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Forex Blogs
FX Market Readings: Gap time quick move by Dr. S. Sivaraman
EURO and GBP made the early gap time quick downward drop and then quickly rised with in gap time and cut the high in EURO, EURO/GBP and gold− a strategy to hit stops either way by making quick moves.
Tech Trading: GBP/JPY Warns a breakout by César B. Leiceaga
Chartology: Intraday EUR/USD Rallies Towards 1.4900 by Raghee Horner
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Current Session: U.S.
EURUSD: Overall Uptrend Remains Intact
FXTechstrategy − Despite its inability to head higher on Tuesday, EUR still retains its medium term bullish structure suggesting its current price hesitation is corrective. Though currently vulnerable following its sell off on Tuesday, a break below its longer term rising trendlinecurrently at 1.4716 and the 1.4625 level, its Nov 03'09 low must occur to put our medium term upside view on hold and bring further downside pressure to the downside at its Oct 02'09 low at 1.4479.
GBP/USD
GBP/USD Consolidates with S&P Futures by FastBrokersFX
The Cable is consolidating after briefly trading beyond November highs on Monday. Investors are presently digesting the BoE Meeting Minutes released earlier today.
USD/CAD
USD/CAD: Commodities are the key by FXstreet.com Independent Analyst Team
Due to general dollar negative sentiment, and continue rise in commodities and stocks, Canadian dollar is offering some interesting chances today, as is quickly approaching to a strong...
Analyst Sentiment Index (ASI)
Analysts Sentiment Index - EUR/USD
**Source : FXstreet.com , Deltastock , Financial Trend Analysis , Mizuho
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Charting the Market Movers
GBP USD, Hourly
EUR USD, Hourly
Event of the Day
US CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Nov 18 | 13:30 | Consumer Price Index (MoM) | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Nov 18 | 13:30 | Consumer Price Index (YoY) | -0.2% | -0.3% | -1.3% |
US: Consumer Prices Rose More Than Expected in October by Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
[ Full Story ]- Read the CPI data at Labor Department
- UPDATE: US Oct CPI, Housing Starts Point To Sluggish Economy (Dow Jones)
- DATA SNAP: US Consumer Prices Rise By 0.3% In October (Dow Jones)
- US CPI Ex Food & Energy up 0.2% MoM and 1.7% YoY in Oct (FXstreet.com)
Top Fundamental Stories - CPI Rise above Expectations, While Housing Data Disappoint Markets by ecPulse.com
Top Fundamental Stories - Inflation remains low as the U.S current economical conjuncture still remains weak… by ecPulse.com
US economic indicators - Consumer prices (Oct): another slight increase at the core level by BHF−Bank
Event of the Week
US RETAIL SALES
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Nov 16 | 13:30 | Retail Sales (MoM) | 1.4% | 0.9% | -2.3% |
| Nov 16 | 13:30 | Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
US: Retail Sales Increased in October by Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
Retail sales climbed 1.4 percent after dropping a revised 2.3 percent in September.
[ Full Story ]- Read the Retail Sales data at the Census Bureau
- CURRENCIES: Dollar Decline Continues After U.S. Data (Dow Jones)
- DATA SNAP: US Oct Retail Sales Up More Than Forecast (Dow Jones)
- Dollar edges up on better than expected U.S retail sales (FXstreet.com)
US: Update Retail Sales by BBVA Bancomer
Fundamental News Summary - US Session News Summary by ecPulse.com
US: Discretionary spending leads rebound in retail sales by National Bank of Canada
Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Nov 18 | 14:15 | US | Fed's Bullard speech | |||
| 15:30 | US | EIA Crude Oil Stocks change | -0.9M | 0.8M | 1.8 | |
| Nov 19 | 04:30 | JP | All Industry Activity Index (MoM) (Sep) | -0.1% | 0.9% | |
| 05:00 | JP | Coincident Index (Sep) | 92.5 | |||
| 05:00 | JP | Leading Economic Index (Sep) | 83.2 | |||
| 07:15 | CH | Trade Balance (Oct) | 2.15B | 1.91B |
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| 09:30 | UK | Retail Sales (MoM) (Oct) | 0.6% | 0.0% | ||
Educational Resources
Conventional Technical Analysis Strategies, A Flawed School of Thought
Conventional technical analysis strategies have been around a long time. Some say this school of thought dates back more than one hundred years. While it is popular with traders and its rules and beliefs fill entire sections at all major book stores, this week Sam Seiden will argue that this school of thought really offers little to no edge in the world of market speculation when it comes to strategies. Read Sam Seiden's article.
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