Loks like the Dow is going soft. Is there a viagra for the market?

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pip_hunter; My impression is that particularly in the US money is leaving risky/offshore investments, probably to cover losses elsewhere. So you have lots of profit taking going on in things from carry-trades to Shanghai ADR's, and a corresponding ...

Subprime Worries

Well, I doubt everyone in China is going to get rich, but certainly some will! The Shanghai market is going to be very volatile, so if you like risk, it's a good place to play. If you are in the West, you can't invest directly, and have to go ...

Chinese stock market-anyone doing it?

Truer words were never spoken Happy trades!

How do moving averages work in Forex

Hi normball; Moving averages (standard and exponential) - and their kin like regression filters (which incude my favourite, Kalman filters), which remove the lag inherent in averaging filters - work fine in FX. They are very useful in approaches ...

How do moving averages work in Forex

Pays to live in Canada; at least there is reasonable health care and in most provinces dental care for the kids plus a minimum guarenteed old-age plan (ok, it's not much); while the both wins and losses are incorporated. I have a couple of income ...

trading systems vs account size

Not yet; but the Bitish are on it much faster than last time, and (supposedly) have both the better management techniques as well as vaccines available to limit the damage. But only time will tell. For others following this story, note that ...

Affects of Hoof and Mouth in UK

Or the trader and his psychosis iandekoker - people all have to start somewhere. Certainly you get lots of people losing on mini accounts and small-lot trading, but better that than jumping in untrained with their life savings (though an ...

trading systems vs account size

Great article; thanks. But one must keep in mind that while rogue traders can cause significant damage, the real problems tend to lie much higher up. The current fallout over CDO's is a prime example...

How to Loose a Billion ( excellent article )

The Japanese Tankan Survey (released in the first month of each quarter) used to be a big source of volatility as well. Looking forward, I understood that the PBoC was planing on eventually releasing information regarding it's holdings, which (if ...

Are there any other Releases like Nonfarm?

OrionsWay - $100 oil is certainly a possibility this year (though a small one); after all, the oil platforms in the Gulf aren't really in any better position than they were during Katrina, which popped oil from below fifty to eighty (IIRC).Any case, ...

USDCAD trend reversal?

You have to remember that from around 1986 up until roughly 2000 or may 2002, oil prices (when corrected for inflation) were pretty low, it's not until the last few years that Americans have really started to feel the bite, while cultural habits - ...

USDCAD trend reversal?

Raising oil prices lowers the use of oil (and hence emissions), greenies should be grateful to the Arabs.

USDCAD trend reversal?

The US is not going to be seen as a safe haven until it gets its spending under control, and we see a sizable move upward in essential US strengths, like manufacturing, and a strong downward move in personal consumption and debt levels. I doubt ...

USDCAD trend reversal?

I tend to agree; I think it's a great opportunity on this (and a number of other pairs that were hammered by fear factors over the last week or so) to scale into the long-term trends.

USDCAD trend reversal?

Why post a USD/CHF chart as a dollar chart (on a Cad forum)? A USDX chart or the Fed Trade weighted dollar index is a batter indicator of broad USD behaviour.

USDCAD trend reversal?

I dunno, looks like the same (but upside down) double bottom (or double top) that's on all the risky trades, like x/JPY and USD/CAD. Risk fears seem to be tapering, as more fundamental issues (interest rate diffs in the carry sector, commodities in ...

Daily GBP/JPY analysis

BTW - for those in NA who are interested in getting a handle on just how dynamic China's manufacturing culture has become, get the July-August issue of the Atlantic Monthly. Preview it at following link: url

China powering world economy

I thought hanging out with riff-raff, jaibirds, and known criminals was a no-no for FX careers. Especially when they are overly-televized idiots

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