Guide to today’s important data and events
Sep 18, 2015 08:45 am UTC| Insights & Views
Not many economic dockets to be released today. All with low risks associated. Data released so far - China - House price index dropped -2.3% in August, after -3.7% drop in July. Euro Zone - Current account...
FxWirePro: Leading indicators trace out early signals of Loonie’s gain and trend reversal
Sep 18, 2015 07:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
After prolonged bull-run of USDCAD, now looking to reverse and change its direction. Technical charts with all timeframes are tracing out early signs of bearish sentiments. A hanging man pattern candle has formed on daily...
FxWirePro: GBP/JPY shorts on PRBS on job – long ATM puts yet to function
Sep 18, 2015 06:39 am UTC| Insights & Views
On monthly chart, the formation of hanging man pattern candle on peaks of uptrend at around 193.456 levels. This hanging man followed by two long real body red candles would reveal a medium term downtrend direction.Overall...
FxWirePro: Is it U turn on AUD/CAD? Stay firm with shorts on short put ladder
Sep 18, 2015 06:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
We had advocated short put ladder strategy in our earlier post, now short sides seem to function as per our expectations as the pair rallies onto 0.9519 levels, so that those shorts with smaller expiries, lets 3D, 5D or 7D...
Sep 17, 2015 17:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Equities are all mixed today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - SP 500 - SP 500 is marginally up, hovering just below key psychological level of 2000. Todays range 1995-1973. Initial jobless...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Sep 17, 2015 16:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Metal pack is trading in low volatility today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold is marginally down after yesterdays gains from $1100 support area, focus on FOMC. Todays range -...
Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Sep 17, 2015 16:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 95.33 (+0.01%) Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie -0.74%, Kiwi -0.56%, Loonie -0.20%. Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie +0.76%, Kiwi +0.03%, Loonie +0.48%. AUD/USD - Trading at...
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Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects