January 6, 2015
USD/JPY: Hefty profit taking to start the year
Prime brokers are reporting some heavy profit taking in USD/JPY overnight which had a knock-on…
January 5, 2015
Looking to buy short-term dips in cable and AUD/USD
Obviously I missed the first opportunity earlier this morning to buy cable at 1.5100 but I'm sure…
January 5, 2015
EUR liquidity- a taste of things to come
Liquidity was understandably poor this morning, as it always is on a Monday morning, but I think we…
January 5, 2015
EUR flows: Speculators short but big players still selling
Just catching up on interbank research after a 2 week break and the following factors are being…
December 29, 2014
EUR/CHF: Update on Christmas Day price action
From the FXWW Chatroom: For those just returning after Christmas - there has been a bit of a…
December 19, 2014
Corporate and institutional flows will dry up from today
Many institutional and corporate players will be taking a full two week break from the FX market…
December 18, 2014
EUR/CHF: Look to book interim profits near 1.2125
Big move higher in EUR/CHF after the SNB announced the move to negative rates. Normally one would…
December 17, 2014
Liquidity continues to be very poor and will only get worse
Since the beginning of last week, e-commerce dealers have been complaining about the lack of…
December 12, 2014
Regulator focus on Algos will lead to greatly reduced liquidity
Interbank e-commerce dealers have been reporting heavily reduced liquidity over the last 7-10 days…
December 11, 2014
AUD/NZD: Pretty clear ‘sell-rally’ play
If the FX market is one big interest rate play, as many would contend, then we should be in the…
December 10, 2014
Enter the FX market’s ‘Period of Pain’
It's two weeks before Christmas, liquidity is drying up very sharply indeed according to interbank…
December 9, 2014
USD/JPY: Pick a wide range, looks like it will be whippy
E-commerce dealers at the major banks were reporting sharply reduced liquidity yesterday and this…
December 5, 2014
EUR/USD: We can expect quite a few sessions of consolidation
The market got caught short in illiquid conditions and that will give the bears some food for…
December 5, 2014
EUR/GBP in consolidation mode
I'm still short of this pair and happy to stay that way. Obviously, based on the reaction to the…
December 4, 2014
Are demo accounts relevant in establishing a track record?
In a word, No! The whole art of being a trader lies in ones ability to manage risk, maximise…