Posts Tagged ‘June’

The winner for Geneva Forex Event’s June 2011 contest was Australian Sarah Sorge.
While watching some of these videos gives you the impression that most of the winning traders for the month just traded on the seat of their pants there was a couple of things that struck me with Sarah’s interview. If you haven’t [...]

Saturday, August 6th, 2011 at 17:32 | 0 comments
Categories: Forex General

What’s on the Economic Horizon
Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Package: What’s Next?
Weekly Jobless Claims and Chicago PMI on Tap
U.K. Housing Prices Increased by 0.1% in June
Canadian Monthly GDP seen at -0.1%
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Bon voyage monsieur dollar! Once again, the dollar got kicked to the curb, as traders put their money in higher yielding assets. The [...]

Friday, July 1st, 2011 at 01:28 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts

What’s on the Economic Horizon?
Greek Parliament to vote on austerity package today
Canadian inflation slated to tick lower
U.S. pending home sales to increase?
KOF economic barometer on deck
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Risk appetite up, dollar appetite down! Except against the yen, the dollar was sold off against all its major counterparts during yesterday’s trading. Are we witnessing a momentous [...]

Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at 01:27 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts

What’s on the Economic Horizon?
S&P U.S. home price index on tap
Euro zone officials make progress on Greece
U.K. current account report due today
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Risk was on like Donkey Kong! Though there were barely any economic reports released from the U.S. yesterday, the dollar printed mixed results against its major counterparts. It gained on the yen [...]

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 at 01:29 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts

What’s on the Economic Horizon
U.S. core PCE price index on tap
Decline in Japanese retail sales to soften?
Canada to unload heavy reports this week
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Score another one for the dollar! It had an easy time extending its gains last Friday as risk aversion and positive U.S. data boosted it up the charts. But how will [...]

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 at 01:29 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts

What’s on the Economic Horizon
German Ifo business climate index to drop this June?
BOE Governor King set to talk about financial stability
U.S. durable goods orders could rebound in May
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Thanks to risk aversion, which extended its stay in the markets, the Greenback managed to score back-to-back wins. Its only stalemate was against the Swiss franc, [...]

Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 01:41 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts

What’s on the Economic Horizon
Initial Jobless Claims Predicted to be at 414K
Euro zone PMI reports on Deck
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Dollar domination! Thanks to the slightly upbeat FOMC’s statement, the dollar was able to stage a magnificent rally versus all other major currencies yesterday. The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the performance of the dollar versus a [...]

Friday, June 24th, 2011 at 01:35 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts

What’s on the Economic Horizon
FOMC might downgrade U.S. growth forecasts
BOE monetary policy meeting minutes due today
Swiss ZEW economic expectations to improve?
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Move over Greece, the U.S. just might have its own debt drama soon! Thanks to a warning from credit rating agency Fitch, the U.S. dollar lost ground against its major counterparts yesterday. Because [...]

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 01:29 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts

What’s on the Economic Horizon
U.S. Existing home sales due today
Aussie drops on dovish RBA minutes
U.S. Dollar (USD)
The Greenback’s performance yesterday was as weak as the reviews for my boy Ryan Reynold’s Green Lantern when it lost across the board on a small wave of risk appetite and anti-dollar sentiment. Though USD/JPY inched 15 pips higher [...]

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 at 01:41 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts

What’s on the Economic Horizon
ECOFIN meetings to discuss Greek aid plan
BOC Governor Carney to testify today
U.S. Dollar (USD)
As my momma always used to say, things can always change on a dime! And that’s exactly what happened last Friday! A day after dominating the market, the dollar went right back to its losing ways. EUR/USD closed [...]

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 at 01:39 | 0 comments
Categories: Currency Charts