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MONTHLY WEBINAR: Trading Plan: Rules and tools − Part 1
Expert: Valeria Bednarik
Start: Thu, Jul 17, 13:00 GMT
Type of Session: Webinar
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| Thu, Jul 17, 13:00 GMT | MONTHLY WEBINAR: Trading Plan: Rules and tools − Part 1 | Valeria Bednarik | WBN |  |
| Thu, Jul 17, 15:00 GMT | MONTHLY WEBINAR: Trading Plan: Rules and tools − Part 2  | Valeria Bednarik | WBN | |
| Fri, Jul 18, 10:00 GMT | Advanced APF Methods To Determine The Price Momentum | Sunil Mangwani | WBN |  |
| Fri, Jul 18, 13:00 GMT | Forex Options | S. Wade Hansen | WBN | |
Current Session: Europe − U.S.
GBP/USD
Daily Forex News − Forex − FX market Dollar fears receded after Oil slide and Wells Fargo results by ACM − Advanced Currency Markets
Cable is getting over trading range 1.9400 – 2.0000. It hit 2.0158 high on Tuesday. Key level holds again 2.0100. On the downside, only a return below 1.9649 might bring again focus on 1.9337 January low and 1.9105 (50% retracement of 1.7049 – 2.1162 advance). Initial support holds 1.9649 July 7th low. Strong support holds 1.9363 20th February and 14th May low.
- The Advisor Weblog by Valeria Bednarik, Analyst at MolFX − Management
- The Forex Game: Stop Losing Dollars... Win Duellars!
- Using fibonacci retracements to identify support and resistance by John Jagerson, Founder Profiting With Forex
- Check out how pairs moved: Live Currency Rates & Charts
Other Topics for this Session:
Forex Economic Analysis − Forex Technical Analysis on Majors by www.deltastock.com
Currency Technical Report − Currency Technical Report by FXGreece
Daily FX Report − The USD held gains after staging a big rebound the previous day by Varengold Wertpapierhandelsbank AG
Banks' Analysis
Technical analysis: Euribor Futures − Euribor – December 2008 by Mizuho Corporate Bank
Currency Performance Report
Action Bias Summary Table − Action Bias Summary Table by ActionForex.com
FX Analysts' Comments
Majors for today by Valeria Bednarik, Analyst at MolFX − Management
Majors at a Glance
- EUR/USD
- Trades below pivot level 1.5858
07/17/2008 10:17 GMT - GBP/USD
- Trades below pivot level 2.0015
07/17/2008 10:17 GMT - USD/CHF
- Trades around opening price level 1.0173 , above pivot level 1.0129
07/17/2008 10:17 GMT - USD/JPY
- Trades around opening price level 105.11 , above pivot level 104.68
07/17/2008 10:17 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
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Charting the Market Movers
EUR USD, Hourly
GBP USD, Hourly
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US HOUSING STARTS
| Date (GMT) | Event | Cons. | Previous | |
| Jul 17 | 12:30 | Housing Starts (YoY) | 0.965M | 0.975M |
Friday Notes - Housing activity continues to slide by HVB Group
With potential homebuyers worried about the job situation, likely further declines in home prices, and higher energy costs (including heating and cooling a new home), a continued softening in the housing market is no surprise to anybody.
[ Full Story ]Top Market Movers Review
Switzerland ZEW SURVEY − EXPECTATIONS
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Jul 17 | 09:00 | ZEW Survey − Expectations | -76.9 | -67.0 | -63.8 |
Swiss ZEW economic climate index deteriorates considerably in July (FXstreet.com)
Swiss citizens are starting to feel the consequences of the global economic slowdown as the latest economic survey by the ZEW institute for economic studies shows, with the economic expectations index declining for the second consecutive time, and the assessment of the current economic situation worsening at a similar pace.
[ Full Story ]- Read the Expectations Survey at ZEW
- Switzerland ZEW Survey − Expectations falls to −76.9 in Jul vs −63.8 in Jun (FXstreet.com)
Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Jul 17 | 01:30 | AU | RBA Foreign Exchange Transaction (Jun) | 875M | 336M | |
| 05:00 | JP | Coincident Index (May) | 103.3% | 101.7% | ||
| 05:00 | JP | Leading Economic Index (May) | 92.9 | 92.8 | ||
| 09:00 | EMU | Construction Output s.a (MoM) (May) | 0.2% | -0.8% | ||
| 09:00 | EMU | Construction Output w.d.a (YoY) (May) | -1.1% | -1.7% |
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| 09:00 | CH | ZEW Survey − Expectations (Jul) | -76.9 | -67.0 | -63.8 | |
| 12:30 | US | Building Permits (MoM) (Jun) | 970K | 969K | ||
| 12:30 | CA | Canadian Investment in Foreign Securities (May) | -$5.99B | |||
| 12:30 | US | Continuing Jobless Claims (Jul 5) | 3205K | 3202K | ||
| 12:30 | CA | Foreign investment in Canadian securities (May) | $975B | |||