Archive for Forex

Forex: Currency Futures Speculators cut USD long positions. Canadian Loonie longs rise to highest level since May 2011

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators cut back on their overall US dollar long positions last week while Japanese yen positions rebounded after falling for six consecutive weeks and Canadian dollar long…

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David Song of DailyFx shares his views on Currency themes, the EUR/USD & USD/JPY in Forex Interview

By CountingPips.com Today, I am pleased to share a forex interview and commentary on the latest major forex events and trends with currency strategist David Song from DailyFx.com. David is an active trader and studied macroeconomic policies under a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis while…

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Forex: Currency Futures Speculators trim USD positions. Sharply raise shorts of Japanese Yen

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their overall US dollar long positions last week while Japanese yen positions fell sharply for a sixth consecutive week and declined to their lowest level…

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EUR/CHF awakens from its sleep

By CountingPips The EUR/CHF came alive this morning and trades at its highest level in over month. This pair has been more or less dormant for the last month as the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has vowed to keep the pair above 1.20 to stem too much strength in the…

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Forex: Currency Futures Speculators boost US Dollar holdings. Trim Euro, Pound and Yen contracts

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators increased their overall US dollar long positions last week while Japanese yen positions fell sharply for a fifth consecutive week and declined to their lowest level…

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Forex: Currency Futures Speculators cut Japanese Yen position sharply last week

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their overall US dollar long positions last week while Japanese yen positions fell sharply for a fourth consecutive week and declined to their lowest level…

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USDJPY Technical Analysis Update 28/2/2012

Further Japanese Yen Weakness Anticipated. The Ichimoku daily timeframe chart below shows how price has seen an impulsive move higher from the early Feb lows. This current week has seen the largest retrace of the recent up trend but USDJPY was well bid as it hit the 80.00 psychological round number level which…

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Currency Futures Speculators added to USD long positions last week. Yen bets drop for 3rd week

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators added to their overall US dollar long positions last week for a second consecutive week while Euro short positions dipped slightly. Non-commercial futures traders, including hedge…

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Dollar Index Analysis 25/2/2012

View our site in the following languages Forex Sito Italiano- 外汇网站- النقد الاجنبى- Sitio Web De Forex Español- Português Website Forex- Deutsch Forex Website- Forex сайт   USDX Dollar Index Update The USDX continues to fall, despite ongoing issues in the Eurozone periphery, as the prevailing market sentiment appears to have little effect on the underlying price action. Our…

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Currency Analyst David Song comments on the Euro, USD, Yen and Oil in our Forex Interview

By Zac Storella, CountingPips.com Today, I am pleased to share a forex interview and commentary on the latest major forex events and trends with currency strategist David Song from DailyFx.com. David is an active trader and studied macroeconomic policies under a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St….

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