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ForexFlow, in conjunction with MrTopstep and Livesquawk, are pleased to announce the opening of a new live forex trading room Trading can be a lonely affair and it’s always been an ambition of mine to open up a live trading room. Comments on a blog post or simple chat...
The road to trading success is long and arduous and only hard work will make it pay off
Trading: From currencies to commodities, with indices and shares in between, whatever you choose to trade, it’s a total minefield **Editors note** ForexFlow reader and trader David, asked if he could do a couple of pieces on his trading journey. Those who have been...
Are you really trading or do you have an addiction problem?
Advice from a gambler who's beginning to learn to overcome an obsession, to become a real trader Last week I touched on the addictive gambling side of trading and today I shall try and explain it a bit better. As many of you know I’m a chef. Us chefs, because of the...
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So far, so quiet on Dragon boat festival day
Sunday FX opening rates 17.06.2018 Merkel's in the hot seat on Monday if her coalition partner would make more havoc . TRY should remain on the defensive as Turkey continues to be entangled in war stress. So is the rest of the Middle East. OPEC members remain...
One winner this week: The mighty dollar
FX closing rates on Friday 15.06.2018 If there wouldn't have been anything else happening, this would be a normal result after the CB week we had. Fed raises rates, ECB extends QE by 3 months and BOJ stands pat. But with the tail end of G7,Brexit Parliament votes,...
Mexican elections: Obrador doesn’t give in to Nafta sirens on last TV debate
"The collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement would not be fatal for Mexico" on 13.06.2018 This was the only headline worth of a post really. It doesn't help out shorts USDMXN but the market doesn't either seem to be more alarmed. In a way that's good...
Germany ZEW economic sentiment June 2018 -16.1 vs -14.0 exp
June 2018 German and Eurozone ZEW economic sentiment index 12 June 2018 Prior -8.2 Current conditions 80.6 vs 85.0 exp. Prior 87.4 Eurozone sentiment -12.6 vs 2.4 prior That's not good. Continuing souring sentiment and I bet you it's because of trade war...
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US June Prelim Michigan Consumer sentiment 99.3 vs 98.5 expected
US June Preliminary Michigan Sentiment indices on 15.06.2018 prior 98 Consumer expectations 87.4 vs 89.7 exp, prior 89.1 Current conditions 117.9 vs 113.0 exp, prior 111.8 One year Inflation expectations 2.9 % vs 2.8% prior 5 year inflation expectations 2.6 % vs prior...
Italian May CPI YoY 1.0 % vs 1.1% expected
Italian May 2018 CPI data on 15.06.2018 prior 1.1%, revised to 1.0 CPI MoM 0.3 % vs 0.4% exp, prior 0.4%, revised to 0.3% HICP YoY 1.0% vs 1.1% exp, prior 1.1%, revised to 1.0% HICP MoM 0.3 % vs 0.4% exp, prior 0.4%, revised to 0.3% Touch lower ove the line, no impact...
Eurozone Q1 Labour cost index 2.00% vs 1.9% expected
Eurozone Q1 2018 Labour cost index on 15.06.2018 prior 1.5%, revised to 1.4 Q1 Wages in the Eurozone YoY 1.8 % vs 1.7% prior, revised to 1.6%
Eurozone April Trade balance n.s.a. 16.7B vs 14.2B expected
Eurozone April 2018 trade balance on 15.06.2018 prior n.s.a. 26.9B Trade balance s.a. 18.1B vs 20.2 B exp, prior 21.2B
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CFTC futures report: EURUSD longs fall back again
The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 05 June 2018 JPY -3k vs -8k prior EUR +89k vs +93k prior GBP +7k vs +9k prior AUD -20k vs -23k prior NZD +4k vs -1k prior CAD -16k vs -16k prior CHF -39k vs -43k prior BTC -1926 vs...
CFTC futures report: EURUSD longs lighten up
The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 29 May 2018 JPY -8k vs -3k prior EUR +93k vs +110k prior GBP +9k vs +6k prior AUD -23k vs -21k prior NZD -1k vs -1k prior CAD -16k vs -26k prior CHF -43k vs -37k prior BTC -1679 vs...
