasts
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Rohit, 15 January 2015, 10:28 #technical analysis
The Asian session today saw AUD and INR strengthening after robust employment figures in Australia and the surprise 25bps rate cut by the RBI respectively. AUD/USD is up 1.07% at 0.8228,, while USD/INR is down 0.6000 points at 61.5900 US indices registered another negative close with Dow (-1...
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Andrius Kulvinskas, 15 January 2015, 10:22
On Thursday gold futures rose in Asian trade...
Metals
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News, 15 January 2015, 09:39 #comex, copper, silver
On Thursday Asian stocks mostly rose after a significant rebound in oil and copper prices brought a semblance of calm, while the dollar regained ground lost on disappointing U.S. retail sales...
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News, 15 January 2015, 09:04 #Hang Seng, Nikkei, Fed