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Technical Analysis of USD/CAD for March 11, 2016 General overview for 11/03/2016: The weekly pivot point at the level of 1.3396 was tested after the data release and it capped the price...

Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for March 11, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news on the Italian Industrial Production m/m and German Final CPI m/m is due to be released. The US will deliver the economic data on the Import Prices m/m...

Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for March 11, 2016 In Asia, Japan will release the BSI Manufacturing Index. The US will publish some economic data on the Import Prices m/m.So, there is a probability that the USD/JPY pair will move with low to medium volatility during this day...

Technical Analysis of Gold for March 11, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: Gold has managed to push higher and test recent highs of $1,279.00 before pulling lower again. The metal had push through the levels of $1,283.50 earlier, but dropped lower towards $1,277.00/78.00...

Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for March 11, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The EUR/JPY pair rallied through the levels of 126.80 yesterday. The pair is trading at 126.50 now, looking for an opportunity to reverse lower below 122.00. Please note that the rally from 122...

Technical Analysis of GBP/CHF for March 11, 2016 Technical outlook and chart setups: The GBP/CHF pair has dropped lower and is currently trading at 1.4040. The pair might have completed its correction and should be preparing to resume its rally towards the level of 1.4300...

Commodity Currencies Gain On Rebounding Oil Price Commodity currencies such as the Australian, the New Zealand and the Canadian dollars strengthened against their major counterparts in the Asian session on Friday amid rising risk aversion, as sentiment improved on rebounding oil prices...

USD/JPY Swings Back to 113.60 as Nikkei Rebounds The bulls found solid support near 5-DMA at 113.17 and swung back higher into gains, now taking on the recovery towards 114 handle...

ECB: Rethinking its Strategy? – Rabobank Research Team at Rabobank, notes that the ECB cut its deposit rate by 10bp to -0.40% and its main refinancing rate by 5bp to 0...

Brexit Scenarios: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – HSBC Simon Wells, Chief UK Economist at HSBC, suggests that armed with a measure of uncertainty, its potential impact on GDP and what the policy response might be, they outline three ways in which the economy might be impacted in the event of a v...

Negative Interest Rates: The world Turned Upside Down Research Team at NAB, suggests that the latest ECB move highlights negative interest debate...

EUR/USD: U-turn, After Draghi Suggested Little Scope for Further Action Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, notes that the EUR/USD dropped about 1.5 cents in response to the ECB’s various easing measures but later reversed sharply, surging 4 cents to above 1...

NZ Dollar Advances Against Majors The New Zealand dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Friday. The NZ dollar rose to a 2-day high of 1.1145 against the Australian dollar, from yesterday's closing value of 1.1174. Against the U.S...

Draghi Delivers, but Now What? Research Team at BBH, notes that the Draghi delivered as he managed to get approval for everything. Key Quotes “Rate cuts, acceleration of purchases, including corporate bonds to the purchase program and new long-term repos were announced...

AUD/USD: Bulls Struggling to Take-out 0.7500 Amid Higher commodities The overnight recovery in the AUD/USD pair gained further traction over the last hour, as improved risk sentiment on rebounding oil prices underpins the Aussie. AUD/USD re-attempts 0.7500 Currently, the AUD/USD pair rallies 0...

NZD/USD Extends Gains Alongside Oil, Tests 0.6700 The NZD/USD pair extends its upbeat momentum into a second day this Friday, with the bird positively impacted by more stimulus unveiled by the RBNZ and ECB the day earlier. NZD/USD hovers around hourly 50-SMA Currently, the NZD/USD pair advances 0...

Asian Stocks Drops as Draghi Fails to Lift Sentiment The sentiment on the Asian markets remained largely subdued so far this session, with most Asian indices swinging lower as Draghi’s no further rate cut stance overshadows the ECB stimulus-led optimism...

USD/JPY Recovery Remains Capped below Hourly 200-SMA The bulls appear to have given up in the Asian trades this Friday, after having several attempts to break above the stiff resistance placed just shy of hourly 200-SMA at 113.40...