USD The Greenback still gave up some ground to the major currencies during yesterday’s trading, as news of Summers’ withdrawal from the Fed head race led to more dollar-selling. This is because Yellen is seen as a dove and is likely to keep the...
GBP/USD is still on its current uptrend, based on the rising channel on the pair’s 1-hour time frame. The pair just came off a dip and bounced from the 1.5600 area to the 1.5900 mark last week and appears ready to make another test of support. T...
USD The US dollar lost ground to most of its major counterparts on Friday’s New York session, as the retail sales report printed weaker than expected results. The headline figure showed a mere 0.2% uptick instead of the estimated 0.5% increase w...
USD/JPY is currently treading above the 98.80 area, which is right in line with a former resistance turned support zone. Stochastic is moving up from the oversold region, suggesting a potential bounce. Take note that Japanese traders are on holiday today,...
USD With the US retail sales report coming up, the US dollar was stuck mostly in consolidation against its counterparts. EUR/USD held on to the 1.3300 handle while GBP/USD fought to stay above 1.5800. Slightly weaker spending is expected for the...
NZD/USD has been trending higher on its 1-hour time frame, thanks to rate hike speculations confirmed by the recent RBNZ meeting. The pair is currently stalling close to the .8100 handle, which might be a good entry point for a long trade if the...
USD The US Dollar extended its losing streak yesterday, as there were no reports for the currency to draw support from. At the same time, the risk rallies aren’t doing so good for the safe-haven dollar. Only the initial jobless claims release i...
RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler also adopted forward guidance in his latest rate decision in saying that the central bank is looking to increase interest rates by next year. According to him, the recovery in the housing sector and the rise in commodity prices...
USD A fresh wave of risk appetite hit the markets and the U.S. dollar in yesterday’s trading. This caused a selloff for the safe-haven currency, as Obama announced that the U.S. Congress has postponed its vote on the military attack in Syria. ...
GBP/USD is still on an uptrend on the 1-hour time frame but it is currently stalling around the middle of the rising channel, suggesting that bulls are having trouble sustaining momentum. Today’s UK claimant count change report could determine the direction o...
