I am really confused, how did USD spike against JPY so hard? EURJPY through the roof too. Was it weak and just dragged there by EUR?

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Helicopter Ben just can't get enough QE, he is probably looking at taking his vacation on the QE2, or is it QE3 now? Nothing like back door flooding the market with $$$$ so you can keep them down. Totally didn't know about that or would have been ...

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url Good morning briefing, found this snippit most interesting: "There is a feeling out there that the dollar may just weaken a bit further as investors had gotten themselves too long, too quick," said Saxo Bank senior manager Ole Hansen. "If that ...

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Maybe we have just been too close to the picture — I woke up this morning, not happy, but not too surprised any more. Fortunately, SL's got me out at a nice profit on the move late yesterday evening. But I was thinking, bearish overall ...

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Buma thanks — Great advice on the EURJPY to go with the EURUSD short. From an article in my news feed, sorry no link: 0116 GMT [Dow Jones] The EUR/USD falls as investors take cues from falling Japan share prices, says Daiwa SB Investments ...

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Sorry no link, happy I hit this nicely — Don't have a link, right from my trading platform. 0116 GMT [Dow Jones] The EUR/USD falls as investors take cues from falling Japan share prices, says Daiwa SB Investments senior dealer Kenichiro ...

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Yes, and thus far it is proving a nice move, those darned newcomers.... Will be curious to see if the Euro bounces or drops. I think this was largely priced in, but I think some people around here said they would drive up the price of a currency ...

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And Alcoa missed — Bearish for US equities, if just for a bit. Miss on bottom line, hit on top. Guidance not listed, but well off in the after hours.

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Have a good night — 'Night Buma. Starting to look at adding a little USDJPY to my portfolio of interests tomorrow. Damn reliable looking chart. Interested on your thoughts.

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And EURCHF is finally starting to move down. Must be a lot of interest in the Euro heading higher from somewhere. Another big name saying the Euro and the Pound are in for a bumpy ride. url What does the Euro do? Go up and retry the highside ...

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Another Euro hit, Spain Banks — Again, from my trading headlines: No link available. 1:22 (Dow Jones) S&P cutting its ranking on Spain's banking system comes on the heels of Friday's 2-notch downgrade of the country's credit ratings by ...

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I am open to all types of input, correction, interpretation, methods, otherwise, why would I be here? I have not taken offense to a single thing anyone has said, in fact, I find it fascinating. Perhaps offline I will give you an idea as ...

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I think it is turning rapidly into a non-event — url Basically it is going to pass, it is just a question of when. Whether the Slovak government survives in its current form or heads for elections is probably not to important to the long ...

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Its no worries — I don't expect my style to fit what many others do, and as I said, I use lots of different styles and trades. I take no offense that I try to use multiple indicators for verification of trends and resistance levels, etc. I ...

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I use them all in their own way. When CCI, William %, and accumulation are all near the top of their range, it is also in the top of the bollinger band, I made it smaller so the whole chart was in. I do lots of different trade types, short term, ...

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Time to get short — I like this entry point short, hoping the news or the Swiss don't screw it up. Nice downtrend line on the M15. Maybe I finally get something right?

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I would have, but it was just in the news feed of my trading platform, there wasn't a link. How do you post charts?

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Freaking CHF — ZURICH -(Dow Jones)- Swiss exporters face stagnating sales and shrinking profit margins heading into year-end as the strength of the Swiss franc and a slowing global economy start to take their toll, according to a survey ...

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It sure doesn't look like the action wants to go lower — The 15 and 30 minute charts on EURUSD are not showing signs of heading south to my eye. It looks like there is strong resistance to a southern move at 1.3572 daily pivot. Three tries at ...

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Don't confuse bias with macro view — I don't think you can call your macro view a true bias. Yes, currencies go all over the place and you need to keep a handle on the technicals, but to me my fundamental view that the Euro is crap and getting ...

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