Dovish FOMC pushes dollar down
Jun 18, 2015 06:29 am UTC| Insights & Views
US Federal Reserve turned out to be more dovish than many was expecting yesterday that resulted in Dollar demise against most of its counterparts. FED was dovish in most of its projection. FOMC participants reduced...
FxWirePro: Speculate and hedge USDCHF by buying digital calls, sell OTM puts
Jun 18, 2015 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views
Todays positive trade balance numbers and SNBs interest rate press conference add a booster for swiss francs price jumps.Traders are very keen on these two events as the primary tools the SNB central board uses to...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Jun 18, 2015 04:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
Lot of High risk data and event scheduled for today. Focus is on SNB rate decision and US CPI. Data released so far - China - House price index dropped by -5.7% in May, after -6.1% drop in April. Foreign direct...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Jun 17, 2015 16:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Metals are under slide ahead of FOMC. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold is trading with downside bias ahead of FOMC. Todays range - $1182 - $1174 Gold might reach $1152 area, since $1178...
Jun 17, 2015 16:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Energy pack is mixed while oil is up, gas is down. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table. Oil (WTI) - WTI is having volatile day today, traded as high. Bounced from $59 area to $61.4, however down towards...
Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)
Jun 17, 2015 15:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Dollar index trading at 94.98 (+0.03%) Strength meter (today so far) - Aussie -0.95%, Kiwi -0.97%, Loonie -0.10%. Strength meter (since last week) - Aussie -0.65%, Kiwi -0.97%, Loonie -0.02%. AUD/USD - Trading at...
Jun 17, 2015 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Equities are trading in consolidation as FED looms ahead. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - SP 500 - SP is treading above 2100 mark. Todays range 2105-2095. FED is likely to add volatility in the...
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