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Wall Street Bond Dealers Whipsawed on Bearish Treasuries Bet
April 22nd, 2014
Betting against U.S. government debt this year is turning out to be a fool’s errand. Just ask Wall Street’s biggest bond dealers. While the losses that their economists predicted have yet to materialize, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup ...
High-Frequency Fight Starts in Foreign Exchange
April 17th, 2014
Foreign-exchange dealers say they have the solution to the high-frequency trades eroding banks’ profits across financial markets. A currency-dealing platform known as ParFX, established in 2011 by firms from Deutsche Bank AG to Citigroup Inc., was approached last month ...
GBP/USD attempts to surpass Fed high
April 17th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook After an eventless beginning of the week GBP/USD soared 100 pips and it is already testing a cluster of resistances around the recent Feb high. Should the bulls gain an upper hand, the rally will be expected ...
EUR/USD supported by monthly PP
April 17th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The latest downward momentum did not prove to be strong enough to push the price beneath the monthly PP. Instead EUR/USD seems to be recovering from 1.3816/15, which could mean a test of the down-trend resistance line ...
EUR/USD set to decline to 1.37
April 16th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook At the moment EUR/USD is testing the support at 1.3816/15 represented by the monthly and weekly pivot points. If this level is breached, the next significant concentration of demand is expected to be at 1.3787—20 and 55-day ...
USD/CHF rises to monthly pivot point
April 15th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Despite the bearish outlook implied by the weekly and monthly technical studies, USD/CHF turned around ahead of the monthly S1 and it is now challenging the monthly PP. In case this resistance fails to contain the pair, ...
USD/JPY confirms support at 101.29/19
April 15th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook The support area around the level of 101.29/19 proved to be of great significance to the market, as it has once again prevented further depreciation of the U.S. Dollar. Now, after a small rebound, USD/JPY faces a ...
GBP/USD may re-test Feb high
April 15th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Though the Cable has just encountered the Feb high, the sell-off from this level turned out to be short-lived. Accordingly, if the weekly PP at 1.6704 stays intact today, there will be an elevated chance of a ...
EUR/USD probes monthly PP
April 15th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook EUR/USD did not manage to close a downside gap yesterday, instead at the moment it gravitates towards the monthly pivot point at 1.3815. Additional support is at 1.3789/83, created by the 20 and 55-day SMA. But the ...
USD/CHF targets down-trend at 0.863
April 14th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook After an explicitly bearish week there is a fairly high chance of a correction. But even if it does take place, the rally is unlikely to drag on for long, considering there are tough resistances at 0.8813/12 ...
