AUD/NZD: Gapping higher in stop-driven markets


Firstly it was EUR/USD where the stops were targeted, now its AUD/NZD which is the market focus.…

Kuroda comments ensure USD/JPY opens higher


USD/JPY gapped higher on the Asian open, touching 104.40 in early interbank trade, after dovish…

EUR/GBP catching bid tone after BOE minutes


EUR/USD ran into some significant bids near 1.3455 a little earlier; The BOE minutes have just…

Usual rules still apply; sharp moves followed by sideways action


Unfortunately the early-European move in EUR/USD has followed recent market behaviour and started…

Professional market staying very bearish on EUR


Citi FX strategy 'trade of the week' is short EUR/USD; Morgan Stanley 'trade of the week' is short…

EUR/USD: Favour selling rallies keeping stops above last week’s highs


EUR crosses continue to look very heavy and the weekly close below .8000 in EUR/GBP certainly…

USD preferred ahead of EUR and JPY in medium-term


Plenty of people asking me about the big pairs, EUR/USD and USD/JPY, as this is what they are used…

Early Europe on the stop-loss hunt


All of the majors are higher against the USD in early European trade with well-chronicled stops in…

EUR/USD: Base above 1.3500 looking more secure


You know my thoughts on the EUR/USD by now, neither currency is worth buying. But the recent…

EUR crosses threatening to squeeze shorts


EUR/USD has stalled on a number of occasions at important technical support neat 1.3500 and there…

EUR: Likely to remain weakest of all major currencies


The EUR looks very sick on all of the major crosses and as they are the most recent addition to the…

EUR/USD: Not the time to be getting overly bearish


All of the signals are pointing toward a lower EUR/USD but the most important one, market momentum,…

EUR/USD: Massive short-covering after the event


Once a market starts trading sideways it finds it very difficult to suddenly generate impulsive…

EUR: Best left alone until after the ECB


The market has written in a reduced Refi rate, a negative Discount rate, and some extra LTRO-like…

Australian GDP the main event this morning


Another very quiet 24 hours in the FX market and all of the major pairs seem to be trading exactly…

USD sitting at interesting intraday levels against other majors


EUR/USD: Back trading around 1.3635/40 which was the major breakdown level. The market has been…

USD set for further gains against the GBP, CHF and EUR #2


As I said earlier in the week, the USD looks set to make further gains against the big European…

EUR/USD: Starting to feel increasingly bearish


EUR/GBP is consolidating below previous support at .8160 and medium-term bear targets near .77 are…