Taking risky shorts in AUD/JPY and GBP/JPY


Going off a tip from someone in-the-know who tells me the trailing stops in these pairs are very…

Not the time to be trading off economic data


The EUR got smashed 50 pips lower on poor German GDP data but the market is presently being driven…

GBP/JPY should be a good pair to trade during the European session


That's if you're feeling brave as it can tend to swing around the place quite violently. Both the…

No change from BOJ


As expected ahead of the G20, the BOJ kept policy unchanged. USD/JPY has had one of its quietest…

Iwata comments send Yen lower, but losses limited


There are still plenty of profit takers out there and USD/JPY really only gained 30 pips on the…

AUD/NZD: Don’t get caught long


All I can do is repeat the same thing everyday; the big macro funds are long and wrong and trying…

Cable downtrend looks ready to accelerate; 1.40 here we come.


The cable has a very nasty feel to it at the moment and the medium term sideways movement, which…

AUD/USD: Prefer to sell-rallies intraday


AUD/USD has popped above yesterday's highs near 1.0360 but with hedge fund selling interest (they…

Asian market open


You can click through here and read my full opening commentary on FX Street.

AUD/CHF technicals: Inverted H&S on 4-hour chart


     Many thanks to Jordan for pointing out the inverted H&S on the AUD/CHF 4-hour chart. Not…

EUR/JPY, EUR/CHF short-term technicals updated


EUR/JPY looks to be consolidating in a pennant formation between 123.00/126.50. EUR/CHF should now…

EUR/CHF: Market targeting stops above 1.2370


One of the bigger Swiss banks is reporting that there are stops above 1.2370 in EUR/CHF and it…

EUR/JPY staying volatile and true to form


Yesterday this pair did a total of over 900 pips up and down throughout the day only to finish back…

USD/JPY order book: Looks like a 91.80/94.00 range


This could be a decent range trade for the next few pre-G7 sessions; decent buying interest is…

AUD/USD: More trailing stops going off above 1.0350


I think this is the last of those trailing stops I mentioned earlier and further gains are going to…

Asian accounts selling USD/JPY


Perhaps some of the bigger Singapore-based traders are back after a 4-day weekend and have decided…

What to expect from the State of the Union address


Well I'm sort of hoping that President Obama will say that he likes EUR/CHF higher :) but maybe…

USD outlook: Still fancy a higher USD in shortish term


USD/JPY is leading the way and with the Japanese corporate community significantly over-hedged,…