Category Archive: Forex

Passover, Full Moon Eclipse and Nose Bleeding Markets – EURUSD

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The Jewish Pesach (Passover) started yesterday along with the full moon (eclipse) and Janet Yellen gave us nosebleed by not mentioning anything about monetary policy in her speech, leaving the market LOST and… Continue reading

Post MPS – The Silent SGD On A Full Moon Eclipse Night

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Seems nobody is really interested in what happened in Singapore yesterday, just like nobody is really interested in the RBA minutes today because only America matters and we all know where we stand.… Continue reading

Trade Like A HFT, Is To Follow The Pain – AUDUSD

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A friend of a friend’s wanted to set up a branch of their HFT (high frequency trading) firm in Singapore a year back. Afterall, Singapore is the king of Asian foreign exchange and… Continue reading

My USDSGD Monetary Policy Statement Piece – Forward Guidance Please

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CONTINUED FROM Random Thoughts : Temasek, Olam and Watsons – When It is So Dumb, It Must Be Smart Recap.. My initial thought was that Temasek is getting out of SGD because Olam… Continue reading

Father of Five : On Milk powder, AUDNZD interest rate differentials, Time to buy AUDNZD?

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Just some thoughts post RBNZ hike last week. Chart below compares the movements in the spread of the Central Bank official rates between NZD and AUD and the movements in the AUDNZD rate.… Continue reading

Lunch With Legends, The Take On USDJPY And More

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It makes me feel important when I spend time in the company of market legends because their aura rubs a little off onto little old me and I feel taller sometimes, which had… Continue reading

Made in China Is Not Bad – USDCNY

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China is wasting no time searching for a missing planeload of Chinese nationals and widening their currency band all at once, right before the Crimean vote today. March 15 (Bloomberg) — China will… Continue reading

Weakness Is Strength – EUR

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There is strength in weakness and the EUR is soaring against the USD even as and the DAX is crashing in a pretty double dome formation. Even as Soros proclaims 25 years of… Continue reading

Umami In India – Elections Discussion and Opportunities

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Jaggi’s at Race Course Road – home cooked Indian dishes in a canteen setting. I am a chicken makhani fan and as I pondered the butter chicken, chicken malai tikka, aloo gobi and… Continue reading

Meanwhile … USD/CHF…or Gold .. or UST ?

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Actually, it’s been IDR for 2014 after Gold and Silver, of course. There’s a flock of black swans coming at us now and luckily, the positioning is at the lightest. CHF hit a… Continue reading