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Archive of Forex blog posts for January, 2011

Extrapolating Forex Curves Using Linear Algebra Methods

January 11th, 2011

Anyone who have ever heard about extrapolation and about financial trading was tempted to try using some of those math methods for an advantage in trading. After all, it seems quite logical to assume that the price chart curve (Forex or stock, or any other security) is a function of some sort …

MetaTrader Notification of Candle Wicks (Shadows)

January 10th, 2011

Few days ago a member of our Forex forum has asked for an EA (he actually meant an indicator) that would notify him by e-mail whenever a candlestick closes with a wick (shadow) exceeding a certain length. I couldn’t find such an indicator on-line and decided to code one myself. Since it doesn’t …

Forex Technical Analysis for Week 01/10—01/14

January 8th, 2011

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

Floor Pivot Points
Pair 3rd Sup 2nd Sup 1st Sup Pivot 1st Res 2nd Res 3rd Res
EUR/USD 1.2204 1.2554 1.2732 1.3082 1.3260 1.3610 1.3788

EUR/USD Drops Further Despite Poor Employment Reports

January 7th, 2011

EUR/USD continued to move down today on fears of debt crisis in Europe, even though poor employment reports could have weakened the dollar. Unemployment rate showed positive change despite increasing jobless claims and lower-than-expected non-farm payrolls. EUR/USD is now trading near 1.2930.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 103k …

Doug Schaff’s Trend Cycle (STC) — Now for MetaTrader!

January 6th, 2011

Doug Schaff developed an interesting cyclical indicator for Forex trading several years ago. In 2008 he’s made it public. He presented a code of the indicator written for TradeStation EasyLanguage. Unfortunately, until now there weren’t any correctly converted versions for MetaTrader. I’ve found several variants …

Great New Year for Dollar as All Fundamentals Look Positive

January 5th, 2011

The beginning of the new year looks good for the dollar as virtually all reports from the US so far showed positive results and today’s reports weren’t different. The reports showed that employment improved and services industries expanded in the US. As a result, EUR/USD dropped heavily from the opening rate of 1.3307 and trades currently near …

EUR/USD Falls as Manufacturing & Construction in US Expand

January 3rd, 2011

EUR/USD currency pair declined today on concerns that debt problems would hamper attempts of governments and banks in the European Union to raise funds. There weren’t many economic from the US today, but the ones that were released showed positive tendencies in the economy. EUR/USD trades now at about 1.3319 after …

Was 2010 Successful for Your Forex Trading?

January 3rd, 2011

The year 2010 has ended and it’s time to evaluate its results. One full year is an optimal period for measuring the effectiveness of your trading strategies. Even the long-term systems produce some measurable results over 365 days. Unfortunately, my own Forex trading results were rather poor — I’ve …

Forex VPS Hosting from Bulgaria — Nextpointhost

January 2nd, 2011

Nextpointhost is a hosting company that offers special Forex VPS plans to the traders. They go with both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 preinstalled and with more than 100 various free expert advisors (mostly MT4 ones). All VPS hosting plans feature unlimited monthly bandwidth with …

Forex Technical Analysis for Week 01/03—01/07

January 1st, 2011

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 1.2798 1.2935 1.3150 1.3287 1.3502 1.3639 1.3854
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