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Live Look at Today's Markets
Expert: Derek Frey
Start: Tue, Aug 21, 18:00 GMT
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Type of Session: Webinar
What moves currencies? − CHF lookup
Expert: Tony Juste
Start: Wed, Aug 22, 10:00 GMT
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Type of Session: Webinar
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| Tue, Aug 21, 18:00 GMT | Live Look at Today's Markets  | Derek Frey | WBN | |
| Wed, Aug 22, 10:00 GMT | What moves currencies? − CHF lookup | Tony Juste | WBN | |
| Wed, Aug 22, 11:00 GMT | FX Instructor Live Trading Room | Sunil Mangwani | WBN |  |
| Wed, Aug 22, 13:00 GMT | Main Fundamental theme in the Currency market | Kathy Lien | WBN |  |
| Wed, Aug 22, 14:00 GMT | Specific technical indicators and tools for tracking accurancy in FX trading | Don Wilcox | WBN |  |
Current Session: U.S.
GBP/USD
Mid−Day Forex Technical Report − Markets Continue to Consolidate in Tight Range by ActionForex.com
Markets remains generally quiet today even though there's news of another bank in Germany in the process to obtaining emergency funding as a result of investments linked to US subprime mortgages. Traders will likely pay close attention to the speech by Senator Dobb following a closed door meeting between Fed Chairman Bernanke and Treasury Paulson at 1400GMT.
- Tony Juste is finally back! Read his last weblog posts
- The Signals Tracker: performance of signals providers
- Check out how pairs moved: Live Currency Rates & Charts
- Follow up the most relevant Economic Data in the new Real Time Economic Calendar
- Be up to date with the Latest Forex News
Other Topics for this Session:
Foreing Exchange − Long term rising tradeline going back to Feb 2006 by Avantage Financial GMBH
FX Thoughts for the Day − FX Thoughts for the day − Evening − 21−Aug−2007....1200 GMT by Kshitij Consultancy Service
Intra−day forex market trend by i−knowindices.com
Currencies at a Glance
- EUR/USD
- Back around pivot level 1.3480 after hit 1.3520
08/21/2007 15:38 GMT - GBP/USD
- Trades below pivot level 1.9849
08/21/2007 15:38 GMT - USD/CHF
- Continues to trade around second support level 1.2028
08/21/2007 15:39 GMT - USD/JPY
- Continues to trade below pivot level 114.68
08/21/2007 15:39 GMT
Analyst Sentiment Index (ASI)
Analysts Sentiment Index - EUR/USD
**Source : ActionForex.com, CMS Forex, Danske Bank A/S, Finotec Group Inc., FXstreet.com, Global Forex Trading Ltd. , Mizuho Corporate Bank
[ View ASI page ] [ View EUR/USD page ]
Charting the Market Movers
EUR USD, Hourly
USD JPY, Hourly
Top Market Movers Preview
EMU INDUSTRIAL NEW ORDERS
| Date (GMT) | Event | Cons. | Previous | |
| Aug 22 | 09:00 | Industrial New Orders s.a. (MoM) | 2.0% | 1.7% |
| Aug 22 | 09:00 | Industrial New Orders (YoY) | 12.4% | 9.1% |
EMU economic indicators - German ZEW economic sentiment is expected to plummet in August by BHF−Bank
In June, EMU industrial new orders are likely to have gained momentum, just like the corresponding German figure. As usual, the EMU trade balance and current account probably rebounded in June.
[ Full Story ]Top Market Movers Review
US REDBOOK
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Aug 21 | 12:55 | Redbook | -0.7% | - | -0.6% |
Redbook: US Retail Sales −0.7% First 2 Weeks August Vs July (Dow Jones)
U.S. chain store sales fell 0.7% in the first two weeks of August compared with the previous month, according to Redbook Research's latest indicator of national retail sales released Tuesday.
[ Full Story ]- Ahead of the Bell: Retail Sales (Thomson Financial News)
Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Aug 21 | 12:30 | CA | Retail Sales (MoM) (Jun) | -0.9% | -0.5% | 2.6% |
| 12:55 | US | Redbook (Aug 18) | -0.7% | -0.6% | ||
| 23:50 | JP | Adjusted Merchandise Trade Balance (Jul) | ¥760.00B | ¥823.77B | ||
| 23:50 | JP | Merchandise Trade Balance Total (Jul) | 829B | 1227B | ||
| Aug 22 | 00:30 | AU | Westpac Leading Index (MoM) (Jun) | 6.1% | ||
| 09:00 | EMU | Industrial New Orders (YoY) (Jun) | 12.4% | 9.1% | ||
| 09:00 | EMU | Industrial New Orders s.a. (MoM) (Jun) | 2.0% | 1.7% | ||