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The US Dollar continues to consolidate against the major G10 Currencies with the Euro so far holding the key 1.2450 support level. However the Dollar Index continues to make new highs led by the USD/JPY as the Bank of Japan’s latest QE continues to propel...
Futures Trading Education
Little did I know that just before I posted on Friday the Bank of Japan would unexpectedly expand its QE programme citing risk of return to a ‘deflationary mindset’ and sending the Nikkei racing higher, with the market eventually closing 4.83% higher. The...
Futures Trading Education
What a difference a few hours can make for these very volatile markets. Just before I posted yesterday the equity markets literally went into free-fall on the weaker earnings report from Samsung. However they then reversed course after we got stronger US economic...
Futures Trading Education
The FOMC’s post-meeting statement published last evening proved to be more of a market-moving affair than many had anticipated. The US Dollar was sharply higher along with Treasury Yields especially at the front end of the curve whilst the stock market was in a...
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The US Dollar is soft heading into tonight’s key FOMC announcement however as of now there is no press conference scheduled, with Janet Yellan, but this can change as we get nearer the release. Reasons for the softer Dollar came from a weaker than expected...
Futures Trading Education
After I posted yesterday morning European Equity markets sold off hard as some lower tier periphery economy bank shares came in for some heavier selling in the wake of the ECB stress test results, with some of the Italian and Greek banks seeing the sharpest declines....
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