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Oil: Failure to Reach Output Freeze Agreement Boosts Yen - MUFG Lee Hardman, Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes that the yen has strengthened in the Asian trading session most notably against crude oil related currencies following the failure over the weekend of major crude oil producers to reach an...
Technical Analysis of GBP/JPY for April 18, 2016 GBP/JPY is expected to trade in a lower range as 152 is in sight. The pair is accelerating on the downside and is looking for a lower bottom. Meanwhile, the relative strength index is badly directed...
Technical Analysis of NZD/USD for April 18, 2016 NZD/USD is expected to trade in a higher range but the extent of the upside is limited. The pair is still moving sideways within the range between 0.6840 and 0.6950, and is likely to challenge the upper boundary in sight...
Technical Analysis of USD/CHF for April 18, 2016 USD/CHF is expected to trade with a bullish bias. The pair managed to hold above its horizontal support at 0.9630, and is now posting some consolidations...
Technical Analysis of Gold for April 18, 2016 Gold continues to trade sideways inside a triangle formation. The trend is neutral as the price is trapped inside a trading range between $1,260 and $1,215...
USD Still Looks Challenged Here - Westpac Richard Franulovich, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that the USD still looks challenged here with Q1 growth now a write off the Fed will want to see at least 2-3 months of stronger data to be sure residual seasonality has once again been the culpri...
FxWirePro: Silver Faces Strong Resistance at $16.35, Good to Buy at Dips Pattern Formed- Cup and Handle Major Resistance- $16.35 Silver has made a high of $16.35 and slightly declined from that level. It is currently trading around $16.19. Short term trend is bullish as long as support $15...
FxWirePro: EUR/JPY Hit Fresh 3-Year Lows at 121.71, Finds Strong Support at 121.50 EUR/JPY hit fresh 3-year lows at 121.71 as yen strength across the board weighed heavily on the pair. Momentum studies are heavily bearish. Weekly charts confirm further downside. Pair finds strong support at 121...
FxWirePro: AUD/CHF Option Strips for Hedging Downside Risks on Gap Down Opening The implied volatility of 1W expiries are spiking at 12.80% and 12.29% for 1 month tenors. We see few near term catalysts for the AUD to retreat from recent gains...