The Loonie is looking feisty

April 30, 2014 Good Evening, The Greenback looks heavy handed in the fight with the Loonie. Two big hits square on support then a retracement of the move down yesterday to the 38%Fib only to return for another test of the lows looks good for the Loonie. The Greenback has to keep up a hawkish defence at the… View Article

A bit of quiet now as we head towards the FED this evening

April 30, 2014 Today’s volatility in the market has been welcomed after some lack luster trading periods, we saw some initial dollar buying on  a strong ADP release before sharp reversal on the back of a real miss for US GDP. Equity markets appear to have shrugged off the bad news as we near session highs after failing… View Article

Dollar running scared?

April 30, 2014 Good afternoon, USDJPY  has a H&S pattern on the hourly chart and US$ Index appears to be capped by the gap.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FPELc1wEvk

House of Horrors

April 30, 2014 Good afternoon, Great article on what the eagle-eyed and pigeon-toed have got as their major worry at the FOMC tonight…… housing. I would just like to add that it is their own fault…QE gets poured into a liquidity trap: banks don’t lend, wages stagnate, inflation doesn’t go up, but house prices stay high or at… View Article

USDCAD seems to have formed a base, all eyes now on the 1.1 pivot

April 30, 2014 Adam and I both spoke yesterday about USDCAD appearing overextended and worth either squaring shorts in Adam’s case or going long in my case. With two failed attempts now to break the 1.0942 all eyes now remain on the upside and selling interest at the 1.1 pivot. Should we break lower keep an eye on… View Article

EURUSD rejects weekly lows to trade new session highs

April 30, 2014 The inflation data earlier today sent EURUSD through the weekly support of 1.3785 to trade 1.3773 on my screen, strong buying interest has taken the pair straight back up again to trade new session highs of 1.3835. The main focus remains on this evening and the FOMC, any hawkish rhetoric from Yellen should give enough… View Article

Turkish Lira has touched to the support level

April 30, 2014 TRY still remained bearish against GPB, and touched the latest low support level of 3.5525. It is sloping downwards since last Thursday’s Turkish Central Bank (TCB) interest rate decision.  

Gold is still sloping downwards

April 30, 2014 The gold has moved up to the resistance level of 1301.20 after testing the recent the support level of 1286.15. Despite the further sanctions to Russian individuals around President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, the precious metal remained bearish against USD. It has recovered after the less than expected Euro consumer price index data.