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GBP/USD puts pressure on 1.6590
April 4th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The monthly pivot point failed to keep GBP/USD afloat and thereby exposed 1.6590/87. And even though this support area is quite dense, consisting of the 55-day SMA and weekly PP, the Sterling is capable of falling deeper, ...
USD/JPY is calm before the storm
April 4th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The bullish momentum we have been observing this week disappeared as the pair approached a key resistance represented by 104. But there are also fundamental reasons that keep traders from making bets for now, namely NFP. Once ...
Apple Bulls Bet New Products Will Bring Stock Revival
April 3rd, 2014
Options (AAPL) traders are betting new Apple Inc. products will propel the world’s largest company after it rebounded from the worst monthly loss in a year. Options on the iPhone maker haven’t been this cheap in more than two ...
EUR/USD bounced off monthly PP
April 3rd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Despite a good start EUR/USD failed to preserve a bullish tendency and declined after touching the resistance at 1.3820/15, which is created by the monthly PP and 20-day SMA. Still, considering that there is a strong support ...
GBP/USD inclined to move away from 1.6712/09
April 3rd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook GBP/USD does not seem to be in a hurry to descend, but being that it has just recoiled from the rising resistance line, the pair may cede more ground from here. The immediate support is at 1.6591/89, ...
USD/JPY erodes resistance at 104
April 3rd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook As USD/JPY approached 104, the rate of the U.S. Dollar’s appreciation slowed down. However, the currency pair still retains the potential to surpass the 2013 highs, even though the technical studies in the near term do not ...
EUR/USD approaches monthly PP
April 2nd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook For now this week is bullish for EUR/USD, as it is about to post a third day of gains. Still, there are significant obstacles lying overhead and posing significant risks to the currency recovery, such as the ...
GBP/USD plunges beneath monthly pivot point
April 2nd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook At first it looked as if the Sterling is going to continue the advancement seen last week. However, despite the bullish technical signals on the weekly and monthly time-frames, the price declined, being unable to withstand the ...
USD/JPY probes resistance at 104
April 2nd, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The U.S. Dollar disregards the daily and weekly technical indicators and strengthens relative to the Japanese Yen. As the supply at 103.34 is now out of the way, USD/JPY is facing the resistance at 104.00/103.79, which should ...
Financial Conduct Authority to investigate how firms deal with risk benchmark manipulation
March 31st, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced plans to look into how firms can reduce the risk of traders manipulating key benchmarks as a central part of its Business Plan for 2014/15, which was published today. The forward-looking thematic ...
