Central bankers still keen to talk their currencies lower


Over the weekend we heard references from both the ECB (Coeure says that the ECB should take FX…

USD looking reasonably solid to start the week


USD/JPY has bounced nicely after the stop-loss driven push below 101.00 early last week. I expect…

AUD/NZD: Bulls can consider longs with tight stops below 1.0740


This pair worries me a bit as seemingly everyone I speak with is either bullish or long. Maybe this…

EUR/GBP: Risky contrarian trade idea


99% of the market is now bearish EUR/GBP which does suggest that we may be in for a relief rally;…

CAD continues to provide bullish signals


Overnight we saw some minor signals in AUD/CAD and CAD/JPY which continue to point towards…

GBP likely to stay strong at least until .8050 is tested in EUR/GBP


The GBP showed its resilience again yesterday. Certainly the data was strong again but the market…

EUR/USD: Starting to feel increasingly bearish


EUR/GBP is consolidating below previous support at .8160 and medium-term bear targets near .77 are…

USD/JPY: Stops both sides of market ahead of Kuroda speech


USD/JPY reacted surprisingly little to the BOJ policy announcement. There had been some small…

USD/JPY: Barrier at 101.05 has been vigorously defended


I'm not sure if this barrier is still live or not but it has been stoutly defended over the last…

AUD/USD: This is the dip I’ve been waiting for


AUD/USD is almost 100 pips lower compared with yesterday morning's open and I'm definitely in…

BOJ main focus for today’s trading session


We saw a lot of professional traders buying puts in pairs like EUR/JPY and AUD/JPY yesterday amid…

AUD/USD: Closing in on stops below .9270


The second level of intraday stops were reported this morning below .9270 (first below .9310) and…

Speculative market continues to buy downside puts in Yen crosses


It seems that some bigger professional speculators are of the opinion that the BOJ will do…

Spending a few days back on Forexlive


I'm helping Adam out over on Forexlive and even though there isn't much to report on, I'll be doing…

AUD lower on sliding iron ore prices


Today's RBA minutes will not contain any surprises as we had the Statement of Monetary Policy last…

Cable: M&A news could weigh on GBP over coming sessions


AstraZenica has rejected an improved bid from Pfizer to the tune of GBP69 billion. If this had gone…

USD/JPY: Large stops below 101.15 drifting into focus


There still seem to be some large bids ahead of 101.20 but all I'm hearing about is the large stops…

EUR: Everyone’s getting very bearish


Firstly, recent history would suggest that we are much more likely to see range trading markets…