Posts Tagged ‘pressure’
Quote of the day: “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Good morning. The euro continued to decline, reaching a session low at $1.3608 before rallying on rumors that Greek referendum will be canceled. Fed’s Bernanke speech and the FOMC rate decision are today’s key events of [...]
Quote of the day: “Nothing great was ever created by waiting around for someone to tell you it’s all going to be okay or for perfect information to drop from the sky” ~ Jonathan Fields Good morning. The markets pulled back yesterday in risk-off trade but the euro is currently recovering ahead of German lawmakers vote on [...]
Quote of the day: “It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right – especially when one is right.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Good morning. The euro found temporary support at $1.35 after last week’s large decline on speculation Greece is nearing default. From a technical perspective, a recovery is likely and the [...]
Quote of the day:“If government could create jobs and raise children, socialism would have worked.” ~ George Gilder Good morning. We all know what today is. Right – the NFP day! Euro remains under pressure after losing ground against most counterparts in the last few days, and trading today is likely to stay quiet until the [...]
Quote of the day: “Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.” ~ Terry Pratchett Good morning. Global markets recovered yesterday and the risk sensitive currencies followed, but the best performers were the CHF crosses, such as EURCHF which rallied over 6 big figures after SNB’s Jordan said that they are considering a temporary peg of [...]
Quote of the day:“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.” - Erica Jong
EURUSD – 1.4384 @07:45 GMT
Morning. Euro is pulling back, retesting 1.4400 at time of writing as the overnight was capped by 1.4465. The sell-off is fuelled by worries over Portugal, which has been downgraded by [...]
Quote of the day: “If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.” - Frank Wilczek
EURUSD – 1.4140 @08:02 GMT
Good morning. Euro remains under pressure even though it managed to recover some ground yesterday after slipping below $1.41, resistance zone around 1.4220 being strong so far. It’s been [...]
Quote of the day: “It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.” – Oscar Wilde
EURUSD – 1.4005 @07:38 GMT
Good morning. The modest recovery to 1.43 is over and the euro is retesting support zone into the 1.400-1.4050 region. Judging by how the daily chart looks like, a break lower [...]

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The euro came off of its daily lows versus the dollar but traders may be tempted to unwind long euro positions prior to the holiday weekend. Japan was downgraded by Fitch Ratings which allowed the dollar to come off yesterday’s lows versus the yen.
The dollar was down a day after disappointing US GDP data [...]
Quote of the day: “There is no harm in being sometimes wrong – especially if one is promptly found out.” - John Maynard Keynes
EURUSD – 1.4673 @07:18 GMT
Hello. I hope you had a nice Easter weekend. The Economic Calendar is quite busy in the coming days and today’s Fed’s rate decision and statement is one of [...]
