Market Commentaries

China posted a year on year, first quarter GDP growth figure, of 6.4% during the Asian session, marginally beating several forecasts of 6.3% growth, whilst maintaining the growth figure of 6.4% registered in Q4 2018. The result calmed investor fears that China had suffered a deep and long term economic impact, due to the tariffs […]

Wednesday April 17th is an extremely busy day for economic calendar news and events, many of which have the power to move the FX and equity markets. Therefore, FX traders need to remain vigilant throughout the day, in order to manage their current positions and to ensure they’re positioned to take advantage of any developments.

The Aussie dollar fell versus several of its peers during the Sydney-Aussie trading session, as the central bank of Australia, the RBA, revealed in its minutes that it was quite prepared to lower interest rates, below the current record low of 1.5%, in an attempt to stimulate growth by way of a loose monetary policy,

The definition of what the concept of scalping represents, has altered substantially over recent years. To many old school traders (who can still recall when internet based trading was born) scalping means; searching for a profit equivalent to more than the spread cost. For example; if the spread on GBP/USD was circa 2-3 pips, you’d

A combination of the Spring meeting between the IMF and World Bank, the benign FOMC minutes, a potential breakthrough in the China-USA trade talks and various economic calendar data, suggesting the USA economy is on course to match earlier bullish forecasts, might have caused a risk on environment to develop in equity markets over recent

The latest Chinese export and import figures were published late in the Asian trading session, just before the London-European session prepared to open. Exports out of China have risen by 14.2% year on year up to March, beating the Reuters expectation of 6.5%, whilst marking a significant recovery, above the -20.8% reading recorded in February.

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China’s year on year CPI figure came in right on forecast, at 2.3% up to March, rising from 1.5% in February. Analysts immediately began to ponder if the globe’s second largest economy, might be entering a recovery mode, after its most recent GDP figures have indicated a slowdown in growth. That reduction in commerce, could

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On Wednesday afternoon, the value of sterling will come under intense focus and increased speculation, as an emergency E.U. summit decides what extension they’re prepared to offer the U.K. in order for the country to delay its exit from the European Union, which is currently scheduled for Friday April 12th. The widely held consensus is