Archive of Forex blog posts for February, 2010

Dollar Down Despite GDP Increase

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The U.S. dollar posted its sharpest decline versus the euro today despite a gross domestic product report published today showed growth in the North American economy for last year’s final quarter. Existing home sales slid much beyond forecasts, allowing the euro to pare a good amount of this week’s losses.…

Euro Rises Slightly Versus Greenback After Record Low

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The dollar allowed the euro to retreat slightly after the Eurozone currency reached the lowest level in 2010 versus the greenback, as unemployment figures and durable goods data published today cooled down the optimism towards the U.S. economic recovery. Even with negative reports in North America, the euro had only a timid rise considering…

EUR/USD Rises on Bernanke Dovish Statements

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

After the dollar gained in the beginning of the week as the U.S. economy provided traders with more optimism than in the Eurozone, the greenback slid today as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that low borrowing costs shall remain in the country as long as the economy need them to surge, declining appeal for the dollar in forex markets.…

Dollar Up Despite U.S. Mixed Data

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

The U.S. currency continued to climb versus the euro despite mixed data being published today in North America, with some considerably bad figures as consumer confidence slumped much below forecasts. The factors behind the euro’s downfall are still much stronger than any eventual turbulence caused by negative reports…

Forex Technical Analysis for 02/22—02/26 Week

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

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

Floor Pivot Points
Pair 3rd Sup 2nd Sup 1st Sup Pivot

“New Candle” Problem in MetaTrader

Friday, February 19th, 2010

MetaTrader is a great software for charting, analyzing, trading and testing. It has many useful features and supports many tools that make the life of the Forex trader much easier. But when it comes to drawing the new candles/bars on the chart there is a tricky part of MetaTrader.

Both in MT4 and MT5 the candles…

Dollar Volatility Rises on Mixed Data

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

The EUR/USD oscillated considerably today after reaching the lowest price in 9 months as mixed data published in the U.S. caused divergent opinions among traders towards the dollar. Speculations that the Fed might lift economic stimulus and that some investors may start buying back euros allowed to euro to pare some…

Dollar Up on Excellent Domestic Data

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

The dollar outperformed virtually all of the 16 main traded currencies as domestic reports ranging from manufacturing to housing showed better than expected numbers for the U.S. economy, boosting attractiveness for assets in the country as the economic growth accelerates. The euro erased yesterday’s gains as the EU is unlikely to fund a bailout for Greece to solve its…

Dollar Declines on Improved Market Data

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

The dollar erased yesterday’s advanced versus the euro as better than expected corporate earnings brought risk appetite back to trading markets as speculations suggested that euro losses would be too significant compared to the size and the relevance of the Greek economy in the EU. The dollar fell despite positive domestic data and the EUR/USD currency…

7 Deadly Sins of Forex Trading — E-Book

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Today I’ve added another e-book on the psychology of trading to my site. It’s The 7 Deadly Sins of Forex (and How to Avoid Them) by Marc Low. The e-book is rather short, only 24 real pages, but it’s an advantages as it says only that what should be said about its…



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