Submitted May 24, 2013|From alpari.co.uk|3 comments

A relatively quiet week ahead, with Monday representing a bank holiday in both the UK and US economies. Subsequently, much of the markets will be experiencing lower volumes and potentially higher volatility as a result.  Monday serves to set ...

Submitted May 13, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

Taking a look at the week ahead, it is useful to understand what the key levels may be, along with what we believe may be likely for some of the main currency pairs over the coming days. GBPUSD Bullish The level of 1.535 continues to be highly ...

Submitted May 10, 2013|From alpari.co.uk|1 comment

A mixed week for the major economies in the week ahead with the majority of major events coming from within the US and eurozone economies. The most significant of the US events are the Philly and UoM sentiment figures due out later in the ...

Submitted May 7, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

Euro sterling has been trading higher today off the back of a significant push to the upside in response to the strong German factory orders release. Thing brings us to the point whereby the pair is looking likely to break beyond the descending ...

Submitted May 3, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

A fairly quiet week ahead after last week’s action packed agenda. The may bank holiday week sees a number of key countries taking shortened weeks thus reducing the volumes in the marketplace. In the UK, all eyes are on Thursday, where the latest ...

Submitted Apr 30, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

The Australian dollar has rallied significantly in the late hours of the London session today, but the substantial bounce from resistance around 1.0335 points to the previous resistance providing new found support along with the existence of an ...

Submitted Apr 27, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

A mixed week ahead with many of the major economies experiencing shortened weeks owing to the existence of bank holidays. That being said, it is a key week ahead for the US in particular where the latter part of the week sees an increasing volume of ...

Submitted Apr 25, 2013|From alpari.co.uk|3 comments

Cable has seen significant upside off the back of today’s better than expected UK GDP figure. Crucially, this 0.3% increase avoided the dreaded triple-dip recession and hints at improved prospects for the economy. Subsequent price action in the pair ...

Submitted Apr 24, 2013|From alpari.co.uk|1 comment

Sterling is trading higher against the Australian dollar this week, pushing on from some serious gains last week. Taking a look at a longer time-frame, it is evident that the pair have been trading in a downward wedge. However, the current price ...

Submitted Apr 23, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

The Australian dollar has taken a battering over the past few days, driven in part by the increasingly bearish stance taken by some analysts of the Chinese economic outlook. Against the Canadian dollar, the recent price action has brought about a ...

Submitted Apr 23, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

Eurodollar has been trading lower today off the back of some disappointing PMI figures out of the eurozone. However, this serves to only compound the ongoing fall in the value of the single currency since the early February high of 1.371. The upshot ...

Submitted Apr 20, 2013|From alpari.co.uk|1 comment

A busy week ahead for many of the major economies after a mixed week for the markets. One of the most notable events for the week comes in the form of the UK preliminary GDP figure for Q1 2013. Critically the markets will be watching for the ...

Submitted Apr 12, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

A busy week ahead for many of the major economies off the back of a largely negative period for data releases in the past fortnight. In the UK the focus will largely be centered upon Tuesday’s inflation figures and Wednesday’s unemployment data. The ...

Submitted Mar 11, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

Taking a look at the week ahead, it is useful to understand what the key levels may be, along with what we believe may be likely for some of the main currency pairs over the coming days. GBPUSD – Bearish Sterling has been trading lower across most ...

Submitted Mar 8, 2013|From alpari.co.uk|5 comments

This coming week is expected to be relatively quiet in comparison to last week, with the UK in particular offering very little in terms of trading stimulus. Elsewhere however, we are looking towards releases such as the Australian unemployment ...

Submitted Mar 5, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

The north American pair of dollar loonie have been trading positively for the fifth consecutive week, yet signs indicate that we may soon move into a downtrend, in accordance with the descending standard deviation channel dating back to August 2011. ...

Submitted Mar 5, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

The Australian dollar is trading lower against the greenback this morning, with a push lower in view. However, the decision of the RBA to keep the headline rate at 3%, along with a key level of support around 1.015 have the potential to shift market ...

Submitted Mar 1, 2013|From alpari.co.uk|1 comment

This coming week is expected to be busy, with the two sides of the Atlantic releasing a variety of key data and announcements. In the UK, Thursday will dominate focus with the release of the latest asset purchases figure after the recent MPC minutes ...

Submitted Feb 8, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

This week promises to be moderately quiet on the data front, with a significant degree of focus centered upon the release of GDP figures across the Eurozone and in Japan. The Eurozone is also set to host a meeting on Monday, bringing the area back ...

Submitted Feb 1, 2013|From alpari.co.uk

This week will see a substantial focus upon activity in the UK and Australia, predominantly for the release of interest rate and Monetary policy decisions. The is Eurozone also set to announce their latest monetary stance, which is also coupled up ...