Risk bank’s move and risk reward favors buying dollar against Krona
Jul 02, 2015 08:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
Though 88% of the economist expected a wait and watch move from Swedish central bank, risk bank surprised then with a 10 basis points rate cut and additional 45 billion purchase of bonds. Todays move might have...
Conditional Greece bailout packages likely from ECB after defaults to IMF
Jul 02, 2015 07:57 am UTC| Insights & Views
Soon after debt defaults to IMF that was long lasting issue lingering in the markets, now the Euro group confirmed in a meeting held yesterday that policymakers would think of a third bailout package, "only and on the...
Better than expected UK construction PMI might provide better entry to sell pound
Jul 02, 2015 07:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
Though fundamentals such as monetary policy expectations are shifting in favor of pound, pound in the short term likely to remain short. First call was provided to go short on pound around 1.576 with stop loss around...
Sterling drops after poor manufacturing PMI; focus turns to construction PMI
Jul 02, 2015 07:19 am UTC| Insights & Views
The pound slid lower against dollar yesterday as expected after UK manufacturing activity data showed that its expanded at the slowest rate in last 2 years in June, while Greek debt issues continued to hold up demand for...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Jul 02, 2015 06:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
Not many economic dockets scheduled for today, however risk associated is high. Focus is on NFP data from US. Data released so far - Australia - Trade balance improved in May to -$2.75 billion as imports dropped -4%...
FxWirePro: Speculate USD/JPY using binary puts for TP of 123 but credit spreads for hedging
Jul 02, 2015 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views
In the interest of speculators we see buying opportunities in USD/JPY binary puts at every rise for a target of 123 levels.Option Strategy: Credit Call SpreadHedgers should focus on better bear spreads that offers optimal...
FxWirePro: USD/JPY weakness on technical glimpse; short futures for TP at 123.10
Jul 02, 2015 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
For today, intraday technical charts suggest little sideways to downward and an indication of little weakness in this pair on EOD charts as we traced a gap down opening with a spinning top candle pattern and more evidently...
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