hilary
- 31 Dec 2003 13:00
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hilary
- 13 May 2004 13:40
- 1314 of 11056
April PPI up 0.7%; retail sales down 0.5%; jobless claims up to 331,000.
Tellon
- 13 May 2004 15:36
- 1315 of 11056
Weak Data but a Weak Market as well.. No Move...
I think the volume is low waiting for tomorrows data.
foale
- 13 May 2004 15:43
- 1316 of 11056
todays low of 1.7610 nearly tested
once that goes seems to open up the 17533 low of 11th
Have to say slowly becoming a dollar bull...
PeterG
- 13 May 2004 16:56
- 1317 of 11056
Hi Guys... Back again, and now I've got my SB account sorted out I can get a bit more involved (I was in same situation as Sue42 - CFD account with you-know-who but they said I didn't have enough experience to trade forex direct. "But we can open a spreadbet account for you, sir...").
I tend to look at EUR/USD more than cable cos I live in Euroland. I think EURUSD is approaching fairly strong support on the 60 min chart at 11760 approx. This is where it bounced on 25 April (six-month low), and is also the old downtrend resistance line going back a couple of weeks that provided support yesterday.
Should be interesting to see what happens when it gets there...
I hope this is making sense. It would be clearer if I could post a chart - can anyone tell me how to do that?
Tellon
- 14 May 2004 07:49
- 1318 of 11056
foale
- 14 May 2004 08:03
- 1319 of 11056
Hi Peter
Never set alarm early enough to ride the dollars rise this am
Looking to enter a small GBP long at the lows we are seeing this am
edit: finding I dont have the appetite today..weekend starts at lunchtime for
me today..so staying out until next week...
I agree Hilary. Currencies are jerking up and down over the last few weeks rather than trending..Its very confusing..and makes a play over a few days
more about worry than rewards..
hilary
- 14 May 2004 08:21
- 1320 of 11056
This price action doesn't really suit my trading style. I need to be confident of direction to afford a wider stop loss.
My indicators have been all over the show for a couple of weeks now and the news in the round (which has been relatively positive for both sides of the pair) has left the bulls and the bears in a tug-o-war, imo.
There's a lot of emphasis being put on the US data this afternoon. I'm inclined to stand aside till then.
hodgins
- 14 May 2004 12:24
- 1321 of 11056
Significant pound drop but not a lot on the Euro, above 1.1760 that may have more mileage on the upside?
Tellon
- 14 May 2004 15:19
- 1322 of 11056
Ive decided this postion taking strategy I worked out, although it does give good entrys the exits are not the best. I cant handle the draw downs its really not for me..
closed both my longs for -150pips
Just for the fact that the postion has gone against me so many time. Im glad to just close it.
Hope you all had a better weak than me..
-150 my worse week for a while..
Cloggs
- 15 May 2004 09:20
- 1323 of 11056
Tellon
You are not alone, same has happened to me, not been trading Forex very long,
started off well but been hit hard this week, traded very wide stops, over 100
pips but still got hit, all part of the learning process I suppose.
hodgins
- 16 May 2004 21:33
- 1324 of 11056
I too lost some on wide stop from Friday before last after I thought (shouldn't think!) it wouldn't go down any more after figures of that day (the wild spiking one when most of us except Tellon didn't make much) but it did last week.
Fortunately got most of it back the Friday just gone with small positions pre that days figures and then pyramided to twice on pound and Euro but currently flat.
IF? oil settles back a little this week might we see stocks and bonds up a little and dollar down against most crosses? Still pondering though.
Euro stuck at top of 11880 and 11760, may go lower first? then higher?
Finally, off topic but if Hilary listening, I was informed elsewhere on board that you were previously long Petra Diamonds (PDL). Useful rise there Friday, no news? Ore sampling equipment in place and working, BHP Billiton happy, whatever that means. I wonder if there is more to come?
