Moderate USD strength as the week begins

Moderate USD strength as the week begins

The EURUSD formed a double top today and dropped back into its Asian range in advance of the U.S. open. Risking 17 pips for a potential 65 pips to our daily target at 1.1334 we entered short. As price moved down we moved our stop loss to plus 1 as the U.S. market got...
Fear and volatility prevail in the markets

Fear and volatility prevail in the markets

When the markets are anxious “risk off sentiment” money flows tend to move toward the yen, Swiss franc and gold. Equity markets can be seen as an indicator of fear and greed. The U.S. equity markets sold off on Wednesday erasing gains for 2018. On Thursday the markets...
Trading the EURJPY and the USDJPY post FOMC

Trading the EURJPY and the USDJPY post FOMC

The FOMC meeting yesterday confirmed that the U.S. economy continues to be very strong and the concern centers on how many more rate increases will be necessary to strategically slow it down.   Today the EURJPY spent some time stay above its Asian high but...