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Gold prices on Comex steadied in early European morning, having posted its biggest monthly gain in three years on Friday after weaker-than expected US GDP data spooked the markets. Currently, gold trades higher by 0.10% at 1279.80 levels, retreating from 1285.40 levels hit on Friday last week...

GBP/JPY trimmed gains from the previous session, heading towards the European opening bells as the yen recovers partial losses versus the greenback. Back above 177 levels Currently, the GBP/JPY cross traded at 177.39 levels, up 0.21% on the day, moving away from day’s low posted at 176.50...

Charles St-Arnaud, Research Analyst at Nomura, comments on the recent Canadian macro data release, and further notes that the current contraction in production suggests the BoC might cut rates further in March. Key Quotes “Monthly GDP decreased 0...

Russia’s central bank cuts its key rate by 200bp to 15%. We expect USDRUB to climb over 75 within 1M. We expect Russia’s economy to expand only after 2016. Assessment and outlook Today (30 January 2015) Russia’s central bank unexpectedly cut its key rate to 15% from 17% p.a...

The Market Strategy Team at UOB Group, comment that EUR/USD’s consolidation appears to be on the verge of completion and the pair might rebound to 1.1350 before heading lower towards 1.1260. Key Quotes "The recent bout of sideway consolidation appears to be close to completion...

AUD/USD remained unaffected by the bearish Australian commodity prices index which showed continued drop in commodity prices. Up from 0.7770 levels Currently, the AUD/USD trades higher by 0.32% at 0.7790 levels, inching towards 0.7800 levels...

The Yen went from being the strongest currency in early Asia, courtesy of stop-loss hunting practices, to end as the weakest, together with the Swiss Franc, also being weighed down by talk of an unofficial soft floor in EUR/CHF at 1.05-1.10 doing the rounds...

According to the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report, for the week ending Tuesday, January 27th.there was a certain reluctance among investors to keep pushing the bearish USD strategy, notes the FX Team at TDS...

The Swiss Franc is weaker across the board in early Asia, with some talk doing the round about a possible soft protective floor in the 1.05-1.10 vicinity for EUR/CHF, leading the pair to trade just under the 1.05 area in inter-bank trading, with volatility set to continue...

Monday, Feb 02 USD ::: ISM Manufacturing PMI (Jan) This survey from managers in the manufacturing industry is expected to decrease, & currently the majority of US states are facing a sever winter weather which might slow down the economy...

Talking Points: Donchian creates a channel that encapsulates price. Trade entries can be made when Donchian is broken. Stop losses can be created from the opposing channel line. I’ve written quite a bit about the importance of support and resistance levels for trade entries and trade exits...

Camilla Sutton, CFA, CMT, Chief FX Strategist at Scotiabank noted the rally in the euro on CPI but explained the technical picture as bearish. Key Quotes: "The flash headline estimate dropped –0.6% y/y (consensus was for –0.5%y/y) and core fell to 0.6%y/y, a fresh record low—see chart...

A deal on extending Greece's bailout deal must be found by the end of February or the European Central Bank will not be able to continue lending to its banks, ECB council member Erkki Liikanen said on Saturday...

The highly anticipated Shanghai-Hong Kong stock exchange link that got underway Monday is a "very big deal" that will allow Western investors get into stocks that had previously been blocked and will open up China's capital markets, investment strategist John Rutledge told CNBC on Monday...

You need to trade from strategies you can argue wellMost young traders like to start trading foreign exchange from technical indicators. They also trade positions with rather short objectives and tight stop losses. I did the same in my early years and I understand in many ways why...

Either you want to be a lawyer, doctor, engineer or skilled worker – to work in any professional capacity – you face several years of education and many years of practice before you become really successful in your profession...

Outlook: The US releases the “advance” version of Q4 GDP this morning, expected to come in at 3.1-3.2%. This is one of those cases where an on-target number or a better number does not help the dollar, while a worse-than-forecast number is dollar-negative...

The “strong dollar” has been a mantra for the United States for decades. Recently, as the euro has fallen to an 11-year low against the dollar, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has once again been paying homage...

This past week did not lacked entertainment, although it was quite soft as just “minor” Central Banks played the currencies’ war. The Singapore Central Bank eased its currency policy announcing it would take measures to slow the appreciation of the Singapore dollar...

After setting a new 11-year low at 1.1097 following Greek elections result last Monday, the EUR/USD pair spent the week in consolidative mode, finding finally sellers in the 1.1422 level, slightly below the 61.8% retracement of the post ECB-QE-announcement slide...