hilary
- 17 May 2004 07:51
- 1325 of 11056
Date
|
Country/
Currency
|
Event
|
GMT
|
CONSENSUS
|
PREVIOUS
|
17-May
|
JPY
|
Current
account (Mar)
|
0:00
|
|
JPY1.6bn
|
Mon
|
JPY
|
Industrial
production - final (Mar)
|
4:30
|
|
-3.8%M
|
|
USD
|
Empire
manufacturing (May)
|
12:30
|
34.50
|
36.05
|
|
JPY
|
GDP -
preliminary (Q1)
|
23:50
|
0.9%Q
|
1.6%Q
|
18-May
|
AUD
|
Tsy
Secretary Henry spks (Sydney)
|
2:45
|
|
|
Tue
|
GBP
|
CPI
(Apr)
|
8:30
|
1.3%Y
|
1.1%Y
|
|
DEM
|
ZEW
economic sentiment (May)
|
9:00
|
49.0
|
49.7
|
|
EUR
|
HICP -
final (Apr)
|
9:00
|
2.1%Y
|
1.7%Y
|
|
USD
|
Housing
starts (Apr)
|
12:30
|
1980k
|
2007k
|
|
USD
|
Building
permits (Apr)
|
12:30
|
1945k
|
1976k
|
|
USD
|
FOMC
Santomero spks (Philadelphia, PA)
|
16:30
|
|
|
19-May
|
AUD
|
Westpac
consumer confidence (Apr)
|
0:30
|
|
115.4
|
Wed
|
AUD
|
Wage cost
index (Q1)
|
1:30
|
|
1.0%Q
|
|
JPY
|
Leading
indicator - final (Mar)
|
5:00
|
|
80.0
|
|
CHF
|
Trade
(Apr)
|
6:15
|
|
CHF770m
|
|
FRF
|
GDP -
second release (Q1)
|
6:45
|
|
0.8%Q
|
|
GBP
|
MPC
minutes (5/6 May mtg)
|
8:30
|
|
|
|
CAD
|
Leading
indicators (Apr)
|
12:30
|
0.6%M
|
0.7%M
|
|
CHF
|
EU-Swiss
negotiations on taxes (Brussels)
|
|
|
|
|
EUR
|
ECB
governing council meeting
|
|
|
|
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hilary
- 17 May 2004 07:51
- 1326 of 11056
Date
|
Country/
Currency
|
Event
|
GMT
|
CONSENSUS
|
PREVIOUS
|
20-May
|
AUD
|
Motor
vehicle sales (Apr)
|
1:30
|
-1.9%M
|
-0.6%M
|
Thu
|
AUD
|
RBA
bulletin (May)
|
5:00
|
|
|
|
JPY
|
BoJ
policy decision
|
5:00
|
|
|
|
ITL
|
Consumer
confidence (May)
|
7:30
|
|
101.7
|
|
GBP
|
Retail
sales (Apr)
|
8:30
|
0.3%M
|
0.6%M
|
|
CAD
|
CPIX
(Apr)
|
11:00
|
1.6%Y
|
1.3%Y
|
|
USD
|
Initial
claims (15 May wk)
|
12:30
|
325k
|
331k
|
|
USD
|
Leading
indicators (Apr)
|
14:00
|
0.2%M
|
0.3%M
|
|
USD
|
Philly Fed
index (May)
|
16:00
|
30.5
|
32.5
|
|
USD
|
FOMC
Bernanke spks (Seattle)
|
19:45
|
|
|
|
JPY
|
Tertiary
index (Mar)
|
23:50
|
1.4%M
|
-3.9%M
|
|
|
Holiday
(Ascension)
|
|
|
|
21-May
|
CHF
|
Money
supply (Apr)
|
6:15
|
|
4.5%Y
|
Fri
|
ITL
|
Retails
sales (Mar)
|
7:30
|
|
-0.4%M
|
|
CHF
|
SNB Roth
spks (Athens, Greece)
|
|
|
|
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IanT(MoneyAM)
- 17 May 2004 07:56
- 1327 of 11056
Hilary,
We have not made any changes to the size of a post that you can place on these boards.
I have just spoken to Jonathan, and he said that there may be some browser limitation which could prevent you from posting a large post.
Ian
hilary
- 17 May 2004 08:02
- 1328 of 11056
OK Ian, thanks. It just seemed that there isn't a lot of forthcoming news this week and yet it curtailed my original post at the 6:15 CHF news for Friday.
It's been doing that for two or three weeks now, whereas it wasn't so long ago that I was able to post the calander for the whole week in a single post. Weird.
IanT(MoneyAM)
- 17 May 2004 08:08
- 1329 of 11056
Hil,
I will get Jonathan to look into this anyway just to make sure it is nothing at our end.
Ian
foale
- 17 May 2004 09:24
- 1331 of 11056
make your mind up Cable
I have a living to make here...
Currently flat
Beeblebrox
- 17 May 2004 09:37
- 1332 of 11056
ditto david
hilary
- 17 May 2004 10:04
- 1333 of 11056
Ditto, you two. Bullishness spilling over from the EUR/USD pair seems to be spoiling the Cable bears picnic today. Do you guys think that the Iraq news is affecting things this morning?
JT,
Thanks for that. I do carry out regular Windows updates. It maybe that something has changed as a result of one of the updates. It's not a major frustration ....... more of a minor irritation.
hodgins,
I do know a fair bit about Petra. Forget totally about Alexkor. Alto Cuilo is potentially massive but there are a lot of caveats concerning both funding and the fact that it's located in a region hitherto torn by civil war. Let me know if you want any more info. Have you spoken to Adonis? Very personable chap. If you own more than 50k shares, he'll probably be happy to meet you personally when he's next in the UK.