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USD/TRY Sinks to Lows Near 2.96 Post-CBRT The Turkish Lira is trading on a firm note today, sending USD/TRY to lows in the vicinity of the 2.96 handle. USD/TRY weaker on CBRT The pair accelerated its downside after the Turkish central bank (CBRT) cut the Marginal Funding Rate by 50 bp to 9...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 14:04
EURUSD Faces Downside Pressure In The Short Term EURUSD: With EURUSD weakening during Tuesday trading session, further decline is expected in the days ahead. Support lies at the 1.1150 level. Further down, support comes in at the 1.1100 level where a violation will aim at the 1.1050 level...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 14:02
AUD: Doing What You’d Expect...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:56
NZD: China Risks – BNZ Jason Wong, Currency Strategist at BNZ, suggests that the outlook for China remains a key source of downside risk for the NZD. Key Quotes “Debt levels in China are rising at an unsustainable pace and ultimately represent a hand-brake on growth...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:53
Oil of Day’s Low to $48.00 Mark, Eyeing API Inventory Data WTI crude oil prices remained suppressed for the third consecutive session, weighed down by a stronger US Dollar and as concerns of global supply glut resurface. At the time of writing, the commodity was hovering around $48...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:49
FxWirePro: More Hawks in FED Rates Likely to Weigh in Volatile Dollar, OTC FX Substantiates Potential reassessment of Fed rate hikes by the market: While market implied probability still indicates no Fed hike before 2017, we think there could be some nervousness and volatility ahead of the 14-15...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:45
FxWirePro: Hedge Gold Risks Via 3 Way Straddles Versus Calls As Disparity Exists Between Premiums and IVs Gold spot is attempting to break crucial supports, now on the verge of breaking 1240 levels, gold futures for June delivery on the Comex division of the NYME fell to a session low of $1,242...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:41
GBP/USD Firmer, Surpassed 1.4600 The buying interest around the sterling remains well and sound today, with GBP/USD advancing beyond the 1.4600 handle. GBP/USD up on polls...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:37
Forex Technical Analysis: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, USD/RUB, XAU/USD (Gold) Analysis for May 24th, 2016 EURUSD, “Euro vs US Dollar” Eurodollar is consolidating near its lows...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:33 #USDRUB, usdchf, gold
EUR/USD: Levels, Ranges, Targets Since Thursday, EUR/USD ranged in the 1.1220, 1.1218 area and failed to break. Those points are the 100 day average at 1.1220 and equilibrium in the price distribution at 1.1218...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:22
FTSE Builds on Yesterday's Gains The FTSE 100 is trading higher so far this morning and is continuing its bright start to the week, moving above Monday’s high. The market is now trading towards the upper bounds of the recent range after managing to break its losing streak last week...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:19
EUR/USD Trading Weak at 1.1180, US Data Eyed After breaking below 1.1200 handle, the EUR/USD pair extended its slide on disappointing German ZEW economic sentiment to currently trade at 1.1180, few pips of session through level of 1.1168...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:16
USD/JPY Retreats from 109.70 The greenback remains on a firm footing during the first half of the week, with USD/JPY now easing a tad from highs around the key 109.70 area. USD/JPY bolstered by Fedspeak The Japanese currency has surrendered part of its recent gains to the 109.00 neighbourhood vs...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:13
AUD: How High Can 3s Trade? – RBC CM Research Team at RBC Capital Markets, notes that the Australian 3s have shifted into higher trading range and will be well supported back towards cash. Key Quotes “Recent history suggests that 3s can test 40bp through (1.35% / 98.65 on 3y futures...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:11
AUD/USD: Bears Relentless on Increased Odds of RBA Rate Cuts The bears tightened their grip on the AUD during the European session, smashing AUD/USD to fresh twelve-week lows near 0.7150 levels. AUD/USD eyes 0.71 handle Currently, the AUD/USD pair sinks -0.90% at 0...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:08
JPY Remains the Cheapest Currencies of the Majors - BNZ Jason Wong, Currency Strategist at BNZ, suggests that it was a deadly quiet start to the trading week, with little to report other than yesterday’s strengthening of the Yen...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:06
Dollar Bulls or Risk Aversion – Investec Research Team at Investec, notes that yesterday's market reports that German company Bayer were to make an all-cash bid of $62 billion Dollars for US based Monsanto (to create the world's biggest supplier of farm chemicals and genetically modified seeds) f...
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Roberto Jacobs, 24 May 2016, 13:03
Technical Analysis of USD/CAD for May 24, 2016 General overview for 24/05/2016: As anticipated yesterday the wave iv corrective cycle is currently unfolding just above the weekly pivot at the level of 1.3056...
Technical Analysis of Silver for May 24, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: Silver is also seen to be trading lower at $16.28 level at this moment, and it is expected to find support at $16.00 level. Please note that fibonacci 0.618 support is also at $16...
Technical Analysis of Gold for May 24, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: Gold is seen to be trading lower at $1,245.00/46.00 levels for now, just below the trend line support as depicted here. Please note that the metal is still holding fibonacci 0...