Hi gang! I've been analysing my trade journal and I confirmed what I suspected - trading the fiber and yuppie at the same (charts side-by-side) results in a lot of bad trades. For some reason the bad trades are accumulating on the yuppie so I've ...

Whats really moving the market today?

Well hello to you too. Ever heard of something called a joke? Oh well, I haven't got the time nor the motivation to start explaining. Maybe someone else will. Bye-bye.

Whats really moving the market today?

I've been following all the Microsoft official guidelines and it looks like I got the little bugger out. Knowing Murphy's laws one can never be too sure though.

Whats really moving the market today?

Lots of stuff happening today, 99% of which is euro negative. There were some downgrades, outlook changes etc. and a whole bunch of recycled lies from the Kingdom of Lazy Socialists. I'm not going to be putting up links or headlines as I've been ...

Whats really moving the market today?

I will not be posting links to forexlive until fix their website. Their FXDD ad is infected (probably someone hacked the ad's server and added a little 'treat' onto the ad). Since I haven't changed my browsing behaviour over the last few days I can ...

Whats really moving the market today?

Hi Trizzle, I looked at your trades on post 78 and started wondering why you decided to take three positions instead of just two. Your trades were: buy USDJPY buy CHFJPY sell EURCHF If we brake it down it means you bought USD, CHF, CHF and sold JPY, ...

Reminiscences of A Forex Speculator

I'm glad to help. It's helpful for me too as this thread has forced me to have a real good look at what's ahead every weekend, whereas in the past I used to skip some weekends. Some notes on the ECB The ECB and Trichet in particular have emphasized ...

Whats really moving the market today?

It's the history and the people behind the organization that shape the way it works and makes decisions. Central banks around the world have differences in the way they work. For example, New Zealand's central bank does not take kindly to central ...

Whats really moving the market today?

---Week 21, May 2011--- EUROPE In Europe flash PMI and German Ifo expectations are set to show a moderate decline. German flash HICP inflation will remain high at 2.7%. In Europe focus remains on the debt crisis. The Eurogroup agreed on the EUR78bn ...

Whats really moving the market today?

I promised to only post news, but this is a good question and I cannot let it go unanswered. Since the FOMC and the ECB will inevitably have another meeting in the future, it helps to understand their rationale. So, here's my reply: Nothing strange ...

Whats really moving the market today?

ABSTRACT Self-regulation is a highly adaptive, distinctively human trait that enables people to override and alter their responses, including changing themselves so as to live up to social and other standards. Recent evidence indicates that ...

The PDF useful sources thread

GREECE smackdown special Buba slams Greece Buba’s Weidmann: Lengthening maturities on Greek debt means no longer accepable for collateral by ECB (LINK) Norway slams Greece Norway, which is a part of the European Economic Area has stopped payments to ...

Whats really moving the market today?

I quite busy right now outside of trading, been reading up a lot of economics and central banking so I'm afraid I won't be posting charts for Wednesday and Thursday. Reviewing the information, deciding what to add on the chart and so forth takes ...

Rear-View Mirror Chart Thread

I found this post bookmarked with the correct e-mail. If the question is worth answering they will publish the question along with the reply on the blog. Don't expect to get a private reply to you only. You’ve got questions, we (most of the time) ...

Whats really moving the market today?

Same here, CindyXXXX. Thanks for starting the thread. It would be best to direct this question to forexlive's team. They've talked about fixes before, they even have a Q&A category devoted to questions like this (see my 'reading ...

Whats really moving the market today?

FOREXLIVE - There’s an article in FT Deutschland Cites unnamed officials as saying Trichet warned euro zone finance ministers Monday, that ECB would no longer accept Greek government debt as collateral should there be a decision to lengthen Greece’s ...

Whats really moving the market today?

I'm posting two posts from forexlive on the FOMC minutes here to supplement my own comments. I'm probably not going to post anything else on the FOMC minutes because there really isn't much to talk about here. My time is much better spent trying to ...

Whats really moving the market today?

FOMC meeting minutes were released just over half an hour ago (nope, over an hour ago, it just took me about 40 minutes to write this damn post ). To be honest it was very dull reading, even duller than usual, and you can't find anything that ...

Whats really moving the market today?

On negative real interest rates, speculation and inflation. Posted below are outtakes with links to original articles in their entirety. WSJ's The Source blog - Waiting for the End of Negative Real Yields With much of the developed world registering ...

Cornholio's Reading Suggestions

jmtini It is good to see another participant, but may I humbly suggest that you consider the formatting of your posts before you actually post them. The way I do it is this: 1) I mark off the source name (for example BBC) and the title in bold 2) I ...

Whats really moving the market today?