Time to stop trading the crosses and start selling the USD


The entire market focus in recent months has been on the crosses, buy risk, sell risk, sell the…

Don’t you love Friday afternoon markets, not…


Very patchy liquidity this afternoon with mini liquidity bubbles causing small gaps. USD/JPY got…

AUD outlook: Mixed bag on crosses but AUD/USD set to recover


AUD/NZD continues to drift slowly lower and is targeting 1.1500, but that level should be tough to…

Yen crosses break higher as risk sentiment improves


My stop-loss order was eventually triggered in EUR/JPY and it looks like the Bernanke testimony is…

Bernanke: Another case of “sell the rumour buy the fact”? Buying AUD/USD dips is obvious trade!


It looks like the market might have even gotten itself a bit short of the USD heading into the…

Asia likes the look of the USD again


USD/JPY is testing 100.00 again, AUD/USD is back at short-term support levels near .9170 and…

AUD/USD drifting lower amid decent two-way flows


Local dealers tell me that flows are fairly decent so far this morning and the AUD/USD is drifting…

Levels to watch today (but don’t expect them to be challenged!)


EUR/JPY resistance at 131.10/20 AUD/USD short-term technical edges at .9170/.9300 EUR/GBP, prior…

Best to sit back and see how market wants to react


The statement from Mr Bernanke that all options are still on the table and policy decisions are…

Get-together for Sydney traders next Thursday, the 25th


This will be a very small informal affair but it will be nice to put faces and voices to…

AUD/USD intraday outlook: Buy dips towards .9170 looking for .9300 re-test


Overall market sentiment is still bearish AUD so I wouldn't chase it higher just yet, something…

AUD/USD: Important resistance .9300/50


I'm pretty annoyed with myself for selling 1/2 my long position at .9170 yesterday, probably one of…

AUD/USD: Lightening up on long position


I'm taking a little profit off the table here at .9170 as resistance at .9185/90 has held firm and…

Prefer to play the USD from the short side intraday


I don't have any strong reason for this bias, simply that pairs like AUD/USD, EUR/USD and GBP/USD…

AUD/USD: Decent sized orders nearby


Dealers have their eyes on stop-loss buy orders above .9195 but first have to get through decent…

AUD/USD: Hanging on to longs for now


A combination of the budget cuts announced by the Australian PM and the RBA minutes (not…

AUD/USD: Shorts getting nervous ahead of RBA minutes


And so they should be! With the daily chart looking so heavily oversold! But, sentiment remains…

Little change in NZD after CPI


NZD/USD is still trading around .7800/10 after fairly benign CPI data showed that inflation is…