Fx Charts

Daily Winners and Losers The yen tops the performance chart against the greenback for the second consecutive day, advancing 0.34% early in North American trade. Although US equity markets are modestly higher, FX markets continue to suggest that investo…

By W+W Research (eToro Blog) The National Association of Realtors reported pending homes sales index for July. The index fell to 89.7 in July compared to 90.9 in June. This represents a drop in 1.3% which was below analyst expectations of a drop in 0.8…

A daily chart shows the AUD/CAD pair holding below interim support at the 50% Fibonacci extension taken from the June 6th and August 1st crests after failing to break below the 61.8% extension at 1.0275. With risk picking up here in early in the week …

Los Angeles TimesCrude Edges Up After Markets Digest Libya News, MCX Futures up 1%India Infoline.comCrude oil futures bounced on a steady return in risk appetite even as the markets digested the reports stating that Libyan rebels swept into the heart o…

Risk-appetite has ticked higher steadily since last Wednesday, when the FX Carry Trade Index was at its lowest level … rising from 1221.06 to 1320.64, as noted in the chart above. Volume was both dense and thin, and the correlation between the S&P …

By W+W Research (eToro Blog) Japan’s GDP numbers came in better than expected signaling risk appetite is back. Asian markets are trading higher with the Japanese Nikkei up 0.85%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng index up 1.76% and Australian S&P ASX index…

By Barbara Zigah (eToro Blog) The AUD/USD pair gained substantially on Thursday, making a new recent high at the 1.0854 level that had not been seen since May 11th even though the price of gold fell as risk appetite cautiously returned.  Nevertheless, Friday’s early Asian session has seen the Aussie consolidate its gains thus far, [...]

Today’s winners and losers sees yesterday’s piece reversed, with the Kiwi topping performance charts with a 1.2% advance against the greenback. The gains come on the back of stronger than expected Chinese 2Q GDP print which came in at 9.5% y/y …

By David Becker (eToro Blog) Despite the ultra-low accommodative monetary policy set forth by the Bank of Japan, global risk appetite continues to be the drive of Yen strength.  The Yen provides a negative carry against most of its counter currencies,…

How Does the Chart Tell You What the Titans Will Do? My technical method for finding big trends in FX (I traded it professionally for 9 years as a market maker on a high-frequency spot-futures arbitrage desk), is as simple as it gets. I use the 10 and …