USD/JPY: Stops building below the market


The first batch of sizeable trailing stops are reported below 80.10.

AUD/JPY: Given market’s penchant for range trading, shorts preferred from current levels


     Unless you have a really strong reason for wanting to be long at the moment, I'd suggest that…

Very quiet Asian session ahead of risk events tonight


Absolutely nothing to report from today's 'excuse' for a trading session. AUD/USD took out light…

USD slightly higher across the board in Asian trade; shorts covering ahead of NFP


AUD/USD triggered those aforementioned light stops above 1.0415 but stalled exactly at the reported…

Finding the trade most likely to stuff the most people


     It's a sad state of affairs but most movement in the market at the moment is caused by…

EUR/USD: Sovereign buyers reported below 1.2920


AUD/USD: Reserve managers buying 1.0310/20; solid offers still 1.0400 with stops above 1.0415:…

USD/AXY flows point towards further EUR/USD support


Asian central banks have been busy again with the Bank of Korea and the Hong Kong Monetary…

USD/JPY back above 80.00; AUD/JPY important resistance at 83.55 now looms


Not so much fanfare this time, but perhaps that means that the move can have more legs this time?…

Few comments re market positioning


The professional market and the retail market act in different ways. If you read that the retail…

Professional market positioning overview: EUR shorts on increase again


I collate this data from 3 of the biggest prime brokers and one leading investment bank. In…

The only reason to buy JPY is to cut existing positions


The BOJ action of today is certainly not a strong signal to suddenly buy the Yen. On the contrary,…

Levels to watch post-BOJ


USD/JPY: Sell orders reportedly heavy 80.40/50 and again near 80.85/90; stops reported below 79.50…

BOJ running late


We normally would have the BOJ decision by now, but remember this is a one-day meeting, not the…

Some hedge fund interest to buy USD/JPY


Dealers say that demand for USD/JPY has been very steady over the past 2 hours but that EUR/JPY…

EUR/JPY trade update


     As always with these things, I wish I'd sold more but such is the nature of trade-building…

USD/JPY: Stops getting triggered and not many bids in sight


No buyers today it would seem in USD/JPY and the pair is back below 80.00 driven by long…

Quick overview of Asian trade


Regional stocks around 1% lower: South Korean economy grew at slowest pace in 3 years: Risk trades…

Asia settling in for a quiet trading session


There was some JPY demand into the Tokyo fix which saw USD/JPY and EUR/JPY ease somewhat but that's…