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USD/JPY Wants More, in Highs Near 110.60 The Japanese currency is now accelerating its depreciation vs. its American peer, lifting USD/JPY well above the 110.00 handle...

GBP/JPY Breaks Major Resistance on BoJ News, Targets 160/162.57 Major resistance – 158.10 (trend line joining 162.57 and 158.37) Major support- 156.45 (7 day EMA) GBP/JPY has regained today morning after making a low of 156.51 yesterday. It is trading around 157.80...

Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for April 22, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news will be released such as the Italian Retail Sales m/m, Flash Manufacturing PMI, Flash Services PMI, Flash Manufacturing PMI, German Flash Services PMI, German Flash Manufacturing PMI, French Flash...

Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for April 22, 2016 In Asia, Japan will release the Tertiary Industry Activity m/m, Flash Manufacturing PMI and the US will release some economic data such as the Flash Manufacturing PMI...

Daily Analysis of USDX for April 22, 2016 The H1 chart picture is showing a strong rebound from the support level of 94.08, where the bulls are pushing the USDX higher to above the 200 SMA. The overall picture is still in a bearish tone and a pullback can possibly happen to reach new lows...

Daily Analysis of GBP/USD for April 22, 2016 GBP/USD had a volatile session yesterday but it's still showing a sideways structure below the resistance zone of 1.4401, which remains very solid to the upside. Currently, a breakout higher will open the door to a possible advance toward the 1...

Daily Analysis of Major Pairs for April 22, 2016 EUR/USD: This market went bearish on Thursday – just in the opposite direction to the USD/CHF which moved upwards that day. The bearish movement on the EUR/USD was not that significant...

AUD/USD Finding Some Support Near 0.7730 Level In tandem with the reversal in other major currencies, the AUD/USD pair too dropped sharply to 0.7732, giving-up over 100-pips from day's high of 0.7834...

EUR/GBP Extends the Drop to 0.7860 EUR/GBP is accelerating the recent breakdown of the key support at 0.7900 the figure, now hovering over fresh lows near 0.7860. EUR/GBP attention to PMIs The European cross is extending its leg lower after the rejection from April’s fresh cycle highs near 0...

GBP/USD Could Re-Test the Mid-1.4200s – Commerzbank Axel Rudolph, Senior Technical Analyst at Commerzbank, believes the pair could re-visit the area of 1.4250 in the near term. Key Quotes “GBP/USD has been rejected by the six month downtrend line at 1...

EUR/USD Retakes and Keeps 1.1300, PMIs Eyed The single currency is looking to consolidate yesterday’s sharp drop vs. the greenback, with EUR/USD now navigating the 1.1300 area...

GBP/USD 1.4300-1.4400 Range Holds Post ECB, the GBP/USD rose to 1.4440 level to test 100-day SMA before erasing all its gains to end in negative territory for second straight day...

US: Mixed Economic Releases - ANZ Research Team at ANZ, notes that the US Philadelphia reversed most of the improvement in March, falling from 12.4 to -1.6 in April. Key Quotes “There was a sharp fall in new orders (0 vs 15.7), employment (-18.5 vs -1.1), and shipments (-10.8 vs 22.1...

EUR: Downside Risk for Flash April PMIs - TDS Research Team at TDS, sees downside risk for flash April PMIs, with no change in both the French Services and German Manufacturing PMIs, against market consensus for upticks in both...

FxWirePro: Indian Rupee Opens Higher at 66.50 Against US Dollar, Intraday Bias Remains Bullish USD/INR is currently trading at 66.52 marks It made intraday high at 66.56 and low at 66.47 levels. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 66.32 marks...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY Trades Narrow Range, Capped Below Strong Trendline Resistance at 109.90 US data overnight was mixed, with jobless claims dropping below 250k (one would have to go back to 1973 to find a lower print), but the Philadelphia Fed was back in negative territory...

FxWirePro: USD/SGD Hovers Around Key Resistance at 1.3489, Intraday Bias Remains Neutral USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3485 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3501 and low at 1.3469 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds initial resistance at 1.3489 levels...

EUR/JPY: Vulnerable To The Downside With Eyes On Key Support EURJPY: Having the cross closed lower after losing all of its intraday gains on Thursday, further weakness is now envisaged. Support comes in at the 123.00 level where a break will aim at the 122.50 level...

EUR/JPY Tests 125 on BOJ News, Then Retreats The cross in the EUR/JPY reversed losses and spiked almost 50-pips to the north after the yen slumped on the news that BOJ is reported to discuss negative-rates with banks. EUR/JPY fades a knee-jerk spike The EUR/JPY pair now rises 0.53% to 124...