Market reactions to central banks telling us plenty


Whilst the headlines from the Carney speech were very hawkish, the substance wasn't quite so, yet…

Division between ‘big 3’ and rest becoming clearer


The USD, EUR and JPY are set to continue with their zero rates policy and QE strategies for some…

Carney: UK set for rate rises sooner than expected


Following on from the RBNZ rate hike yesterday, overnight comments from the UK's Mark Carney that…

NZD/USD: Reaction to RBNZ starting to look overdone


Most of the weak NZD shorts will have been culled by now in what has been an extreme market…

AUD/NZD: Big move lower continues, already 125 pips lower on day


We were trading at 1.0970 before the RBNZ announcement and now we are trading near the 50-dma at…

AUD/NZD: Short-term levels to watch at 1.0870/1.0930


There should be some decent trading opportunities in the cross throughout the morning. The market…

NZD: Hard to be bearish when they are the only central bank hiking rates


It's pretty difficult to find any good store of value in the current FX market so when one central…

AUD/USD: Option players still dominating ranges


I'm sticking with my strong buy-dip bias in the AUD/USD and I expect the AUD to continue to make…

Cable: Looking susceptible to a downside clean-out?


A lot of traders have been jumping onto the GBP bull train at pretty lofty levels and it's starting…

FX-only managers struggling to compete with other classes


Another major side effect of the lack of volatility in the FX market is that it drives investor…

AUD and NZD make decent gains on the crosses


Hate to keep harping on about it but this very slow-burner of a trend is likely to continue. The…

Oil price rises: Look for GBP/JPY buying opportunities


The oil price jumped last night on the back of reports that Libyan exports are now close to zero.…

EUR/USD: Not the time to be getting overly bearish


All of the signals are pointing toward a lower EUR/USD but the most important one, market momentum,…

Structural change in FX market leading to low volatility


It's not unusual during a period of structural change to see the market lose momentum and focus.…

Staying bearish EUR, USD and JPY


My macro view of the market remains the same, the big 3 (currencies and printers!) will stay weak…

All quiet on the FX market front


Apart from some fat-finger mis-hits on USD/CAD, it's been another very quiet start to the FX…

EUR/GBP: Even more reasons to be short now


The ECB decisions from yesterday make this trade an even more attractive proposition and I see no…

EUR/JPY: Likely to be main focus during Tokyo trade


After the ECB moves I am sure that Japanese investors will be active in EUR/JPY and I'm thinking…