EURUSD longs trimmed in the latest CFTC futures report
The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 1 May 2018 JPY -1k vs +1k prior EUR +121k vs +130k prior GBP +26k vs +37k prior AUD -6k vs -3k prior NZD +17k vs +24k prior CAD -28k vs -25k prior CHF -19k vs -10k prior BTC -1597...
CFTC futures report – The US dollar comes screaming back
The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 24 April 2018 JPY +1k vs +3k prior EUR +130k vs +151k prior GBP +37k vs +48k prior AUD -3k vs -10k prior NZD +24k vs +28k prior CAD -25k vs -30k prior CHF -10k vs -11k prior BTC...
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Forex Quiz – The answer to “What’s in the charts?”
There's an important signal in the charts and here's what it is Here's the question again: What’s so special about these charts? It's good to see you folks are on the ball. The answer to "What's so special about these charts?" is that the price action from the big...
Forex Quiz – What’s so special about these charts?
After all the events last week, there's one stand-out pattern on the charts that tells me all I need to know Sometimes, being away from markets and missing big events can do us the world of good. Instead of being immersed in the minute by minute, hour by hour noise as...
Go with the Flow – Monday 18 June 2018
Here are today’s Trading views and Ideas for the day ahead. Let us know what you are looking at – Charts – Trade chatter – Trade positions. The Flow traders are available throughout the day to help out with your questions – Share trade set-ups and keep you updated...
Go with the Flow – Friday 15 June 2018
Here are today’s Trading views and Ideas for the day ahead. Let us know what you are looking at – Charts – Trade chatter – Trade positions. The Flow traders are available throughout the day to help out with your questions – Share trade set-ups and keep you updated...
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Little downside exposure in EURUSD- Forex options expiries 18 June 2018
Forex options expiring at the 10 am (14.00 GMT) New York cut 18 June 2018 The downside in EURUSD is very sparse but we do have some barrier action popping up. The long-listed 1.1500 barrier has company at 1.1450. There's little else to get excited about today...
A few close ones in EUR, GBP, NZD and JPY on the board today
FOREX option expiries at 14:00 gmt on 15.06.2018 EURUSD 1.1475 630M 1.1500 425M 1.1600 1.4B 1.1615 540M 1.1650 1.1B 1.1700 3.1B USDJPY 109.25 685M 109.50 350M 110.50 1.1B EURJPY 127.50 1B 128.00 320M 129.50 455M GBPUSD 1.3250 970M 1.3400 1.1B...
3 Yards USDJPY expiring today 109.90/110.05
FOREX option expiries at 14:00 gmt on 14.06.2018 It's a bigglie in USDJPY right where we are trading at this point. If Super Mario manages a Houdini this afternoon, there another 3 bio waiting at yesterday's 1.1700, but there's a few to play with between 1.1800 and...
Over 4 yards rolling off at 1.1700/20 in EURUSD today – Forex options expiries 13 June 2018
Forex options expiring at the 10 am (14.00 GMT) New York cut 13 June 2018 A big one in EURUSD but also some size close together in AUDUSD and one in AUDNZD. If the market treads water in advance of the Fed, we might see that big euro option pulling towards or keeping...
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What’s next for AUDUSD?
AUDUSD is the pick of the bunch today so what's the trade now? The Aussie is the star performer today after some good data overnight, and a better risk tone all round. With the next RBA meeting tomorrow there's perhaps some increased expectation for something a touch...
Video: Trading strategies for EURUSD and USDJPY
Today I spoke to Nick Batsford at Core TV to discuss EURUSD and USDJPY https://youtu.be/zMJx8XOEQsw
Are we seeing a real change in the USD trend or just short-term noise?
Is the dollar bearish trend for turning? Yesterday I spoke to the folks at Core TV regarding the current market dynamics and what to look for in the dollar. https://youtu.be/7UiD4rOC7_o
Trading Trump’s tariffs
A look at how to trade AUDUSD and USDCAD through the tariff Trumpeting Following on from my Trump post from Friday, today I spoke to Nick Batsford CEO of Core London TV about trading AUDUSD and USDCAD....
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