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Archive of Forex blog posts for August, 2010

EUR/USD Falls on Rising Home Prices and Consumer Confidence

August 31st, 2010

EUR/USD currency pair was rising this trading session but began to decline after reports showed that home prices and consumer confidence increased more than expected. The dollar weakened previously as a report showed that US personal income rose less than analysts estimated. EUR/USD is currently …

Any Major Moves on EUR/USD Before Year’s End?

August 30th, 2010

Sometimes a collective mind of Forex traders produce better forecasts than the analysts do. And since EUR/USD is the most popular currency pair nowadays, I’d like to check this hypothesis but asking the readers (you) of where do they see this pair before the end of 2010. The poll will be …

Forex Technical Analysis for Week 08/30—09/03

August 28th, 2010

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

Floor Pivot Points
Pair 3rd Sup 2nd Sup 1st Sup Pivot 1st Res 2nd Res 3rd Res
EUR/USD 1.2448 1.2518 1.2639 1.2709 1.2830 1.2900 1.3022

EUR/USD Down on US GDP Report

August 27th, 2010

EUR/USD declined after trading more-or-less inside some tight range today as the US GDP numbers improved appeal for the US dollar slightly. The drop also fits into the end-of-the-week correction process, following two days of gain on this currency pair. It’s currently trading near 1.2700.

At a second estimate, US

Forex Broker with German/US Regulation

August 26th, 2010

Tradenext is the latest Forex broker addition to the list on the site. It’s regulated by both US’ NFA and Germany’s BaFIN. It’s a broker with MetaTrader support and also with their own Tradvec trading platform. It offers micro-Forex trading but the minimum account size is quite high ($1,000), while …

EUR/USD Rises as Housing Tumbles, Oil Inventories Go Up

August 25th, 2010

The euro rose against the US dollar slightly today as the market participants reacted to the pessimistic macroeconomic reports. The currency pair was going up rather strongly during the day but then retreated on some risk-awareness doubts. EUR/USD is now trading near 1.2657.

Durable goods orders rose by 0.3% in US …

Dollar Tumbles on Disastrous Home Sales

August 24th, 2010

EUR/USD rallied strongly today after the report on the US housing situation in July was released. The Forex market continued with the bullish reaction also after the Richmond Fed index release. The currency pair recovered from its monthly bottom of 1.2588 and is now trading near 1.2710.

Existing home sales …

Biggest Forex Scam Pt. IV (Russell Erxleben)

August 23rd, 2010

If you’ve read the first article in this series, you’re probably wondering what is with people named “Russell” and Forex scams? How does a former football star with an almost decade-long career in professional football end up in the Forex trading market and bilking millions of dollars from innocent …

Forex Technical Analysis for Week 08/23—08/27

August 21st, 2010

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

Floor Pivot Points
Pair 3rd Sup 2nd Sup 1st Sup Pivot 1st Res 2nd Res 3rd Res
EUR/USD 1.2350 1.2507 1.2607 1.2764 1.2864 1.3021 1.3121

Quantitative Qualitative Estimation Indicator

August 20th, 2010

Originally created for VT Trader, Quantitative Qualitative Estimation (or simply QQE) is an interesting indicator that uses a lot of moving average based smoothing on the standard RSI indicator. Although the calculation of the indicator is rather complex, the result is quite easy to use. I’ve used the MQL4 code by Roman …

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