Asian market open


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The day ahead in the FX market, Wednesday November 28th


Economic calendar is almost totally bare: EUR/JPY has failed again near 107.00 so watch for…

Picking the year-end trends in the FX market


Generally speaking we get a fair amount of volatility in December and patient traders can certainly…

Market staying very slow into early Europe


My return to the intraday trading market has been greeted with stagnant markets and it may well…

NZD/USD technicals: If you like inverse H&S formations?


     This is from my old friend Jim Langlands who has been around dealing rooms even longer than I…

EUR/USD: Fancy playing intraday moves from long side


I've just bought some EUR/USD near 1.2990 as I fancy we could have an up session in Europe EUR/USD.…

Shanghai shares at lowest level in over 3 years


This should be risk negative and affecting AUD/JPY etc but this particular correlation has been…

EUR/JPY: Fresh longs in play


This could be a bit of a longer term trade, let's see how it develops, and if you fancy following…

Quick overview of the Asian market


EUR saw plenty of volatility as Greek-debt headlines hit the newswires: The overall new debt terms…

Retail market reportedly running quite short AUD


I was only popping out for a quick coffee but I seemed to bump into every FX trader in the city, so…

EUR/JPY: Trailing stops reported below 106.00


Just a reminder that there are stops reported below 106.00. Guess we can't complain about the…

EZ to cut interest rates on first bailout


EUR/JPY has fallen sharply on this headline, down 50 pips from earlier highs. I certainly had not…

AUD/USD session outlook: Plenty of selling interest near 1.0500


Regardless of what happens in Europe, the AUD/USD market seems likely to stay in range trading mode…

Greek debt: No final deal yet on other aspects of negotiation


EUR slid back slightly on these headlines but as we know it's going to be a long night in Brussels…

EUR/USD session outlook: Surely only a matter of time before it breaks higher


The market is bearish EUR and is always keen to sell as last week's CFTC data showed. Remember, its…

EUR pops up 15 pips on first positive headlines


Reports are that the EZ FinMins and the IMF have reached agreement on cutting Greek debt/GDP ratio…

Asian market open


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

Yen shorts at 6 month highs- CFTC


Just reading the Dow Jones headlines of the latest CFTC data and they show Yen shorts at their…