I wouldn't dare going long either the euro or the dollar right now. In my view, the dollar is fundamentally weak, and what happens to the euro is for the most part dictated by highly unpredictable events that have very significant impact. The way I ...

Silent Service Method

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I feel that these institutions fear capital flight away from the US dollar, by US households. Clearly, the institutions do not really aim to "protect us from ourselves".

FDIC Seeks Comment on Rule Governing Retail Forex Transactions

If I'm correct, he talks about Central Bank rates, such as the Federal Funds Rate in the US. Hypothetically speaking, low rates stimulate money growth, leading to inflation. You seem to be talking about yield, which indeed it correlated with risk.

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

I haven't read the entire attached file, but what I read was good. Read it if you want to know how the euro affected the Forex market.

What Will Happen to Forex Trading if the Euro Falls?

Me. There are game theoretic elements present in the eurozone for sure.

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

To be honest this is the first time I hear someone saying this. As far as I know, gold futures are denominated in different currencies on non-US exchanges. Also, the purchase of physical gold can be completely seperated from the US dollar as well. ...

Order Flow - Achieving the mindset

You forgot to include the attachments? Anyway, I'm bearish on many currencies, including the dollar and euro. eurusd will probably continue to rise for a while longer, but bailing out Spain will become inevitable. Spain may be too big to fail, but ...

Fundamentally speaking

Actually he tries to say that the small range of today's markets is caused by the wedding (as the bank holiday resulted in low volume, etc), concluding that the wedding affected markets, in that it reduced volatility.

Royal Wedding affect GBP?

Interesting story. Breaking pegs is probably the most non-linear situation you can encounter in the Forex market. There's a large probability of the central bank being able to enforce the peg, but if the bank has to give in, there will be an immense ...

Why EURDKK so funny?

I don´t know if what you guys are talking about can be traded profitably. Despite the 6 pip spread mentioned, I think slippage might be a problem here. Nevertheless, pegged exchange rate regimes are interesting for traders to study. Theoretically, ...

Why EURDKK so funny?

DKK is is pegged with horizontal bands to the euro, meaning there is a lot of central bank intervention. Any significant deviation from the specified rate (which is set at 7.45, with a maximum bandwith of a some percents) will be offset by the ...

Why EURDKK so funny?

For books I either go to the university library or try finding them on the Internet. I also have free access to most academic journals. Private forums are often too expensive for me, and I'd never purchase a blackbox EA or signal service.

Do you buy Forex Products?

Don't you think China is in too deep? If they make a move dumping only 10% of their dollars reserves, the dollar will drop, making the other 90% of their reserves worthless. I think China is pursuing a gradual approach. They have announced that they ...

What if US defaults?

Don't forget that quite a significant proportion of US debt are Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS), meaning that deflating debt is not going to be that easy.

What if US defaults?

In the retail market I think the standard is 100k indeed. I heard some guys from Saxo Bank talking about 1000k lots though.

which orders are easier to fill?

I haven't read the entire thread, but scrolling down, most of the posts I saw contained charts with technical patterns. Why not take a fundamental approach? Good models on, for example, purchasing power parity, show that there is long-term mean ...

Price Attraction Points

I think we all agree that one of the core problems of the US is inflation. Triggered by this article ( url ), I would like to hear your opinion on the fact that prices are being adjusted for quality, resulting in understated reported inflation ...

What's with the US dollar?!

One thing is for sure. The US financial sector is oversized, and its sheer size could only have been the result of an endless amount of capital flowing in from primarily Asia and the indebting of US citizens. Both will stop, and in 10 years Wall ...

What's with the US dollar?!

I agree. It seems people have a negative stance towards their fellow citizens: as if the others are playing a game to see who can get the most subsidies. Maybe what I am about to say comes from the environment I grew up in. The people in my ...

What's with the US dollar?!