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Archive of Forex blog posts for December, 2009

Short-Term Pullbacks of the Long-Term Trends — New Strategy

December 21st, 2009

The new Forex trading strategy that was added to my site today is the Combined Stochastic Oscillator/MA strategy, which is based on of the Forex videos that I’ve seen recently. The basic principle of this this strategy is rather simple. You have a long-term trend confirmed with …

Symmetrical Triangles on GBP/JPY D1 — December 20th 2009

December 20th, 2009

A somewhat rough symmetrical triangles pattern has formed on the D1 timeframe chart of the GBP/JPY currency pair. Considering the general bearish trend on this timeframe period, the pair has an elevated chance of breaking for a downtrend with a target somewhere close to 137.50. A signal would be a close below the lower border of the triangle with …

Forex Technical Analysis for 12/21—12/25 Week

December 19th, 2009

EUR/USD trend: sell.
GBP/USD trend: sell.
USD/JPY trend: buy.
EUR/JPY trend: buy.
GBP/JPY trend: sell.

Floor Pivot Points
Pair 3rd Sup 2nd Sup 1st Sup Pivot 1st Res 2nd Res 3rd Res
EUR/USD 1.3746 1.4003 1.4170 1.4427 1.4594 1.4852 1.5018

ZigZag on Parabolic SAR for MetaTrader 5

December 18th, 2009

My latest conversion from MT4 to MT5 code is the ZigZagOnParabolic indicator. The original indicator (as well as its MT5 version) is an improvement over standard ZigZag indicator that uses the data from Parabolic SAR (also a standard indicator) to calculate ZigZag peaks and bottoms. The indicator is also moderately …

EUR/USD Reaches Record Low on Greece Debt Struggle

December 17th, 2009

After Greece, an European Union member which adopted the euro since it was introduced, had a downgrade on its credit rating by Standard & Poor’s for the second time this year, the EUR/USD currency pair dropped to the lowest level in three months, as it signaled that not all bloc members are …

EUR/USD Up on Fed Dovish Tone

December 16th, 2009

The EUR/USD currency pair rose today after the Federal Reserve announced that interest rates in the United States will remain at a record low for an extended period, this fact declined speculations that rate hikes could come sooner-than-expected, halting a rally for the greenback versus the main traded currencies in foreign-exchange markets. At the moment …

EUR/USD Continues to Fall on U.S. Optimism

December 15th, 2009

The EUR/USD currency pair continued to fall today as optimism towards the U.S. economy and a change in Federal Reserve monetary policy attracted more investors to purchased dollar-priced assets. In Europe, a frustrating economic sentiment report forced the European common currency down versus most of the main traded options in foreign-exchange markets and touched the lowest …

How Long on Demo Before Going Real?

December 14th, 2009

In many Forex guides for beginners and various tips that can be found on-line, a great deal of advices are dedicated to the demo trading period before switching to the real account trading in Forex. Some of them recommend trading for at least a month on a demo account before depositing money, others recommend reaching a certain …

Forex Technical Analysis for 12/14—12/18 Week

December 12th, 2009

EUR/USD trend: sell.
GBP/USD trend: sell.
USD/JPY trend: hold.
EUR/JPY trend: hold.
GBP/JPY trend: hold.

Floor Pivot Points
Pair 3rd Sup 2nd Sup 1st Sup Pivot 1st Res 2nd Res 3rd Res
EUR/USD 1.4421 1.4621 1.4739 1.4940 1.5058 1.5258 1.5376

EUR/USD at October Levels as Retail Sales Rise

December 11th, 2009

The EUR/USD currency pair dropped to the lowest levels since early October today as the fundamental indicators in U.S. showed that the country is performing better than the traders and the investors expected previously. Although the Wall Street is trading quite mixed, the dollar is performing well against everything on Forex. EUR/USD is …

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