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Getting ready for another busy week.
Sunday 17.02.2019 FX retail opening rates. Good evening folks, hope you had a relaxing weekend. Two contradictory stories on Brexit. One says French soften their stance on the backstop, the other said the opposite. On the ex-EU talks we're also getting some updates as...
What did we learn this week? – A lesson in making mountains out of molehills
A review of the Forex trading week 15 February 2019 Another rather disjointed week of ranges and moves. Just when you think you might get a break out, something strolls along and tucks it back in the box. Brexit Same old same old waffle and rhetoric but the market...
Forex option expiries 14 February 2019
Forex options expiring at the 10am (15.00 GMT) New York cut 14 February 2019 An exceedingly light board today but EURUSD has some size here at 1.1300
Forex options expiries 13 February 2019
Forex options expiring at the 10am (15.00 GMT) New York cut 13 February 2019 There's very little options protection on the downside in EURUSD. As noted earlier today, we've had new barrier information that has been has been provided to subscribers of the ForexFlow...
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UK CPI comes in a touch softer in January 2019
January 2019 UK CPI, PPI, RPI price inflation data 13 February 2019 CPI 1.8% vs 1.9% exp y/y. Prior 2.1% -0.8% vs -0.7% exp m/m. Prior 0.2% Core CPI 1.9% vs 1.9% exp/Prior y/y -0.8% vs -0.8% exp m/m. Prior 0.3% CPIH 1.8% vs 1.9% exp y/y. Prior 2.0% RPI -0.9% vs -0.8%...
UK economy suffers another Brexit induced decline as GDP and production drop
UK preliminary GDP for Q4 2018 and December 2018 Industrial production and trade balance data 11 February 2019 Q4 2018 GDP prelim 0.2% vs 0.2% exp q/q. Prior 0.6% 1.3% vs 1.4% exp y//y. Prior 1.5%. Revised to 1.6% Business investment -1.4% vs -1.1% prior q/q -3.7% vs...
The “Kudlow nod” pays off in the January 2019 US Non-farm payrolls
January 2019 US non-farm payrolls and labour market date 1 February 2019 Non-farm payrolls 304k vs 165k exp. Prior 312k. Revised to 222k Private payrolls 296k vs 170k exp. Prior 301k. Revised to 206k Manufacturing payrolls 13k vs 17k exp. Prior 32k. Revised to 20k...
The big tournament week for the AUD starts tonight.
Getting ready for potentially serious moves The week starting tonight has the potential to show us the direction for AUD, and probably NZD in the distance, for a decent amount of time. It starts with the CPI tonight, we're going to have credit and housing data on...
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CFTC Forex Futures report – No towel throwing from USD bulls into the FOMC
The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 18 December 2018 JPY -103k vs -98k prior EUR -53k vs -56k prior GBP -60k vs -42k prior AUD -35k vs -46k prior NZD +3k vs -15k prior CAD -7k vs -12k prior CHF -23k vs -18k prior BTC...
CFTC Forex Futures – EUR and JPY shorts build while GBP shorts get cut
The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 27 November 2018 JPY -104k vs -100k prior EUR -55k vs -47k prior GBP -39k vs -43k prior AUD -54k vs -59k prior NZD -21k vs -19k prior CAD -9k vs -6k prior CHF -21k vs -20k prior BTC...
CFTC Forex Futures report – EUR shorts add 10k – BTC shorts hit paydirt
The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 20 November 2018 JPY -100k vs -102k prior EUR -47k vs -37k prior GBP -43k vs -47k prior AUD -59k vs -60k prior NZD -19k vs -21k prior CAD -6k vs -3k prior CHF -20k vs -19k prior BTC...
CFTC Forex Futures report: JPY shorts jump but USD longs loosen elsewhere
The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 13 November 2018 JPY -102k vs -89k prior EUR -37k vs -47k prior GBP -47k vs -57k prior AUD -60k vs -66k prior NZD -21k vs -26k prior CAD -3k vs -3k prior CHF -19k vs -20k prior BTC...
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AUDUSD hit by a Lowe blow – What’s the next trade?
AUDUSD hits a fresh Lowe Look at that, two plays on the word "Lowe/Low" to open things up. That's value for money folks 😀 This week so far has seen the Aussie driving on both sides of the street. The market took the RBA meeting as less dovish/more hawkish and jumped,...
The big tournament week for the AUD starts tonight.
Getting ready for potentially serious moves The week starting tonight has the potential to show us the direction for AUD, and probably NZD in the distance, for a decent amount of time. It starts with the CPI tonight, we're going to have credit and housing data on...
EURUSD is still in the box
Catching up with EURUSD after the ECB meeting A dull ECB meeting left EURUSD playing between the well defined lines. Here's how things stand now. We also look at GBPUSD into the next big Brexit event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6buJ2ACxW0
Gold and Silver – Glittering prizes?
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GBP could hold the keys to some large expiries – Forex options expiries 15 February 2019
Forex options expiring at the 10am (15.00 GMT) New York cut 15 February 2019 There's a couple that could be in play today. EURUSD is right on one now and EURGBP isn't so far away from a big one, nor is GBPUSD. It's in the hands of GBP.
Forex option expiries 8 February 2019
Forex options expiring at the 10am (15.00 GMT) New York cut 8 February 2019 0.7090/0.7100 looks to be locking in AUDUSD into the expiry.
Forex options expiries 4 February 2019
Forex options expiring at the 10am (15.00 GMT) New York cut 4 February 2019 USDJPY with the closest action and a combined 2.1bn around 110.00.
Forex options expiries 1 February 2019
Forex option expiries for the 10am (15.00 GMT) New York cut 1 February 2019 1.1500 in EURUSD is about the only decent sized expiry near by.
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EURUSD is still in the box
Catching up with EURUSD after the ECB meeting A dull ECB meeting left EURUSD playing between the well defined lines. Here's how things stand now. We also look at GBPUSD into the next big Brexit event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6buJ2ACxW0
Can ECB’s Draghi kick EURUSD out of its box this week?
Let's look at EURUSD ahead of Thursday's ECB meeting EURUSD showed a willingness to break the long-standing range but the move didn't last long. Will we see another attempt or will Draghi turn on his dovish charm leading to a move lower? We also have a quick catch up...
USDJPY is still hovering around the key 108 level
USDJPY forex technical analysis update 14 January 2019 USDJPY is mooching around the 108 level once again. It's just held one test but the price action is looking very weak in the bounces. Here I take an in depth look at the pair with the folks at Core TV on behalf of...
How has USDJPY trading developed since the flash crash?
Today we take a look at how USDJPY has developed since the flash crash Last week we looked at how USDJPY was going to shape up in the aftermath of the Flash crash, and this week we see how things have developed since then. In today's video we look at how the 108.00...
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