Tag Archives: CAD
FX G10 and EM Morning Trader Views
G10 EUR – Quiet o/n with eur failing to push on above 1.2330 lvl despite stops in the market – Still not huge clarity coming from the EU finance ministers meetings although comments from Schauble regarding use of ESM/EFSF funds ‘without warning’ suggests that they may stand ready to step in if Spanish and Italian […]
FX G10 and EM Morning Trader Views
G10 EUR – So we open the week in asia with a nice push to a new years low at 1.2225, however we bounce right back as mkt takes some profit on this 3% move into the EU finance ministers meeting later today – That said we still only have managed a move back to […]
FX G10 and EM Morning Trader Views
G10 EUR – Have to say surprised by the follow through to the downside yesterday – we never looked back from the rate change announcement taking out the support at 1.2450/1.2410 – and very little retracement back above that 1.2410 support lvl since – we await payrols today but i think market again looking for […]
FX G10 and EM Morning Trader Views
G10 EUR – So now the decks fully cleared – US holiday tomorrow so expect a holding pattern into the ECB on Thursday – 1.2550 held on the dip yest , 1.2610/15 was the pivot yesterday so expect some weak stops 1.2620/40 topside – ultimately 1.2550/1.2670 for now.
FX G10 and EM Morning Trader Views
G10 EUR – So after Friday afternoons squeeze as people took further shorts off the table into the w/e, the break has allowed people to digest the news further and we have moved back into the range as people view the summit news as positive however realise there is still a long way to go […]
CFTC: Dollar long extended ahead of Fridays violent price action
The latest data from the CFTC covering the week ending June 26 showed that speculative traders in IMM currency futures increased their aggregate long dollar position by 20 percent to USD 27 billion.
Low expectations ahead of growth focused EU summit
This week the leaders of all EU countries will meet for a summit and of course as usual the debt crisis will be up for discussion. According to the draft agenda the Council will focus its discussions on initiatives to boost growth and jobs including structural reforms while aiming to agree an “EU growth agenda” […]
CFTC: Dollar long cut by 44 percent; AUD back to neutral
Hedge funds and other money managers cut their net dollar long exposure through IMM currency futures by 44 percent following the Greek election and ahead of the US Federal Open market Committee meeting.
Currency Weekly: Commodity currencies: not quite what you think
With commodity prices falling in recent weeks, the market has been selling the traditional commodity currencies (AUD, NZD, and CAD). However, the relationship is more complex than it appears.
AUDCAD: a second chance for tardy bears
AUDCAD has ripped higher in sympathy with the crazy rally in markets on the hopes that central bank intervention will once again put a bid under risk assets. The Australian dollar is often one of the higher beta currencies to risk appetite among the major currencies, and the last several days of market action have […]
FX CFTC: Dollar long rising again – look out for the correction
Speculators expressing their views through the holding of IMM currency futures increased their net long exposure to the dollar again during the week ending May 29. The increase however was the smallest recorded during the last four weeks of dollar buying with the selling not concentrated against one single currency alone but spread out particularly […]
FX CFTC: Flight to dollars (and JPY) intensifies
The weekly collection of data from the CFTC covering the week ending May 22 showed a huge increase in the net dollar long postion as all of the eight IMM currency futures were sold apart from the JPY.