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Live Sessions Schedule
What Moves Currencies? − Preview of the Week Ahead
Expert: Tony Juste
Start: Mon, Feb 25, 11:00 GMT
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Type of Session: Webinar
Weekly Webinar: 1st on Forex − The Week Ahead
Expert: Jerry Furst
Start: Mon, Feb 25, 12:00 GMT
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Type of Session: Webinar
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| Fri, Feb 22, 15:00 GMT | Live Trading  | Tony Juste | WBN |  |
| Mon, Feb 25, 10:00 GMT | FX Instructor Live Trading Room | Mihai Marinescu | WBN |  |
| Mon, Feb 25, 11:00 GMT | What Moves Currencies? − Preview of the Week Ahead | Tony Juste | WBN | |
| Mon, Feb 25, 12:00 GMT | Weekly Webinar: 1st on Forex − The Week Ahead | Jerry Furst | WBN | |
| Mon, Feb 25, 13:00 GMT | US Pre−Market Open | Ed Ponsi | WBN | |
Current Session: U.S.
USD/CHF
Mid−Day Forex Technical Report − Euro Lifted by Service PMI, Canadian Down on Retail Sales by ActionForex.com
USD/CHF's fall from 1.1105 extends further to as low as 1.0834 in early US session. At this point, intraday bias remains on the downside as long as 1.0916 minor resistance holds. Further fall should be seen to retest 1.0729 low. Above 1.0916 will turn intraday outlook consolidative first.
- FX Instructor Live Trading Room by Mihai Marinescu, Instructor FX Instructor
- Check out how pairs moved: Live Currency Rates & Charts
- Follow up the most relevant Economic Data in the new Real Time Economic Calendar
FX Thoughts for the Day − FX Thoughts for the day − Evening − 22−Feb−2008....1234 GMT by Kshitij Consultancy Service
Top Market Movers Preview
Germany GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT S.A
| Date (GMT) | Event | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 26 | 07:00 | Gross Domestic Product s.a (QoQ) | - | 0.7% |
| Feb 26 | 07:00 | Gross Domestic Product n.s.a (YoY) | - | 2.4% |
Friday Notes - Rising inflation makes Fed's life difficult by HVB Group
The GDP Flash for the fourth quarter released on February 14 will likely be confirmed. The components should show a positive contribution from above all investment in machinery and equipment and net exports.
[ Full Story ]Top Market Movers Review
Canada RETAIL SALES
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 22 | 13:30 | Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) | -0.4% | 0.3% | 2.0% |
| Feb 22 | 13:30 | Retail Sales (MoM) | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
Mid−Day Forex Technical Report − Euro Lifted by Service PMI, Canadian Down on Retail Sales by ActionForex.com
Dollar remains generally weak across the board, weakening against most major currencies except the Canadian dollar. Canadian retail sales rose 0.6% mom in Dec, slowed from prior 0.7%, inline with expectation.
[ Full Story ]- read the Retail trade data at Statistics Canada
- Canada Morning: C$ Down A Touch After Soft Retail Sales Data (Dow Jones)
- Forex − Canadian dollar falls as retail sales ex−autos fall 0.4 pct (Thomson Financial News)
- Canada Dec retail sales up 0.6 pct vs Nov UPDATE (Thomson Financial News)
Trading News Report - Canadian Retail Sales May Be The Top Market Mover For The Week, How Will USDCAD Fair? by FXCM
Picking Tops and Bottoms - Canadian Dollar Reversal Trade by FXCM
Currencies at a Glance
- EUR/USD
- Back around opening price level 1.4814 , above pivot level 1.4784
02/22/2008 16:22 GMT - GBP/USD
- Trades below first resistant level 1.9709
02/22/2008 16:23 GMT - USD/CHF
- Trades above first support level 1.0830
02/22/2008 16:23 GMT - USD/JPY
- Trades around first support level 106.92
02/22/2008 16:24 GMT
Analyst Sentiment Index (ASI)
Analysts Sentiment Index - EUR/USD
**Source : ActionForex.com, CMS Forex, Danske Bank A/S, FXstreet.com, Global Forex Trading, Mizuho Corporate Bank
[ View ASI page ] [ View EUR/USD page ]
Charting the Market Movers
GBP USD, Hourly
EUR USD, Hourly
Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Feb 22 | 13:30 | CA | Retail Sales (MoM) (Dec) | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| 13:30 | CA | Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) (Dec) | -0.4% | 0.3% | 2.0% |
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| Feb 24 | 23:00 | EMU | ECB's Trichet Speech | |||
| Feb 25 | 07:00 | DE | Import Price Index (MoM) (Jan) | 0.2% | -0.1% | |
| 07:00 | DE | Import Price Index (YoY) (Jan) | 4.6% | 3.7% | ||
| 09:30 | UK | BBA Mortgage Approvals (Jan) | 42.1K | |||
| 15:00 | US | Existing Home Sales (Jan) | 4.89M | |||