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The Australian central bank is forecast to maintain the current interest rate at 1.5%.

On Tuesday February 5th at 3:30am U.K. time, the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) will announce its latest decision, regarding the key interest rate for the Australian economy. Referred to as the “cash rate” in Australia, the forecast, from the economists polled by Reuters and Bloomberg, is for the rate to remain unchanged at the […]

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U.K. FTSE 100 reaches 7,000 in morning trading, Aussie dollar slips as building data disappoints the markets

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The leading U.K. index the FTSE 100, breached the critical psyche level and handle of 7,000 during the early part of the London session to reach 7,040, a level not seen since early December 2018. During 2018 the index threatened to break through the 8,000 level for the first time in its history, after reaching

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Corporate earnings could dictate the performance of USA indices over the coming week, whilst sterling and the U.S. dollar will remain under focus and pressure

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Despite the latest NFP numbers beating the Reuters forecast of 165K (by some distance) on Friday Feb 1st, the U.S. dollar failed to rise significantly, when the figure of 304K jobs created in January was published. Beating the forecast has to be kept in context; regarding the previous December count being revised down substantially, whilst

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The simple trick you can play on yourself, to immediately become a highly disciplined FX trader

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FX traders constantly receive advice regarding professionalism and discipline, in relation to trading and how these two factors can impact on your success. Retail FX traders will receive advice over the type of FX trading account they should open and which brokers they should trade with. For example, trading with an ECN broker, who uses

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China’s Caixan PMI reading misses forecast, sends Aussie dollar lower, GBP/USD falls as Brexit fears hits manufacturing sentiment

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As a consequence of the: trade wars, tariffs and sanctions with the USA, China’s manufacturing base has suffered a blow, resulting in the sentiment amongst the purchase managers in Chinese manufacturing falling. The PMI missed the Reuters forecast of 49.7, by coming in at 48.3, close to a three year low. Any PMI reading below

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The latest NFP numbers and the unemployment rate for the USA, could move the FX market for the USD, when released on Friday 1st

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On February 1st, at 1:30pm, close to the opening of the New York trading session, two high impact news releases relating to the USA economy, will be published. The first release concerns the latest January unemployment rate for the U.S. The current rate is 3.9%, close to the 40 year lows, that were repeatedly printed

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Simple, straightforward ideas for combining fundamental and technical analysis

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The majority of experienced (and by association) successful traders, will always suggest that you require a combination of both fundamental and technical analysis in order to trade the: FX, equity and commodity markets proficiently. Traders quickly learn that FX markets primarily move, due to the fundamental economic metrics, relating to the currency of the country

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The latest Eurozone GDP growth figures will be carefully monitored, for any further signs that growth is weakening.

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On Thursday January 31st at 10:00am U.K. time, the latest data relating to the Eurozone’s GDP growth and performance will be released, by the official stats agency, Eurostats. The current annual GDP growth rate (up to Q3 2018) is 1.6%. The forecast, according to the economists polled by the Reuters news agency, is for a

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Sterling stabilises after U.K. parliament vote caused a sharp sell off. Markets look towards USA GDP figures and FOMC rate decision, for U.S. dollar direction

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After an approximate 1% sell off, shortly after the U.K. parliament passed a vote making a no deal Brexit more likely, GBP/USD stabilised in the overnight Sydney and Tokyo FX trading sessions. Both the U.K. mainstream media and the political circus surrounding Westminster, began to digest the news and quickly reached the conclusion that Mrs

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Why FX traders need to monitor the FOMC rate decision and Jerome Powell’s subsequent press conference statement

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On Wednesday January 30th, at 7:00pm U.K. time, the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will reveal its decision regarding the key interest rate for the USA economy. The current rate is 2.5% and this highly anticipated calendar event, is forecast to result in no change to the rate, according to the Reuters and Bloomberg news

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