Posts Tagged ‘ currency ’
Carry trade is a popular trading strategy that is based on buying a high-yielding asset with the low-yielding asset, so that the cost of loan is less than the yield of the asset you’ve bought. In Forex, carry trade is based on buying a currency pair with a high positive interest rate difference (swap) or selling a currency pair with a high negative interest rate difference. The good current examples of the long carry [ READ MORE ]
With no U.S. economic data on the calendar, it has been an extremely quiet day in the forex markets. Despite the lackluster move in U.S. equities and the fact that many of the major currency pairs ended the day unchanged, traders remain optimistic. We know that the mood in the financial markets is [ READ MORE ]
Risk FX drifted lower in Asian and early European trade as worries over Southern European sovereign debt continued to dog the EUR/USD while cable suffered from a slew of negative data that pushed the unit back below the 1.5000 level. The Aussie was the only risk currency to hold its ground as data [ READ MORE ]
Since most emerging market economies and financial markets are fairly small, their currencies are subject to the whims of international investors, moreso than is the case with major currencies. For that reason, when I research emerging market currencies as a whole, I often like to focus on what investors are saying are saying about their [ READ MORE ]
The long-term support line formed at a weekly timeframe chart of the EUR/CHF currency pair now holds even more strength as the price has shown a very interesting trend consolidation pattern during several last weeks. As you can see on the chart the currency pair remain in a fading bearish downtrend with each new candle smaller than previous. A weekly close below the support line may signal a strong downtrend tendency, while [ READ MORE ]
The EUR/USD currency had a change on its positive trend today despite a fall in the U.S. number of pending home sales, as factory orders rose in North America and mainly thanks to an ECB statement affirming that stimulus will last as long as they are necessary to help the region’s economy to increase its pace of recovery. EUR/USD is falling and currently trades at 1.3565. Pending Home Sales, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in January, fell [ READ MORE ]
Thanks to the better than expected U.S. non-farm payrolls report, the sun is shining brightly on the financial markets. Equities rose to their highest levels in more than a month while the dollar saw its strongest performance against the Japanese Yen since early December. The improvement in risk appetite helped to drive currency traders [ READ MORE ]
It’s still anyone’s guess as to if and when China will allow the Yuan (RMB) to continue appreciating. You can see from the chart below – which shows the trading history for the RMB/USD December 2010 futures contract – that expectations of revaluation have eroded steadily since December 2009. At that time, it was projected [ READ MORE ]
The dollar continued to fall versus the euro this Wednesday despite positive data provided by the monthly ISM non-manufacturing report, as, once again, news involving Greece are the main factor influencing the EUR/USD currency pair’s trend, this time, on the euro’s side as Greece showed a new series of measures to tighten its budget deficit, which were received positively by traders. EUR/USD is currently at 1.3653. Nonfarm payrolls were at -20k in February [ READ MORE ]
Risk FX remained under pressure with the euro rather than the pound taking the brunt of selling on the second trading session of the week while the Aussie held it s own in the wake of an RBA rate hike. The Reserve Bank of Australia resumed it rate tightening policy elevating its benchmark rate [ READ MORE ]
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