Weekly forex futures net speculative positions from the CFTC ForexLiv […]
Jeopardy winners and trading winners have a lot in common I posted the below educational post yesterday, but wanted to give an update on the results from last nights show, and give weekend viewers a chance to do a little homework (it is a little longer than most posts). […]
Former VP makes preparation to enter the fray for the Democratic presidential candidate Bloomberg is reporting that former VP Joe Biden is making preparations for entering the race for the Democrats presidential nomination. It is thought that the announcement could come as early as Wednesday.&nbs […]
North Korea launched a new tactical guided weapons firing test on Wednesday US Sec. of State Pompeo is on the wires saying that nothing has changed with diplomatic efforrts with North Korea. […]
Easter Monday. BOC rate statement. US Durable good. US 1Q GDP The week starts with the Easter Monday bank holiday in NZ, Australia, Switzerland, France, Germany, UK, Italy (Europe). NZ and Australia have another holiday on Thursday. &nbs […]
Intel, Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing all scheduled to be released The earnings calendar gets more interesting next week with some giants reporting. Including in the list is Twitter, Boeing, Caterpillar, Facebook, Microsoft, Tesla, Intel and Amazon. […]
US housing starts for March from the Census Bureau - report - Housing starts prior month 1162K revised to 1142K - Housing starts -0.3% vs 5.4% exp - 6- month average 1189K […]
Good Friday/Easter and Passover does not stop housing starts from publication. The expectations is for an annualized pace of 1225K units vs 1162K last month. Building permits are also released with expectation for 1300K vs 1291K last. &nbs […]
A tip in managing expectations to improve your trading efficiency But a less common talked about topic is how to prepare and manage your expectations ahead of such speeches. On most economic calendars, you'd find that these speeches tend to have a so-called rating attached to it because of the nature of the person speaking. […]
A look at the order board for today - , 1.1275 (€483m) - 111.00 ($346m), 111.30-35 ($507m) - 0.7130 (A$351m) ForexLive Key ones are highlighted in . It's been a lackluster day for the most part as currencies are hit by thin liquidity conditions due to the Easter break. There isn't much on the expiries list her […]
The Politburo of China's Communist Party reviewed the economy and made arrangements on economic work earlier today - China is facing economic downward pressure The meeting was chaired by China president Xi Jinping and is usually seen as a sounding board for his ideas and views on how to go about with recent policies. It seems lik […]
Via Bloomberg This is an interesting post that came up on Bloomberg recently based on the relationship between the S&P 500 and US jobless claims. The post was written in response to the people who say that the US economic recovery is a myth and that what you actually have is a Fed-inflated bubble (that is […]
The PBOC sets USD/ CNY mid-point today at 6.7043 (vs. yesterday at 6.6911) ForexLiv […]
A reduction in its purchases in the 10 to 25 years remaining until maturity window. 160bn yen compared with 180bn last time around. The last time the BOJ did similar was about 8 weeks ago.&nbs […]
While much of Asia is closed , Japan is open. today, Friday 19 April 2019 Japanese inflation data for March is out now, for March: Headline CPI is 0.5% y/y […]
Jeopardy! winners and winning traders have lots of things in common Jeopardy! is a game show where three contestents compete in providing the question to answers under topic headings. Since you need to answer with a question, you need to form your response in the form of a question like "Who is Alex Trebek?" That would be in response to […]
Most of Asia FX is out today, except for Japan. But, if you'd like to discuss any charts, technical analysis, trade ideas, thoughts, views with fellow ForexLive traders, please do so: &nbs […]
Japan is open as normal, otherwise its the Good Friday holiday in forex centres in Asia. On the data calendar, Japanese nationwide inflation data for March is released today […]
The major forex trading centres open and closed today: Closed: - New Zealand - Australia - Singapore - Hong Kong Open: - Japan! I'll be popping in from time to time if there is anything of interest but otherwise having a break also.&nbs […]
Forex news for North American trade on April 18, 2019: Markets: It was a heavy news day as Friday's scheduled releases were moved up because of the holiday. The big one was US retail sales and all the details were at least as strong as the headline. With the gain, we've now erased the declines from t […]
