The sell-stop orders below 1.3100 - noted here earlier did seem to add a heavy tone to EUR/USD as 1.3049 lows were seen. Since then however - Greece’s finance minister provided the market with a one-line recap: GREECE TO HAVE 130 BLN EUROS FROM ...

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Do Interest Rates Matter Anymore? — Quick question: What do AUD, BRL and TRY all have in common? All 3 currencies have been under some decent selling pressure of late despite having interest rate advantages over the buck by 4.0%, 6.9% and 7.0% ...

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Trading Desk Chatter — Stop-loss orders at 1.3100 and below in EUR/USD - if true - might set-off some selling pressure - just some 'chatter' making the rounds.

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Dollar Bulls Taking Control? — Good morning traders. My goal with today's Preview is to simply highlight some interesting dynamics about the current price action in the marketplace. I will attempt to get a bit more detailed in subsequent ...

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Still Bullish USD/JPY — Following up on our March 1st posting (see above) on USD/JPY - I offer an updated chart. We remain bullish this pair: image

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Going back and reviewing the March 5th posting above I had noted that without the Dow Transports and the Russell 2000 making highs concurrent with the S&P's and The Dow - it was certainly worth taking note and not embracing too strong of a bullish ...

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Traders, Time To Take A View From The Sidelines — With the first day of 2012 to witness declines of greater than 1% in the S&P's it is certainly a day to sit tight and begin looking for attractive long entries in various FX pairs/crosses - in ...

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NOK/SEK: Poised For Higher Levels — You might ask yourself - 'Why NOK/SEK?', seasoned clients/followers will not be surprised by the FX selection below - we are known for digging below the G10 pairs to find trading opportunities in the ...

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One other thing to be aware of, and bear in mind, the divergence noted below may just be a function of the very generous monetary policy of The Fed further reinforced by their committment to keep rates at current levels until late 2013. Regardless, ...

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Traders, Are You Watching These Indices? — As traders/analysts, one always needs to be looking at various patterns, relationships and of course fundamentals. Doing so reduces the chances of being surprised by the market - something you never ...

FX Analysis: The IPA Trade Methodology

Traders, Are You Watching These Indices? — As traders/analysts, one always needs to be looking at various patterns, relationships and of course fundamentals. Doing so reduces the chances of being surprised by the market - something you never ...

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Thought this was a pretty interesting article from the Globe and Mail regarding Iceland adopting the Canadian dollar: url image

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Here Is Why We Are Bullish USD/JPY — USD/JPY: let's discuss BOTH technicals and fundamentals. First the fundamentals: 1. Yesterday's Bernanke press conference left the markets a bit disappointed as he did not offer enough negative commentary ...

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Trading AUD With The S&P — In the link below we discuss current correlations between the Australian dollar and the S&P 500. Learn how and why these two seemingly unrelated markets tend to trade together, and how to employ that knowledge ...

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We Are Bullish - Here Is Why — Traders, the markets have been a bit lethargic and range-bound lately. Regardless, do not lose sight of the bigger picture as noted in the chart below of the S&P's: image Also, when you add in some context from ...

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NZD/USD Is Going Higher - Here Is Why — Building upon the posting here from yesterday - here is some video analysis of why we see NZD/USD higher and how we determine the price objectives and stop-loss: url

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Here Is The Next Stop — Traders, as of last nights close in the S&P's, FX traders, depending on their time horizon/comfort level in terms of trade duration, had to make choice. The overall outlook remained bullish, the only question was if the ...

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How Long Will This Last? — Just a quick lesson on Elliott Wave as it relates to the S&P's as well as timing your entries for longs/shorts in risk related FX pairs/crosses: image From an FX perspective, we see the overall bullish tone in the ...

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Aspen Trading on Fast Money — Hey Traders - just a heads up, my biz partner, Todd Gordon, will be on the Fast Money mid-day segment on CNBC around 12:20 EST today. The Topic: follow-up on his bullish EUR/USD analysis from a few weeks back - it ...

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Looking To Short USD/NOK? Watch Oil Prices — Referring to the posting above - in terms of crude oil specifically - the chart below illustrates a bullish thrust higher that should underpin the 'risk rally' and sustained lower levels in USD/NOK. ...

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