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Shafii replied Dec 8, 2006Damn... Anyone got any idea what is going on. Strong numbers + upward revision == weak $ ???!!!!!
Trading the NFP this friday
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Shafii replied Nov 24, 2006US housing data for next week are very important (new and existing home sales). The fed might be forced to cut rate in their next meeting if those numbers came out softer than expected. Euro rate hike looks more and more like a done deal. Also based ...
Next Week News...$ 27/10 -> 01/11
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Shafii replied Nov 15, 2006Today's inflation report was really something
GBP/USD moved down 100 pips, this week's surely GBP negative as mentioned before. Tomorrow's UK retail sales is an important number, if the number comes out GBP negative then it will be a very nice ...GBP data for this week
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Shafii replied Nov 15, 2006I already have trade the news with audio support. And certainly I'm not hoping to get-in before the news, at least not with the tools which I have. I must say that getting in before the spike is not impossible but you must have the right gear for ...
NZD retail sales
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Shafii replied Nov 14, 2006Merlin, is it possible to share the source of your news? I wonder if you have bloomberg or reuters terminal with programming interfaces linked to this popup window

NZD retail sales
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Shafii replied Nov 14, 2006Do you mean that DB and forex.com did not slip you? Have you been filled right at your entry stop price? Also DB is like dbfx.com right?
NZD retail sales
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Shafii replied Nov 14, 2006Weak CPI data is increasing the pound negative sentiments for this week. If the US retail sales and PPI are $+ , I'm going to short the GBP/USD for some short term profits. I wonder for how long this pound -ve sentiment will hold. It all depends on ...
GBP data for this week
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GBP data for this week
Started Nov 13, 2006|Trading Discussion|5 replies
The market interpreted UK's PPI data today as GBP negative. We still have UK's CPI less than ...
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Shafii replied Nov 9, 2006With the increasing prospects of democrats winning the senate, there's a lot of $- sentiments in the air. A lot of traders are still holding onto their long GBP/USD positions. I wonder if we will see a surge of profit taking after BoE statement and ...
London Calling: The BoE Rate Decision
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UK Trade Balance Today
Started Nov 9, 2006|Trading Discussion|4 replies
Previous -6.7B vs -6.5B expected. If the numbers came 0.2B off expected we will see at least a ...
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Shafii replied Nov 7, 2006No trade on this one, my sell stop wasn't hit. That's the good thing about TTN, I cancelled my waiting stop as soon as I heard there was a rate increase

AUD: Interest rate decision
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Shafii replied Nov 7, 2006We're talking about AUD/USD here for sure. I will keep my TP open, I will close manually. Remember it's only a one way straddle, keep the distance conservative -20pip from market.
AUD: Interest rate decision
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Shafii replied Nov 7, 2006I will personally straddle one way with a sell stop 20 pip below market just in case we have a surprise.
AUD: Interest rate decision
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Shafii replied Nov 1, 2006I was long on GBP/USD before the news, made +42 pips with 1 lot only
I was out at 1.9132, I did not fade, just observing the reaction. I think we will see a lot of profit taking ahead, full retrace after the announecement seems to confirm this. I ...$ For The week of 10/30-With Trade Ideas
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Shafii replied Oct 31, 2006Interesting moves on majors today during european session. I was really paying close attention to GBP/USD lately. Do you guys think that the $ bearishness is starting to fade or is it just some profit taking - after the large 200 pips run - which ...
$ For The week of 10/30-With Trade Ideas
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Shafii replied Oct 31, 2006I checked on that as well. EUR/CAD is not really tradeable because of large spread and gaps.
CAN GDP history
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Shafii replied Oct 31, 2006I am going to sit aside and watch. US Employment Cost Index is due at the same time. USD/CAD is going to be a very risky pair to trade with both numbers being announced.
CAN GDP history
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Shafii replied Oct 27, 2006I'm out at 1.8990 with some additional profits, good weekend all

US GDP - Oct 27
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Shafii replied Oct 27, 2006Saudis are propping oil over and above their Opec quota. They did not reduce production as pledged in the last meeting. I wonder if this will be $+ despite soft GDP and how it will affect the market, any thoughts?
US GDP - Oct 27