Submitted Mar 16, 2017|From orbex.com

Following a three-day delay due to storm Stella, the German Chancellor will arrive in Washington to meet US President Trump tomorrow in a meeting which will be closely watched by the market. ting. Trump has been openly vocal about his stance on ...

Submitted Mar 6, 2017|From orbex.com

Non-Commercials increased their net long positions in the Australian Dollar last week buying a further 18k contracts to take the total position to 52k contracts. This marks the seventh straight week of buying in the Australian Dollar. RBA easing ...

Submitted Feb 16, 2017|From orbex.com|1 comment

Over the first trading months of 2017, it has been the US political environment that has dominated the majority of investors’ attention. The unusual developments within US politics have so far stolen the limelight from the potentially sinister ...

Submitted Feb 6, 2017|From orbex.com|1 comment

Non-Commercials reduced their net short positions in the Euro last week buying 7k contracts to take the total position to -46k contracts. The continued short squaring in the Euro reflects the shifting sentiment which has dominated early 2017 trading ...

Submitted Jan 30, 2017|From orbex.com|1 comment

Non-Commercials reduced their net short positions in the Euro last week buying 14.5k contracts to take the total position to -53k contracts. This round of short covering represents a more than 20% reduction in bearish positions. Following the ECB’s ...

Submitted Jan 23, 2017|From orbex.com

Non-Commercial positioning in the Australian Dollar has flipped net-long again for the first time in 2017 following buying of 9k contracts last week to take the total position to 5k contracts. Short positions have been steadily covered over recent ...

Submitted Jan 18, 2017|From orbex.com

Yesterday’s press conference by the UK prime minister Theresa May had indeed a huge impact on the markets, sending GBP higher across the board by more than 2.5%, while the FTSE100 Index posted its biggest one-day decline since the beginning of the ...

Submitted Jan 16, 2017|From orbex.com

Non-Commercials reduced their net short positions in the Euro last week, buying 4k contracts to take the total position to -66k contracts. Short squaring in the single currency comes on the back of continued data strength out of the Euro. December ...

Submitted Jan 12, 2017|From orbex.com|66 comments

The build-up to the March 15th Dutch elections will be watched by the market very closely. Current polling indicates that Geert Wilders’ anti-EU Freedom is ahead and likely to win over 30 of the 150 parliamentary seats. The party has called for ...

Submitted Jan 5, 2017|From orbex.com

The first quarter of 2017 in the Eurozone will be marked by political changes that will cloud the European economic outlook. Major changes can be expected with the big question on whether the already fragile economic growth and the European Central ...

Submitted Dec 22, 2016|From orbex.com

The price of the natural gas futures contracts for February 2017 was seen paring losses from the earlier part this week as price rallied over 7% on Wednesday. The gains came on speculation that the cold winter could start eating into the stockpiles ...

Submitted Dec 21, 2016|From orbex.com|1 comment

Crude oil futures contracts for February maintained its bullish momentum as price edged higher towards $53.77 on Tuesday before giving up some of the gains but still closing with gains at $53.51. The bullish close comes after prices closed nearly ...

Submitted Dec 12, 2016|From orbex.com

Non-Commercials reduced their net long positions in the Japanese Yen last week selling 34k contracts to take the total position to -34k contracts. This huge shift in the positioning means that Non-Commercials have now flipped net short the Yen for ...

Submitted Nov 25, 2016|From orbex.com

Copper prices continued to track higher this week extending gains seen in response to the election of Donald Trump. The President’s proposed increase in infrastructure expenditure has fuelled a surge in commodity demand as investors anticipate ...

Submitted Nov 24, 2016|From orbex.com

Policymakers at the US Federal Reserve acknowledged that the case to hike interest rates continued to strengthen. Despite a split vote, many members were of the opinion that a rate hike should happen “relatively soon,” reaffirming that the central ...

Submitted Nov 22, 2016|From orbex.com

Ahead of the keenly anticipated December ECB meeting, comments from officials have started hitting the wires. Market expectations have already been ignited at the October meeting where ECB chief Draghi noted that the next major decisions regarding ...

Submitted Nov 18, 2016|From orbex.com

The US dollar posted strong gains this week, at one point staying firm above the psychological level of 100, a resistance level that has been breached as the Dollar Index jumped to 101 yesterday. After the initial turmoil of the election outcome ...

Submitted Nov 16, 2016|From orbex.com|2 comments

Looking back over the year it’s clear that one of the key themes that’s developed is that of FX markets being increasingly shaped by political rather than economic factors. The dominant example of this dynamic in play currently is the way that ...

Submitted Nov 14, 2016|From orbex.com

Non-Commercials increased their net short positions in the Euro last week selling a further 14k contracts to take the total position to -137k contracts. Selling pressure has intensified in the Euro over the last month as traders continue to expect ...

Submitted Nov 7, 2016|From orbex.com

Non-Commercials reduced their net short positions in Sterling last week buying 1k contracts to take the total position to -83k contracts. Despite remaining still near record levels, short positions continue to be unwound in Sterling. The UK High ...