Is There a Chance the Fed Will Not Cut Interest Rates? Attention will now shift to Thursday’s FOMC decision where a 25bps rate cut is widely expected. So, the surprise would be no change by the...
A Warning to All Traders: Your Stop May Not Be a Stop Anyone who has survived the forex trading wars and is still trading knows how important stops are to preserve capital and staying in the...
How Traders Should Prepare for the U.S. Election Anyone trading knows how hyper sensitive global markets are to news, whether it be economic, monetary policy related or geopolitical. Being in sync with what markets are expecting...
Harris vs. Trump: My Prediction for the US Election Polls say the US presidential election it is nearly a dead heat and thus a tossup. Then again, given past history, who can believe the polls. I...
Is the Trump Trade Back On? As we enter the last full week ahead of the US elections, polls are so tight that it is hard to see big bets on the outcome. In addition, the...
Newsquawk Week Ahead Highlight Oct 28-Nov 1 Newsquawk.com Highlights include US NFP, ISM Mfg, PCE, GDP, EZ and Australian CPI, UK Budget, BoJ and Japan LDP Election SUN: Japanese LDP Election MON: Japanese Jobs Report (Sep) TUE: German...
Embrace the Retrace As those who have followed my thinking know, I believe trading is common sense. When you think of trading this way you can make sense of what many take as blind faith and...
How Does a Currency Options Defense Affect the Spot FX Market? While many new forex traders think of options as binaries, traditional currency options are the ones that have an influence on the spot fx market....
The One Word That Makes Markets Move Part 2 I asked a question of our readers in Part 1 of The One Word That Makes Markets Move. The question was what word? The answer was “failure.” A...
Weekly FX Chart Outlook – October 21-25 Weekly FX Chart Analysis The upcoming week has a light economic calendar, especially from the US in a forex market that seems to need news to create volatility. Arguing for...
What is the one word that makes the forex market move? Is it technicals? Is it news? Is it momentum? Is it fundamentals? The answer is none of the above. So what is the one word...