Forex Opinion & Analysis

Apart from the Aussie, there were no particular surprises. In fact, the rest developed exactly, or close to, expectations. As the day starts, we may have seen some temporary Dollar bullish extremes. I...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management Dollar Performance Table: Is Jackson Hole Really THAT Big of a Deal? Why EURO Rallied on Weak PMIs Sterling Hits 4 Month Lows...

The Canadian dollar took advantage of solid US numbers on Thursday, as the pair trades in the mid-1.09 range in the North American session. On the release front, US data was solid. Unemployment...

Question Hi Anna – I can understand maybe how market makers can manipulate prices in equities, but I can’t quite get my head round how insiders can manipulate the price in Forex. I know...

  Source: Short Side of Long Quite a lot of interesting movements in the markets. As we can clearly see in Chart 1, the traded-weighted US Dollar Index has been pushing higher in recent...

AUD/USD – The majority of retail traders have remained long the Australian Dollar versus the USD since the pair turned lower from July highs near $0.9470. Our trading bias remains in favor of...

Talking Points NZD/USD Tests Range Resistance S3 Marks Range Support at .8352 Price Over .8049 Signals a Market Breakout (Created using FXCM’s Marketscope 2.0 charts) After a sharp decline of...

The U.S. dollar has experienced a small rally over the past couple of months (up 3%), taking it back to falling resistance line (1), which has been in place for the past 11 years.Sentiment...

The FOMC meeting minutes were the highlight of yesterday as it fueled a massive rally in the US Dollar. The US dollar traded higher against a basket of currencies, including the Euro, the British...

EUR/USDCurrent level - 1.3268 Current rebound above 1.3239 signals a reversal of the slide from 1.3411, but I believe it is only a corrective one, preceding another dip towards 1.3090. Initial...

There's chatter in the market that Jackson Hole, beginning today, could be a currency event, another type of Plaza accord. Up until now, the market had been solely on the lookout for any hawkish...

The US Dollar remains firm, but the upside momentum may slow ahead of Yellen's speech at Jackson Hole tomorrow. The seemingly hawkish take away from the FOMC meeting may be corrected by the Fed's...