June 2013

The COT Report Reveals That Traders Are Bullish The Euro

Despite it providing lagging information the COT report, commitment of traders, always provides a fascinating insight into where institutional money views currencies' positions. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, publishes the Commitment of Traders report (COT) every Friday, around 2:30 pm EST. The COT report measures the net long and short positions taken by

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Forex Technical & Market Analysis: June 13 2013

IMF approves €657 million bailout tranche for Portugal The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the seventh tranche of Portugal’s bailout Wednesday and gave the country more time to meet its budget-cutting goals. The IMF will disburse the next tranche worth €657 million after the successful review of a bailout program that started in 2011. Meanwhile,

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Between The Lines; Early Morning Roll Call

Sudden stock crashes and other tales of woe.. Two interesting stories caught our imagination over the past 24 hours, both concerned technology. Firstly, concern that American stock markets are more susceptible to micro- second crashes due to computerisation isn’t supported by the data, a Securities and Exchange Commission official stated on Tuesday. Gregg Berman, head

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