Roberto Jacobs / Profil

Technical analysis of USD/CAD for February 29, 2016 29 Februari 2016 5:48 PM General overview for 29/02/2016: A bottom of the (a) blue was established and the market moved to the upside as anticipated. The projected target levels for wave (b) blue are intraday resistance at the level of 1...

Technical analysis of EUR/JPY for Febuary 29, 2016 29 Februari 2016 5:34 PM General overview for 29/02/2016: The first impulsive wave upward was completed and now the corrective cycle is in progress with the invalidation line at the level of 122.45...

GBP/USD in the red, lowest since March 2009 29 Februari 2016 11:07 AM The GBP bears tighten their grip on the GBP/USD pair in the mid-European session, knocking-off the major to fresh seven-year lows below 1.3850. GBP/USD sold-off into risk-off moods The GBP/USD pair trades 0.19% lower at 1...

GBP/USD Attempting Gains After 500-pip fall 29 Februari 2016 6:44 AM The GBP/USD pair is attempting gains after heightened Brexit fears and strong US data led to a 533 pip fall last week. Focus on Economic data The focus could be back on economic data releases this week...

USD/JPY Weaker, Breaks Below 113.00 29 Februari 2016 6:37 AM The Japanese yen is gathering further steam at the end of the Asian session, dragging USD/JPY back below the 113.00 key support...

JPY: Weak Underlying Inflation – Nomura 29 Februari 2016 4:55 AM Research Team at Nomura, notes that the all-Japan core CPI (general index excluding fresh food) was +0.0% y-y in January, in line with the consensus (Bloomberg survey median) forecast and down from +0.1% in December 2015...

Brexit: UK Rates Strategy – Deutsche Bank 29 Februari 2016 4:50 AM Jack Di Lizia, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the increased focus on Brexit risk has dominated front-end and currency moves, but further out the curve the underperformance of UK cash is likely also a result of duration...

Eurozone: Sceptical Fixed Income Markets – Deutsche Bank 29 Februari 2016 4:19 AM Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that the tightening of financial conditions in Europe is being reflected in weaker business surveys...

Gold Rebounds in Asia Amid Flight to Safety 29 Februari 2016 3:42 AM Gold futures on Comex reversed a part of Friday’s losses and resumed its recent bullish streak as risk-off sentiment returned to markets amid China stocks slump. Gold holds above $ 1220 Currently, gold trades 0...

EUR/USD downside opening towards 100-DMA? 29 Februari 2016 4:03 AM Having filled in the bearish opening gap over the last hours, the EUR/USD pair failed to sustain the recovery mode and reverted in the negative territory amid persistent risk-off environment. EUR/USD eyes 100-DMA at 1...

EURUSD Daily Forecast: February 29 2016 29 Februari 2016 3:00 AM EURUSD Forecast The EURUSD had a bearish momentum last week broke below the trend line support as you can see on my daily chart below. This can be seen as a bearish continuation scenario after formed shooting star formation...

GBPUSD Daily Forecast: February 29 2016 29 Februari 2016 2:57 AM GBPUSD Forecast The GBPUSD had a significant bearish momentum last week, broke below 1.4080 key support and hit 1.3841 earlier today. The bias is bearish in nearest term testing 1.3800 – 1.3750 region...

Australia Company Profits Fall 2.8% In Q4 29 Februari 2016 8:31 AM Company operating profits in Australia were down a seasonally adjusted 2.8 percent on month in the fourth quarter of 2015, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. That missed forecasts for a decline of 1...

USDJPY Daily Forecast: February 29 2016 29 Februari 2016 2:50 AM USDJPY Forecast The USDJPY attempted to push lower last week bottomed at 111.04 but whipsawed to the upside and closed higher at 113.97...

NZD/USD: Bears Relentless, Back Below 200-DMA 29 Februari 2016 3:00 AM The NZD/USD pair faded minor-recovery attempts after a bearish opening gap, and now dives deeper in the red as the sharp decline in the Chinese stocks weighed on the sentiment. NZD/USD once again breaches key support near 0...

Has EUR/JPY found an interim bottom? 29 Februari 2016 2:46 AM According to Valeria Bednarik, Chief Analyst at FXStreet, from a technical standpoint, the daily chart in EUR/JPY suggests an interim bottom may have been found at 122.43...

AUD/USD: big risk events coming up 29 Februari 2016 1:43 AM AUD/USD is currently trading to the downside, sliding from off the 0.72 handle late last week on the GDP and has been unable to recover and trade below the hourly 10 sma at 0.7152...

USD/JPY: Yen back in demand, risk off at full steam 29 Februari 2016 1:55 AM Risk-off sentiment is slowly sinking into markets, with the Japanese stocks paring opening gains and thus, adding to the renewed selling pressure on the USD/JPY pair. USD/JPY breaches 20-DMA support at 113...