Early morning snippets


USD/JPY: So-called 'clever money' seen selling at 95.00 and 95.50 overnight. BOJ changing of guard…

USD/JPY: Favour buying dips to 93.80


I think the USD may rebound once all the cross activity has been taken care of so I'm looking to…

EUR/USD trading 100 pips lower after Cyprus bank tax


EUR/USD opened 100 pips lower after EU FinMins agreed to Cyprus imposing a tax on bank deposits.…

Trading opportunities on Monday morning


I'm not expecting much volatility on Monday morning but those with early interbank access can…

Mr Yen: Quite unlikely for USD/JPY to rise above 100


Former Ministry of Finance chief Sakakibara is being quoted on DJ newswires as saying that it's…

USD/JPY: Still looking to options market for leads


The heavy buying of downside protection has now eased according to interbank reports, and now we…

All 3 BOJ nominees expected to be confirmed by Japanese parliament


The meeting takes place today and only the the nomination of the extremely-dovish Iwata seems to be…

AUD/JPY technicals: Still looking bullish


I've posted both short and medium-term charts in the members section and both look bullish. The…

Is this market long USD to it’s neck


Like I said this morning, I have a feeling that something big is about to happen and that we have a…

USD/JPY: Very large expiry this week at 95.20


I'm not 100% sure when it rolls off, but Friday NY cut is usually a popular time. The spot rate…

FX market staying very quiet in Asia; USD/JPY still main focal point


Just going through the interbank reports from 3 of the big banks and the striking thing is that two…

EUR/USD: Looks like a reasonable entry level near 1.3030 for bulls


I'm taking a small long here at 1.3030 with a stop 90 pips lower. I'm only running a small position…

Yen undoing some earlier session losses


There is nothing really going on in the FX market this morning, we saw some modest Yen weakening…

AUD/JPY: Break above 97.50 opens up more blue sky


This could be an interesting pair to watch today. It broke above daily resistance at 97.50 on…

Quiet start to early interbank FX market


The retail market won't open for another 2 hours but the interbank market is up and running.…

Good luck tonight in great NFP lottery


I prefer to avoid getting involved in the NFP silliness and will stick with my core EUR/CHF and…

USD/JPY could be at 100 in 3 weeks: Big bank chief dealer


The chief Yen dealer for a major international bank reckons that the domestic Japanese market has…

USD/JPY: Buyers coming from all directions


I'm hearing reports of Singaporean hedge funds, Japanese investment funds, US real money funds and…