Month: August 2018

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  Dow up over 400 points or +1.67% led by Walmart

  Boeing and Cisco helping the Dow 30 The Dow is up over 400 points now (up 420 actually) or 1.67%.  The gains are being fueled[...]
  2018-08-20 06:23:23

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  Option alert. USDJPY has a bunch of expires at 110.50

  Be aware The USDJPY has a bunch of expires at the top of the hour at 110.50 ($1.2B). That can be an influence on the[...]
  2018-08-20 06:23:23

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  EURUSD trades at new session highs

  Trying to move away from the 100 hour MA The EURUSD trades at a new session high of 1.1408 (so far). In the process, the[...]
  2018-08-20 06:23:23

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  USDTRY below the 200 hour MA now. Steps lower continue.

  Down 19.5% from the high The USDTRY has continued the steps lower in trading today.  Yesterday, a trend line and 100 hour MA were broken.[...]
  2018-08-20 06:23:23

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  USDCAD has the ups and downs today but holding the 100 hour MA. Battle is on.

  High from yesterday disappointed and has led to the corrective action The USDCAD has had its share of ups and downs today.  Recall from yesterday,[...]
  2018-08-20 06:23:23

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  Forex options for expiry on Tuesday 31 July 2018

  FX option expiring at the 10am new York time cut today EUR/USD - 1.1585 EUR 785m - 1.1600 897m - 1.1800 530m USD/JPY - 110.50[...]
  2018-08-20 02:52:03

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  SNB's Zurbruegg says recent CHF strengthening shows FX market still fragile

  Comments by SNB vice president Fritz Zurbruegg - Unstable situation can lead to safe haven flows into the CHF - Recent developments show negative interest[...]
  2018-08-19 22:13:22

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  Fed's Bullard brushes off Turkey contagion fears

  Bullard spoke to the WSJ St Louis Fed President Bullard made a cameo in a about Turkey contagion with this quip: WSJ story "There are[...]
  2018-08-19 22:13:22

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  Fed has refrained from raising rates due to EM fragility in the past, but won't this time

  Raghuram Rajan is former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, in an interview with CNBC There is more at MarketWatch here I am gonna[...]
  2018-08-19 22:13:22

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  PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.8946 (vs. yesterday at 6.8856)

  This is the onshore yuan central rate for trading today. - The PBOC allows a plus or minus 2% band for trade in CNY from[...]
  2018-08-19 22:13:22

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