NZD trades, for some wierdness has ALWAYS ELUDED ME!!!!! CRAP!!! I bet I spend more time, and effort preparing for NZ news and STILL I end up being the one who gain the least and even LOOSE the most on NZ news! A month ago, I got widen spreads ...

Nz trade balance

GBP is expected to get a boost with a rate hike. Japs love to see JPY depreciate to as cheap as dirt. And they have been Carry Trading to keep JPY really low. Short GBPJPY will cost you 3 pips a day in roll over fees. If you'd look at the daiy chat, ...

Time to SHORT GBP/JPY ?

Gold is now near 600 and stalled for almost a day. Anyone agree to short this?

Gold Discussion

shit happens. my short straddle failed to post. and my long touched for a loss. screwed me for the rest of the day... good thing, i have a winning gbpusd o cheer me up...

NZD rate decision

Filters I use for Mouteki: 1. Look at Daily Charts and dont trade against the Trend. If you followed a Mouteki Trade in the direction of the Daily Trend and ended with a loss, dont trade further on that pair. Chances are, the Daily Trend is ...

Any USEFUL Mouteki filter yet.. PLZ!!

1st. Are you testing it on DEMO? If it is, though luck. We were making real money with mouteki - just yesterday mouteki calls for long GBPUSD and Im in for more than 50 pips. 2nd. Filter? Simple, check the daily chart, and watch the trend: Up or ...

Anyone Else Frustrated w/ Mouteki but don't want to give up?

or double the losses.

Home Sales and FOMC Interest Rate statement

I stayed away from the initial frenzy... could have bought, could have sold. I just waited for it to 1.88 before shorting for a few pips profit. .... i'd wait for NZ cash rate later instead.

Home Sales and FOMC Interest Rate statement

WOW! The move was very very slow... but being rejected at 1.8780s

Home Sales and FOMC Interest Rate statement

Mortage, as already pointed by NewsTraderFX, is up and confirmed at TTN's. So that means, housing is roaring again... Hmmm bullish existing home sales later?

Home Sales and FOMC Interest Rate statement

Most of the time, the spike ALWAYS beats me. Honestly, sometimes you will get the news before the spike. How often? Cant say.. I am far too busy deciphering the numbers and charts to remember and count them...

Good source for Fundementals/News

Here is something from my favorite crystal ball broker: Bullish USD sentiment?

$ For The week of 10/23-With Some Trade Ideas

I recently "re-subscribed" to TTN. If you are a fundamental/news trader, TTN is worth the money.... You can signup for a free 1 week demo and see if you like it... Dont expect them to deliver the news 5-10 seconds earlier. TTN will deliver the news ...

Good source for Fundementals/News

I should have sticked with my original plan to short USD 2AM EST! All this Hawkishness stayed me to the sideline and prevented, as of this writing, 30 pips win. Oh well. Thats what I call "indecisiveness" on my part. BTW. India's TATA corporation is ...

$ For The week of 10/23-With Some Trade Ideas

I managed to catch a USD Index on TV; it was moving down since 10EST . SO I shorted USDJPY for a 20 pip profit. Question: Where do I get an online USD INdex? It seems very accurate predicting strength of USD in the short term

$ For The week of 10/23-With Some Trade Ideas

SO, if the statement does not live up to expectation (not more hawkish than the last two), it could spell USD sell off? So what traders were doing is, buying the hawkishness and not the fact (of no rate hike) I am very confused with all this ...

$ For The week of 10/23-With Some Trade Ideas

Last 2 FOMC Statements — August 8 September 20 From the above FOMC Statements, are the highlighted paragraphs the ones that indictate Hawkishness? And I should look at such on the forthcoming FOMC as sign to buy USD vs GBP, EUR? Where can I ...

$ For The week of 10/23-With Some Trade Ideas

Can anyone explain why the USD strengthen today? What I heard is that GREG IP on a WSJ article saying FED may even hike rates (not this week) in the coming months. So why did USD strengthen on that? Its a big "uncertainty" for the future and its a ...

$ For The week of 10/23-With Some Trade Ideas

dud. perhaps due mainly to the strong USD forces this morning preventing CAD to gain footage vs USD...

CAD Retail Sales 12.30 GMT