January 16, 2013
AUD/USD: CBA lists the positive factors currently influencing this pair
Improved global outlook: Low volatility: Rising iron ore prices: Widening AU-US 2-year spreads.…
January 15, 2013
The day ahead in the FX market, Tuesday January 15th
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Not much of note on the economic calendar after Mr Bernanke's Q&A this morning: We may see…
January 14, 2013
AUD/USD: Stops triggered below 1.0525
Pretty hard to be very confident about being long AUD in the face of poor domestic economic data…
January 14, 2013
Australian job ads -3.8% MoM, housing finance -0.5% MoM
Another round of very poor domestic economic data out of Australia, coming on the back of last…
January 14, 2013
TD-MI Australian inflation gauge +0.4% MoM, +2.4% YoY
Quite a significant rise in this private measure of Australian inflation and the prospects of a…
January 14, 2013
Liquidity very poor in early FX market trade
AUD,NZDFlows and OrdersJPY crosses
Dealers aren't too enthusiastic this morning, complaining to anyone who will listen (only their…
January 11, 2013
Yen steady in quiet after lunch trade
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Japanese traders are back at their desks after a badly needed 90 minute lunch break and trade is…
January 11, 2013
AUD/USD: Solid sell orders near 1.0600
The barrier at 1.0600 is holding firm and there are plenty of other sell orders near there as well.…
January 11, 2013
Day ahead in the FX market, Friday January 11th
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Japanese trade data at 23:50 GMT: Chinese CPI at 01:30 GMT: EUR/JPY, double-weekly high at……
January 10, 2013
AUD/JPY keeps on moving higher
I'm still convinced this is a silly 'start of year' move with the Yen leg driven by what is in…
January 10, 2013
NZD/USD struggling to keep up with the AUD
Plenty of talk about Sovereign, custodial and corporate buyers in the NZD/USD as well as reports of…
January 10, 2013
AUD/USD eyeing reported stops above 1.0590
No point in getting in the way of the runaway train just yet, especially with reports of stops…
January 10, 2013
AUD/JPY: Trade idea for contrarian hard-asses only
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A Yen analyst out of Tokyo, for whom I have a lot of respect, is calling an end to the Yen…
January 10, 2013
AUD/USD orders: Mixed reports on order front
Sell orders reported 1.0530/35 and again 1.0545/50 but also reports of stops above 1.0535.
January 10, 2013
AUD pops up on strong Chinese data
Chinese exports +14.1% and imports at +6% against expectations of +4% and +3% respectively. AUD/USD…
January 10, 2013
Building approvals +2.9%; more disappointing Australian data
Coming on the back of poor trade and retail sales data, surely the poorer than expected building…
January 10, 2013
CBA: Expecting higher than consensus jump in building approvals
One of the big 4 Australian banks, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, were spot-on with their…