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USD/CAD Breaks Below 1.2900 as Crude Oil Consolidates Gains The loonie (CAD) is among the best performers in the currency market on Monday and against the US dollar extended gains during the American session...

U.S. Key Data Coming Up - TDS Analysts at TD Securities explained that the main US data release this week is CPI on Tuesday and on Wednesday the minutes of the April FOMC meeting are released. Key Quotes: "We expect higher gasoline prices to push headline CPI up to 0.3% M/M, the same as consensus...

Weak Wage Price Index Could Intensify Expectations for a RBA June Rate Cut The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut the cash rate to a record 1.75 per cent at its recent monthly board meeting, and analysts expect it could be heading towards one per cent before the end of the year...

GBP/USD Gains Some Upside Momentum But Still Bearish The British pound has made short squeeze against US dollar by hitting high at 1.4406 during mid-morning US session, after the pair found support at 1.4333. However, the gains should be limited as the resistance level at 1...

EUR/GBP Finds Resistance Near 0.7900 and Turns to the Downside The pound managed to erase losses against the euro and printed a fresh daily high. EUR/GBP found resistance near the 0.7900 area and turned to the downside...

Warren Goes Apple Picking Heading into the close the FTSE 100 is flat on the day, having recovered all its morning losses. Dow, S&P 500 start the week on the front foot Oil prices surge again Warren adds Apple to his buffet...

What is Correlating in the FX Space? - Nomura Analysts at Nomura were scanning 2,000 cross-market correlations and they find that nominal rate differentials continue to be strongly correlated to FX...

Analysis AUD/USD - FXStreet AUD/USD Current price: 0.7295 Poor Chinese data released over the weekend, triggered a downward gap in the AUD/USD pair at the beginning of the day, sending it down to 0.7248, its lowest since March 2nd...

Analysis USD/JPY - FXStreet USD/JPY Current price: 108.78 Sellers around 109.00. The USD/JPY pair was incapable to regain the 109.00 figure during the first half of the day, having traded as high as 108.98 during Asian trading hours...

Analysis GBP/USD - FXStreet GBP/USD Current price: 1.4371 The GBP/USD pair consolidates its Friday's losses, having extended its monthly decline to 1.4332 after failing to regain 1.4375, the 61.8% retracement of the latest bullish run and the immediate resistance...

Analysis EUR/USD - FXStreet EUR/USD Current Price: 1.1328 Majors are confined to tight ranges this Monday, with half Europe closed on Whit Monday and the macroeconomic calendar empty in the EU...

GBP/USD, EUR/USD, EUR/GBP Trade Ideas The Great British Pound is never a leader currency pair but rather a follower to its two main counterparts, EUR and DXY. Historically, GBP was the Great currency and leader as its formal name implies...

Forex Technical Analysis: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, USD/RUB, Gold (XAU/USD) Analysis for May 16th, 2016 EURUSD, “Euro vs US Dollar” Eurodollar has completed the third structure of the descending wave...

EUR/USD Keeps Highs Near 1.1340 The upside momentum around the shared currency remains unchanged today, with EUR/USD now testing fresh daily highs in the 1.1340 area...

USD/ZAR: Charts and Fundamentals Point to the Upside - BBH According to analysts from Brown Brother Harriman, weak fundamentals and rising political risks, should continue to limit the South African rand (ZAR) during 2016...

EUR/GBP: Above 0.7750, Target at 0.7950/70 - Lloyds Bank Analysts from Lloyds Bank, as long as EUR/GBP remains above the key support 0.7800 - 0.7750, it is biased for a rise back toward 0.7950/70. Key Quotes: “Post BoE Governor Carney’s comments last Thursday the cross dropped through 0...

GBP/JPY Recovers from 1-Week Lows and Approaches 157.00 The pound is rising on Monday against the yen after ending last week with losses. GBP/JPY dropped during the Asian session to 155.66, the lowest level in a week and then bounced to the upside. Initially, it found resistance at 156...

GBP/USD Fades the Advance Above 1.4400 The sterling has regained momentum today along with the rest of the risk-associated assets, pushing GBP/USD to fresh highs beyond the 1.4400 mark...

EUR/USD Outlook Remains Bearish Near Term – Scotiabank Shaun Osborne, Chief FX Strategist at Scotiabank, has reiterated the bearish perspective for the pair in the short-term...

FxWirePro: Swiss Economic Data and RBA Minutes in Action - Deploy Vega Instruments in AUD/CHF Option Strips for Optimal Hedging The implied volatility of 10D expiries are spiking at 11.23% and likely to inch higher towards 12.07% for 1m tenors. At spot ref: 0...