That didn’t take long! On to the next batch of stops I suppose.


Easy pickings for the European heavy hitters and the stops below 1.3050 have been done. Next batch…

EUR/USD: Stop-loss sell orders below 1.3050


There must be some decent buying interest ahead of there keeping them safe but I expect Europe will…

EUR/AUD: Bit of buying going through the market


Decent enough flow just reported in EUR/AUD with a Swiss name buying the pair from around…

EUR/USD: Order interest 1.3070/80


Light stops reported below 1.3080 but solid bids also seen (1.3065/70). Check the members section…

AUD/USD still looking well bid


I think Europe will have another serious go at the topside in AUD/USD when they get started in the…

EUR: Macro funds still short after “ordinary” year


The chatter in the professional market is that most of the big macro hedge funds have had a pretty…

AUD/USD: Large stops above 1.0340 and 1.0350


Just repeating what I said earlier, the big macro funds are short and bearish, and have been…

EUR/USD orders: Solid selling interest 1.3150/75


Just reading the opening comments from one of the big European banks and they are quite confident…

AUD/USD: Approaches very important levels near 1.0320


There's always one level which seems to take on extra importance and in the AUD/USD at present that…

EUR/USD: More stops triggered above 1.3100


Looks indeed like it was a barrier at 1.3100 and stops have been triggered (including mine) taking…

EUR/USD: Heavy offers on interbank platforms ahead of 1.3100


The high so far has been 1.3099 and the market is thus far unable to work though some sizeable…

AUD/USD takes lead from EUR/USD, back above 1.0300


I'm not sure if 'negative outlook' for Spain is a good reason for euphoric risk-on trading but…

EUR/USD: Stops triggered in thin ‘twilight’ trade


We've seen this many times before as interbank dealers and Algos take advantage of thin trading…

USD/JPY orders updated


Solid sell orders at 79.00 and again at 79.10: Stop-loss buy orders start above 79.25/30: You can…

EUR/USD: Stops reported above 1.2995 and again above 1.3020


Interbank dealers report plentiful stops situated above recent highs at 1.2995 which may be…

USD/JPY: Good-sized selling interest reported above 78.85


Nice bounce in EUR/JPY off the earlier lows near 101.00 has taken USD/JPY to an intraday high near…

AUD/USD slips back to opening levels in quiet trading conditions


We saw a small spike higher in early trade on the back of better-than-expected Chinese trade data…

USD/SGD: Heavy SGD selling near top of 2% band


It looks and feels like intervention with a number of big local banks buying a guestimated…