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The Forex Thread (FX)     

hilary - 31 Dec 2003 13:00

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hilary - 06 Apr 2004 08:11 - 884 of 11056

Hope you're all out of those shorts guys.

dclinton - 06 Apr 2004 08:14 - 885 of 11056

Yep. Stopped out during the course of yesterday. Do you reckon it's time to be long or wait and see?

Doug

hilary - 06 Apr 2004 08:27 - 886 of 11056

Doug,

For the first time in some time, I'm not really sure which side of the market you should be atm.

You're probably still safe being short the EUR/USD for the time being. Cable, I'm actually long atm but not 100% comfortable. I'm going to give it a bit longer.

Boyse - 06 Apr 2004 08:38 - 887 of 11056

German Jobs news holding things up

dclinton - 06 Apr 2004 09:34 - 888 of 11056

Thanks Hil. I'm not trading EUR/USD - concentrating on GBP/USD so I'll probably stand aside for the moment.

Who are you using for news?

foale - 06 Apr 2004 11:15 - 889 of 11056

looking like the fall in the USD might have run its course for a while

brave shorts anyone?

shorted cable at 18350

Tellon - 06 Apr 2004 12:47 - 890 of 11056

Hillary,

What trading method do you use? Ive started to notice how more often than not you have a good feel for the FX market. Is that just from experience or do you get good signals from a specific sort of TA?

hilary - 06 Apr 2004 13:27 - 891 of 11056

Tellon,

I just use the free charts on the web. I'm interested in trading the 3+ day trend for several hundred pips and am prepared to lose a hundred pips or so along the way if I get it wrong, so breaks of support and resistance are the most important indicators for me. Scalping for 20 or 30 pips along the way is of no interest to me whatsoever.

Tellon - 06 Apr 2004 15:00 - 892 of 11056

How do you form your support and resistance points? I.E Trend Line, EW, Gann Angles or do you rely on other websites for the information I.E www.fxstreet.com.

Also you say you use free charts on the web, Example the Dailyfx charts. Do you concentrate then on the hourly and daily periods and ignore the noise from the 15min and less charts?

Sorry for all the questions, just trying to get an understanding of your setup.

foale - 06 Apr 2004 16:16 - 893 of 11056

weak bounce on eur/usd off support looking for another test of the lows 11990-12000

Nothing to Hilary of course!...only 50 points away

foale - 07 Apr 2004 10:52 - 894 of 11056

1.8400 too much for Cable today

Tellon - 07 Apr 2004 11:07 - 895 of 11056

Looks like a new downward trend has begun.

Short Cable from 1.8373

2Abbey - 07 Apr 2004 11:16 - 896 of 11056

For those on EuroFX,

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Tuesday's bounce in the euro versus the dollar is just that, a bounce. Sell into any euro strength.

Short-term, the euro is oversold. So it's only natural that it should claw back some of its losses since February's all-time high.

Wednesday saw it as strong as $1.2149, compared with Tuesday's $1.1978. It thus nearly reached my forecast level between $1.2180 and $1.2250 where on Monday I suggested selling it, with a stop loss above Friday's intraday high at $1.2380.

But if my bearish view is right this stop-loss level shouldn't be reached. It's more likely to decline below this week's low at $1.1978 over Easter and probably get as far as $1.1848 - the 50% Fibonacci retracement of the September to February uptrend.

From a fundamental point of view this ties in with the current rate hike optimism in the U.S., which should continue to fuel the dollar's strength.

Currently, though, the $1.2054 to $1.2000 support area, might once again hold and lead to a short-term continuation higher for a couple of days or so. But once breached, it should act as strong resistance instead.

Selling into strength is a small risk when compared with the potential profits if it falls below the $1.1978 area, which I expect it will soon.

The euro was trading at $1.2095 at 0943 GMT Wednesday

foale - 07 Apr 2004 13:16 - 897 of 11056

Tellon did you get stopped out

Tellon - 07 Apr 2004 13:31 - 898 of 11056

No, My stops at 420 & 408

Tellon - 07 Apr 2004 15:44 - 899 of 11056

Stopped out, once again the market has shown me that I know nothing..

MightyMicro - 08 Apr 2004 09:57 - 900 of 11056

MPC today -- going up?

Beeblebrox - 08 Apr 2004 10:15 - 901 of 11056

morning mm;
concensus on blooomberg, on 45 analysts surveyed
18 say up .25
27 say no change.

no one, apart from me, considering .5,
but unlikely.

ftse thinking no change
cable pretty stable.

hilary - 08 Apr 2004 10:25 - 902 of 11056

Tough call. I think that most people are staying sidelined atm. Not just because they're not sure on the rate call itself, but also because it's immediately ahead of a long weekend and a lot of people are already on holiday. The chart isn't giving much away either, imo, except that there's a possibility of more upside but upwards momentum is exhausting. Fundamentally $1.84 is probably fair value, given the news currently in the round.

Tellon - 08 Apr 2004 11:56 - 903 of 11056

On bloomberg now there saying about increasing 50 bases points.. Looks like someone is on your side Beeble..
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