FX analysts and traders will scrutinise the latest Q2 annualised GDP data for the USA economy when it’s published at 13:30pm U.K. time on Friday afternoon. The expectation is for the figure for Q2 to come in at 1.8% falling from 3.2% in Q1. If the forecast is met equity markets in the USA and […]
The euro experienced whipsawing price-action versus its peers during the afternoon sessions as the ECB announced its rate setting decision and outlined a new direction in terms of forward guidance. Rather than announce an interest rate cut in the short-term, the ECB and the President Mario Draghi surprised FX analysts and analysts as they suggested
At 13:30pm U.K. time on Friday July 26th the latest annualised QoQ GDP figure for the USA economy will be published. The metric covers the time period up to the second quarter of 2019, Q2. The figure is not the estimate it’s the actual and final reading published by the BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis),
Central bank’s’ decision making will continue to make headlines during Thursday’s trading sessions. Focus was on Australia’s central bank in the early hours and during the afternoon session market attention will shift to the Eurozone’s central bank, the ECB. Mr. Philip Lowe the Governor of the RBA, Australia’s central bank, announced in a speech in
There are several red lights currently flashing for the U.S. economy, but when investors are locked into the herd mentality of risk-on sentiment and behaviour, many of the key economic fundamentals which analysts respect tend to be ignored. On Wednesday the latest IHS Markit U.S. Manufacturing PMI came in at 50.0 for July 2019, the
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On Thursday July 25th at 12:45pm U.K. time the ECB will reveal its decision regarding the key interest rates for the single trading-bloc the Eurozone. After polling their panels of economists both the major news agencies, Reuters and Bloomberg, are of the opinion that there’ll be no change to the current lending rate of 0.00%
Equity markets in the Asia-Pacific region mostly closed up on Wednesday morning following the rises on Wall Street on Tuesday, due to reports that trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington will restart next week. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Trump’s U.S. representative Lighthizer is travelling to China on Monday July 29th for face-to-face trade talks
In contrast with Monday’s quiet trading sessions, during Tuesday’s sessions the FX markets displayed healthy movement and provided extensive price-action opportunities for day-traders to bank profit. The dollar index rose to a five week high as investors increased confidence in the globe’s reserve currency after the IMF raised its GDP prediction for the USA to
Many traders in the FX retail trading community will trade without any form of stops. Surprisingly, these aren’t necessarily naive or inexperienced traders, some are actually experienced traders who will attempt justify why they prefer to trade without stops. The reasons they deliver are various and fascinating. Some will cite that various brokers and the
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