I took a short position at 1.5243 on EUR/CHF up about 20 pips. Getting out as soon as we hit 1.5200. Trying to fight the SNB from weakening their currency is a losing battle in the end. Also join in on the NFP discussion url

EURUSD

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Gold Discussion

Losses bigger than expected from ADP, -473k vs. -394k expected. Some dollar weakness for the morning, but still in a range especially GBP/USD.

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Hi qweabc, To answer your question and reiterate from previous post, FXCM is not a liquidity provider on the active trader platform. Active trader uses No Dealing Desk (Agency) execution. The global banks are the ones providing the pricing. Each ...

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ADP report comes out in 15 minutes. Expectations of -394k in job losses. And the Challenger report showed the pace of job losses is decreasing, positive sign for NFP and the economy.

Who trades the NOK, SEK, DKK

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NFP Report July 2nd — Here's a thread to discuss Thursday's NFP release. The NFP report is being released on Thursday and not Friday. Expectations have it coming out at -359k. This could be the best NFP number since September 2008 (if anyone ...

Who trades the NOK, SEK, DKK

Hi goodchong, you also mentioned using Metatrader. There is a demo through FXCM vailable for Metatrader 4 that you can use for backtesting. Here's where you can register for the demo . Do you have your strategy programmed into MQL to backtest?

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The instability was due to the Swiss National Bank intervention last week. Which is cause for concern, I'm getting a signal to go short, but that may be tempting the gods (SNB).

EUR/CHF

Probably had a lot of traders get crushed thinking there was going to be a breakout after it passed 1.67. There was a 21% increase in long positions in GBP/USD this morning.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Maybe oil has fallen into the same trading range that has sucked in the USD pairs. And China's in the news with bidding for Iraqi oil fields . Good planning on their part trying to secure oil where possible to support their growth.

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Thanks for the article. I was aware of the carbon legislation but hadn't seen how it may affect the oil industry. Interesting stuff and looks like it could have big implications for the future.

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I've had multiple traders recommend this book, but have yet to read it Though not specific to forex, one of my favorites is Den of Theives

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hi shashashuber, Anything in particular you're watching that would cause oil to drop?

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While I understand CurrencyAnalyst feels differently, there are important issues that need to be clarified. 1. All orders on Active Trader platform are executed through no dealing desk execution. Every trade is executed back to back with a bank or ...

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To answer your question from yesterday, MT4 can still have access to the same currency pairs available as on the active trader platform. The gold program is flexible if your balance drops due to trading, but you could be taken out of the gold ...

FXCM MT4 & Scalping

Hi billye, The only FXCM reps on the forum are myself, which is disclosed in my bio, and Jaclyn Sales, who makes official announcements about FXCM. The one place I have mentioned CFD's on the forex factory forum has been on the oil discussion thread ...

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Looking to short usd/nok myself. Take a look at the attached research and give me your feedback on it. Going to send any feedback over to the dailyfx team.

Kroner Update (SEK, DKK, NOK)