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FxWirePro: USD/CHF Short Strangle With Deep OTM Put Strikes Ideal Option for OTC Signals 1W ATM IVs of this pair have not been encouraging the ongoing bearish indications, vols have reduced below 8% despite tomorrow’s Fed’s monetary policy meeting which is likely to remain unchanged...

US Stocks Set for a Rebound Despite soft durable-goods orders data, major US equity indices futures are pointing to a higher opening on Tuesday with modest gains of around 0.2%. S&P 500 future gained 3.5 points while Dow Jones Industrial Average future rose around 30 points...

What to Expect in the Fed’s Statement © Provided by MarketWatch What to expect in the Fed’s statement WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will leave open the possibility of a rate hike at its next meeting in June, economists said, but try to do so in a way that does not up...

USD/CAD: The Pair is Near the Level of 1.2635 This week, the pair USD/CAD is traded between the levels of 1.2700 - 1.2600, consolidating near the level of 1.2635 (Fibonacci 50%). The price of USD/CAD has returned to the level it had a year ago...

FxWirePro: EUR/AUD IVs Tepid As RBA Likely to Replicate ECB Stay With Backspread There is rarely a time when you need to act quickly and constantly to earn consistent money. The ECB has indicated an extra relaxation in monetary policy at its upcoming meeting day after tomorrow...

Weak US Durable Goods Orders Drag USD/CAD Lower Following the release of US durable goods orders data, the USD/CAD pair resumed its downward trajectory, dropping below 1.2650 mark to currently trade near 1.2635. US durable goods orders for the month of March came-in at 0.8% vs expectation of 1.9...

GBP/USD Surpasses 1.4600 on Disappointing US Data GBP/USD pushed to fresh 2 ½-month highs above 1.4600 as the greenback took a hit following disappointing US durable goods orders data. US durable goods orders rose 0.8% in March from a month earlier, missing expectations of a 1...

Oil Recovers Back Above $43.00 Mark Following a dip to $42.48 during early European session, WTI crude oil future has witnessed a rebound back above $43.00/barrel mark. Retest of a previous strong resistance near $42.50-40 level, marking 200-day SMA and highs tested in Mar...

EUR/USD Climbs Above 1.1300 After US Durable Goods Orders EUR/USD climbed to new daily highs as the greenback weakened on the back of US durable goods orders data, which came in well below expectations. Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose 0.8% in March, missing expectations of a 1...

RUB Liquidity Surplus: The Next Big Thing for Russian Banks - SocGen Research Team at Societe Generale, suggests that the Russian banking sector liquidity is gaining in significance as the system approaches a RUB liquidity surplus...

AUD/USD Eases from Daily Highs Around 0.7750 The Australian dollar advanced through the 0.77 mark during the European session as risk appetite improved on Tuesday. AUD/USD briefly rose above the 100-hour SMA and printed a high of 0.7752 before finding resistance and easing slightly...

EUR/GBP Slides Further to a Fresh 6-Week Low The EUR/GBP pair's bounce on Monday was rejected at 0.7800 mark and the pair subsequently resumed its near-term weakness to test a 6-week low level of 0.7743 on Tuesday...

USD/JPY Recovers to 111.00 Mark, US Durable Goods Orders Data Eyed The USD/JPY pair profit-taking move after last week's sharp up-move seems to have found bids near 110.65-70 area, lifting the pair close to 111.00 mark handle...

Fed Policy Meeting: When Hawks Cry – BMO CM Sal Guatieri, Senior Economist at BMO Capital Markets, suggests that despite vastly improved financial conditions, faded concerns about China, and weaker deflationary pressures amid rising resource prices and a sagging dollar (down 5% on a trade-weighte...

Loonie Rebound a Brewing Problem for BoC – BMO CM Benjamin Reitzes, Senior Economist at BMO Capital Markets, notes that the loonie has rebounded with gusto since hitting its weakest level in 13 years in January, bouncing about 16...

GBP/USD Aiming to Surpass 1.4600 Mark The GBP/USD continues to build on to its previous two days of consecutive gains and has now peaked through 1.4550 mark ahead of the US durable goods orders data...

AUD/USD: Interim Peak Already Formed – Commerzbank Research Team at Commerzbank, notes that the AUD/USD’s recent rally came close to our .7850 target level (38.2% retracement of move down from 2014), and we are increasingly viewing this as a potential interim peak...

BoJ: More Carrot, Less Stick - RBS James Nelligan, Research Analyst at RBS, suggests that in order for Bank of Japan to over deliver in the eyes of markets, it may need to materially reduce the expected lower bound on the deposit rate. Key Quotes “Kuroda has said the lower bound is at least -0.4...

USD/CHF: Approaching Tougher Resistance – Commerzbank Research Team at Commerzbank, suggests that the USD/CHF is facing some tough overhead resistance circa .9787/.9833 area – this is made up of the December low, late March high and the 200 day moving average...