By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators continued to pile into bets against the European common currency for a fifth consecutive week. Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, added to their short positions for the [...]
Archive for Forex Blog – Page 2
Currency Futures: Forex Speculators raise Euro bearish bets. Aussie, Kiwi & Mexican Peso bets rise
January
30th,
2012
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Forex Interview: John Kicklighter of DailyFx shares his views on the Euro, USD, Yen and latest Currency Trends
January
25th,
2012
By Zac Storella, CountingPips.com Today, I am pleased to share our latest forex interview on the latest major forex events and currency trends with John Kicklighter, Senior Currency Strategist at DailyFx.com. John specializes in fundamental analysis and overall market themes and has trading experience in spot currency, financial futures, commodities, stocks, and options. In his [...]
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Currency Futures: Forex Speculators bets for US Dollar edge higher. Euro, Pound Sterling dip
January
23rd,
2012
By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators continued to increase their Euro and British pound sterling short bets for a fourth consecutive week while long US dollar bets overall edged higher. Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and [...]
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Currencies: Forex Futures Speculators raise Dollar, Yen, Aussie bets as Euro sinks lower
January
15th,
2012
By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators raised their overall long bets for the US dollar last week against the other major currencies while Euro short positions continued to increase and rose to a new record level for a [...]
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Currencies: Forex Futures Speculators sharply increased Japanese Yen longs. Euro sentiment at new low
January
9th,
2012
By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their overall long bets for the US dollar last week against the other major currencies despite Euro short positions rising to a new record level. Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge [...]
Categories Forex Blog
By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators added to their overall long bets for the US dollar last week against the other major currencies while Euro short positions rose and ascended to a new record level as sentiment [...]
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Currencies: Forex Speculators edge Dollar long positions higher. Japanese Yen positions fall for fourth week
December
26th,
2011
By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators slightly raised their overall long bets for the US dollar last week against the other major currencies as of December 20th. Euro short positions against the US dollar improved slightly after [...]
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Currencies: Forex Speculators increase Euro short bets. Boost Dollar long positions
December
18th,
2011
By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators boosted their long bets for the US dollar last week against the Euro while other major currencies saw slight improvements, according to the latest data which shows trader positions as of [...]
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Currency Analyst David Song of DailyFx comments on Eurozone, Yen and US Dollar in Forex Interview
December
13th,
2011
By Zachary Storella, CountingPips.com Today, I am pleased to share a forex interview and commentary on this week’s major events and forex trends with currency analyst David Song from DailyFx.com. As an active trader, David relies on technical analysis for shorter-term forecasts while focusing on economic developments and central bank rhetoric to forecast long term [...]
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Major Economic News Releases this Week for the Forex Market: December 12-16th Monday, December 12 Australian trade balance Australian home loans Japanese consumer confidence Japanese tertiary industry index United States monthly budget New Zealand Westpac consumer confidence New Zealand house sales Tuesday, December 13 Great Britain nationwide consumer confidence Great Britain RICS house prices Australia [...]
Categories Forex Blog, Forex Market News & Analysis
Currencies: Forex Speculators trim US Dollar long positions. Euro off lowest level since June 2010
December
11th,
2011
By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators trimmed their long bets of the US dollar last week, according to the latest data which shows trader positions as of December 6th. US dollar positions fell against the euro one [...]
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Currencies: Forex Speculators bullish on Dollar last week. Sharply raise Euro bearish bets
December
4th,
2011
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, increased their total US dollar long positions to $18.04 billion on November 29th from a total long position of $12.11 billion on November 22nd, according to the CFTC COT data and calculations by Reuters which calculates the dollar positions against the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc.
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Currencies: Forex Speculators boosted US Dollar positions. Euro, GBP, Peso contracts slid last week
November
29th,
2011
By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Monday (due to last week’s holiday) by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators increased their bullish bets in favor of the US dollar and raised their bearish positions for the euro to the highest level all year as the [...]
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Currencies: Forex Speculators add to Dollar, Yen long positions as Euro, GBP, AUD bets fall
November
21st,
2011
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, increased their US dollar positions against the euro, British pound sterling, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc, according to the CFTC COT data reported as of November 15th. Meanwhile, the Japanese yen and Mexican peso saw increased positions directly against the dollar for the week.
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The key fundamental economic events that can strongly influence the forex market this week feature the U.S. inflation and Retail Sales data, the BOJ Rate Decision and the UK Employment Report. Those key economic releases and others due out during this week are detailed further below, with the current market consensus expectations or the last result included in parenthesis whenever available.
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Christopher Vecchio from DailyFx shares his views on Euro, Yen, Aussie & Dollar in Forex Interview
November
10th,
2011
Today, I am pleased to share a forex interview with currency analyst Christopher Vecchio from DailyFx.com on the latest currency market major events and trends. Christopher studies fundamental analysis of the foreign exchange markets by examining the interrelationship between geopolitical events, macroeconomic trends, and finance while also incorporating technical analysis into his research in order paint the most complete picture of what is occurring across various asset classes in the short-term and medium-term.
Categories Forex Articles, Forex Blog
The key fundamental economic events that can strongly influence the forex market this week feature the U.S., Chinese and Canadian Trade Balances, the Australian Employment Report, and the BOE Rate Decision. Those key economic releases and others due out during this especially busy week are detailed further below, with the current market consensus expectations or the last result included in parenthesis whenever available.
Categories Forex Articles, Forex Blog
Currencies: Forex Speculators raise Dollar bullish bets. Yen positions fall after BOJ currency intervention last week
November
6th,
2011
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, increased their total US dollar long positions to $9.87 billion on October 25th from a total long position of $8.92 billion on October 25th, according to the CFTC COT data and calculations by Reuters which calculates the dollar positions against the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc.
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