Market Commentaries

After experiencing several sessions of losses, USD registered marginal gains versus several peers, during the Asian and early part of the London-European sessions. At 7:45am U.K. time the DXY traded up 0.06%, rising further above the 97.00 handle at 97.53. USD/JPY traded up 0.12%, oscillating close to the daily pivot point, displaying a daily, price […]

Experienced traders can be rendered open mouthed when they peruse trading forums and read reports from novice traders, who’ll continually trade without stops. Capital preservation is one of the key factors when you trade markets; your risk has to be monitored and limited, at all times. During your early, fledging, months and years, one of

At 19:00pm U.K. time, on Wednesday May 1st, the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will announce its decision on the USA key interest rate. The widely held consensus, arrived at after news agencies such as Bloomberg and Reuters have polled their panels of economists, is for the key rate, referred to as the upper bound

During Tuesday’s Asian trading session, China’s latest Caixin PMI figure came in at 50.2 for April, below the Reuters forecast of 50.9. The Markit PMI for China came in at 50.1, missing the forecast of 50.5. Both metrics registered readings just above the 50 level; the figure that separates contraction from expansion. The readings will

FX traders will often come across the phrase, “trading noise”. It’s a highly common phenomenon and occurrence, based on the estimates that FX currency markets (and the associated pairs) trade in ranges, far more than trading in easily identifiable trends. The estimates of the variance between range and trend trading, is often put at 80-20%;

On Tuesday April 30th, the latest GDP readings for both the Eurozone and Canada will be published. The latest GDP growth reading for for E.Z. will be published at 10:00am U.K. time, both Reuters and Bloomberg forecast an unchanged figure of 1.1% for year on year growth to be recorded, with quarter one 2019 coming

Japanese markets will be mostly shut during an extended ten day holiday period, to honour the ascension of a new emperor. Therefore, trading in yen may be reduced as liquidity and volatility recedes. FX traders who favour trading yen, should note this factor over the coming days. Several Asian markets made positive, bullish gains during

What is the FX market, what’s it for, who benefits, how can you trade it, how can you attempt to profit from it? If you converse with other FX traders, either face to face or online, you quickly begin to realise that the vast majority of retail traders have very little understanding of the underlying

The kiwi rose versus several peers during the Sydney-Asian trading session, after the latest import and export figures for New Zealand led to a significant improvement in the balance of trade. In an economy reliant on its exporting and production, the improved data has rested fears that any impact of the China v USA trade

At 13:30pm, on Friday April 26th, the latest GDP growth data, relating to the USA economy, will be published. The annualised quarter on quarter figure, for the first quarter of 2019, is forecast by agencies such as Bloomberg and Reuters, to come in at 2.2%, registering no change from the level recorded for Q4 2018.