UK markets saw a rather divergent performance yesterday with the FTSE100 slipping back and in the process dropping into negative territory for the year, while the FTSE250 rebounded strongly after its losses on Tuesday. The following post is courtesy of CMC Markets. While the recent rally in the pound may well be a factor in the…
Read moreJohn Hardy, Head of FX Strategy at Saxo Bank, takes a look the plunging USDJPY, as investors flee Japanese stocks and the BoJ's failure to contain yen raises doubts on stimulus efficacy. [divide] USDJPY punched down through 116.00 in early US hours yesterday as US equities followed up the ugly European session with heavy selling in…
Read moreMarkets start the week off with a bang, with the currency market experiencing massive volatility and huge daily ranges in all major pairs. How is your account holding up?
Read moreAs the trading weeks kicks off, Greece news has rocked the markets with traders, banks and brokerage houses glued to their screens.
Read moreLeapRate has learned from a variety of sources that Japanese Yen trading volumes have spiked the past two weeks, ahead of Japanese general elections tomorrow. Yen volatility over that period, despite the election's predictable outcome, seems to support what we've heard. This of course follows two near-record months for some of Japan's leading retail forex…
Read moreNadex, the American regulated binary options exchange has some new things being implemented next week. One, 5 minute expiries on major currency pairs will be introduced following submission and acceptance from the CFTC. Second, the binary options exchange will amend how it calculates official expiration rates. You can read the official notices from Nadex below:…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Tuesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for Gold (in USD) and USD/JPY. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). GOLD (in USD): Correction in prices remains thus far mild • Gold has…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Monday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for USD/JPY and AUD/USD. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). USD/JPY: Challenging its support at 114.06 • USD/JPY has failed to break the hourly resistance at 115.52 (06/11/2014…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Wednesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for USD/JPY and AUD/USD. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). USD/JPY: Challenging the support at 108.01 • USD/JPY has weakened near the major resistance at…
Read moreIn Swissquote’s Tuesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for USD/JPY and USD/CAD. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). USD/JPY: Grinding higher? • USD/JPY has broken the resistance at 109.46 (19/09/2014 high). However, given…
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