Liquidity to stay poor for next two days


We can expect more choppy illiquid trade for the next two days although the market is returning to…

Levels to watch for today during Asian FX trade


USD/JPY: 61.8% retracement of 95.00/75.60 comes in near 87.60 which was the approximate high…

USD steadies but set to remain under pressure


We've seen some decent sized moves today in USD/AXY with USD/KRW down at 16-month lows and the big…

USD/JPY technicals: Next resistance at 87.55


The 61.8% retracement of the fall from 94.95 to 75.60 comes in at 87.55 and this level should be…

USD/JPY: Whippy as retail market opens


Looks to me as if some stops were triggered below 85.70 in very thin trade. Market dipped from…

Japan Chamber of Commerce: Happy to see USD/JPY in 85.00/90.00 range


The head of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce is being quoted on Dow Jones as saying that JPY85 is…

New Japanese FinMin named


Taro Aso is the 6th finance minister in recent years and is well known for his willingness to open…

USD/JPY holding firm above 85.50


It will be interesting to see what the market does today in USD/JPY; the pair has broken marginally…

USD/JPY: Technical target reached and bulls need to be careful


     As we know, the professional market is very long of this pair and was able to make more easy…

USD/JPY: Talk of real money buying interest 83.60/70


I'm not sure if I place a whole lot of faith in these reports as in my experience, most of the…

USD/JPY: Bit of a worry when commentators start talking about “one-way bets”


These one-way bets are hard to find and are usually referred to as such, after the race has been…

Buy the rumour sell the fact


One of the oldest sayings in the market but also one of the truest. The market is very short of…

BOJ: Expands asset buying program by Yen10 trillion


EUR/JPY popped up on first reaction but with no mention so far of inflation targets it fell back…

Yen crosses steady as BOJ decision time approaches


The rate announcement could come at any time but its the subsequent statement which is the most…

Big levels to watch for during the European session ahead


AUD/USD: 1.0510 was the previous high which has held firm for two tests over last few days; watch…

USD/JPY flows: Real money buyers noted near overnight lows


The amounts were quite small and it's surprising that these sort of players are spied at all near…

USD/JPY getting small lift from fiscal cliff press reports


I don't see anything new in this (and I think this whole fiscal cliff saga is a non-event) but…

Downside stops in EUR/USD and AUD/USD


Stop-loss sell orders getting mentioned on the early European grapevine with 1.3115 in EUR/USD and…