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USD/CAD USD/CAD is consolidating within its medium-term upward trend. Tenkan-sen and Kijun-sen are horizontal and act as support. USD/CAD is trading around the middle Bollinger band. The pair has made a lower high at 1.1118 and the bulls have lost momentum. They might need a day to gather...

AUD/USD AUD/USD recovered to the 55-period MA just below $0.8800. Aussie was supported by higher NAB business confidence. The pair’s trying to rise above the horizontal Kijun-sen. MAs are sloping down. All in all, the pair was quite oversold after hitting a multiyear low last week and it may...

USD/CHF The pair still looks bearish as long as it holds below $0.8985. We expect the greenback to extend the downside. The negative MACD crossed the signal line to the upside (bullish signal). Ichimoku Cloud remains bearish. 55-period MA crossed the 100-period MA to the downside. Support...

USD/JPY USD/JPY keeps consolidating below 102.80. The pair needs to rise above 102.85 to extend the recovery. The negative MACD crossed the signal line to the upside (bullish signal). On the daily chart the pair is supported by the bullish Cloud. Support: 102.40, 102.00, 101.75, 101.60...

GBP/USD GBP/USD extends growth for a second day in a row, breaking above $1.6600. The pair is moving towards the recent high of $1.6670. Cable remains supported by the January rising trend line ($1.6515 as of writing). General market sentiment is bullish. MACD histogram rose above the signal...

FX BAZOOKA: technicals (Jan. 28) EUR/USD EUR/USD remained between $1.3700 and $1.3650, 50% and 38.2% Fibo of the decline from $1.3890 to $1.3507. MAs remain horizontal, so do the lines Tenkan and Kijun. MACD is in the positive area, but below the signal line and declining. The desire of the...

Morgan Stanley: short on USD/JPY USD/JPY extends the upside, breaking above the sell orders around 102.80. Will the buyers manage to push through the 103.00 mark or the bearish correction will deepen further? Morgan Stanley expects the pair to move even lower. They opened a sell-limit USD/JPY...

China: the imminent debt crisis? The risk of a credit crunch is hanging over China. The pace of the nation’s debt increase is extremely high. China’s local governments have public debt of $3 trillion. This week one of Chinese trusts has managed to avoid default, presumably, thanks to a bailout...

Key currency options Market prices tend to move towards the strike price at the time large vanilla options (ordinary put and call options) expire. It happens (all things equal) as each side of the deal seeks to hedge its risk exposure. This action is most noticeable ahead of 10 a.m. New York...

Emerging markets: what’s the problem? There were a lot of concerns about emerging markets during the recent days. Why there are problems in so many countries simultaneously? There are the following general reasons behind the depreciation: a contraction in Chinese manufacturing, concerns about...

Jan. 28: Asian session Asian shares weakened to nearly 5-month lows on Tuesday on concerns about the emerging markets, but then managed to recover on some encouraging news from Turkey and China. Turkey’s central bank may raise interest rates at an extraordinary meeting today, while China’s...

Jan. 27: Asian session USD/JPY tested 7-week low at 101.75, but then recovered to 102.50. Demand for yen as a safe haven increased because of a selloff in emerging-market assets. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index of shares fell 1.2%, extending last week’s 2.3% slump. Investors are worried that...

Jan. 22: Asian session Asian shares swung between gains and losses as the Bank of Japan pledged to maintain economic stimulus and the International Monetary Fund raised its global growth forecast. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.1%. Japanese Nikkei rose by 0.3% after an initial dip. China’s...

EUR/USD with Commerzbank Analysts at Commerzbank point out that EUR/USD eroded 6-month uptrend and the Ichimoku Cloud support at $1.3564. The specialists say that the 4-month support line at $1.3516 has become vulnerable. If euro falls below this level, it will make another leg lower. The...

Jan. 20: Asian session Asian shares dropped to a 6-month low as a bit better China GDP was not enough to overcome risk aversion. Q4 GDP grew by 7.7% (down from 7.8% of Q3, but barely above the forecast of 7.6%). China December industrial production rose by 9.7% y/y (slightly below the expected...

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FBS Forex Outlook 2014 FBS analytical team prepared a report on 2014 Forex market prospects. What currency pairs deserve traders’ attention in the coming year? Which economic and political events will influence the market? What to expect from the major central banks? Find the answers to these...

Jan. 17: Asian session Asian stocks swung between gains and losses before China reports economic data next week. Nikkei fell by 0.8% following Wall Street lower on the disappointing US corporate earnings, while exporters sagged as the weak-yen trend took a pause. MSCI Asia Pacific Index erased...

Jan. 15: Asian session Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday as the World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy. US dollar extended gains versus its counterparts due to surprising strength in US consumer spending. Japanese Nikkei bounced by 1.8% after suffering its sharpest...

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