Forex Trading

Sterling did minutely better than the New Zealand dollar with GBP/NZD spread trading pair pushing higher to the tune of a single cent. Had it not been for a late rally by Sterling last Thursday and Friday (the reason for which is anything but obvious) the roles could have been reversed. The week’s two NZ...
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The euro rallied against the dollar and the yen in recent forex trading activity after budget cuts in Spain boosted hopes the country could stick to an austerity path, though mixed US data capped some gains. US data sent mixed signals and did little to push currencies out of recent ranges. The pace of...
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Oil rose in recent day trading activity to post the biggest quarterly gain since the beginning of 2011 as the growing threat of a disruption of Iranian exports added to supply concerns. Oil markets, on edge about the potential loss of exports from Iran, briefly spiked in recent trading activity after the Obama administration...
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The Australian dollar would have been the week’s worst-performing major currency had the South African rand not pipped it at the post. It was no coincidence that the four laggards in the weekly league represented commodity-exporting countries. Economic data from China and Euroland gave rise to new worries among spread trading investors that global growth might...
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Bernanke does it again… In forex spread trading, EUR/USD leapt by 100 pts (1 cent) in less than 20 minutes after Bernanke’s dovish comments. The Fed Chairman dragged down the greenback and boosted metals in another dovish speech indicating: “we cannot yet be sure that the recent pace of improvement in the labour market will...
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Sterling outperformed the NZ dollar over the seven days but only by examining the difference closely was it possible to notice. The two currencies led the rest of the field, with the Aussie in third place and the US dollar not too far behind it. It was not an exciting week last week. With the...
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Financial Spreads, has launched a new limited risk spread trading account. The new account is designed to help investors by placing a Guaranteed Stop Order on every new position. A Guaranteed Stop Order puts an absolute limit on how much an investor can lose on a trade without putting a limit on the potential profit. According...
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Today’s budget re-affirmed the balance the coalition government is attempting to strike between growth and austerity, whilst not delivering anything dramatic, largely in part to the widespread leak of many of the new measures announced. No significant surprises This budget felt much like reading a novel and then seeing the movie; there was no shock,...
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Investors turned to profit taking and diversifying their risk after European Indices such as the DAX hit a 7 month high at the end of last week and the FTSE failed to rally above the 6000 level. The risk-off mode of index spread trading investors has forced Indices lower by a heavy 1% on...
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Both the fundamental and technical dynamics for bond yields remain favourable into the end of Q2. Here is a perspective on the interrelationship involving bond yields, inflation rates, and consumer confidence, with the major conclusions below: Since 2007, consumer sentiment topped out before the peak in gasoline and crude prices. The breakeven inflation index (difference...
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