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<?xml-stylesheet href="http://xml.fxstreet.com/styles/rss2.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://xml.fxstreet.com/styles/itemcontent.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xml:base="C:/FXstreet/Sites/English/Web/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/index.xml"><channel><title>Currency Speculations</title><description /><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/</link><image><title>Technical Analysis</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/</link><url>http://mediaserver.fxstreet.com/images/fxstreet-provider-logo1-en.gif</url></image><ttl>7</ttl><item><title>July 1, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-07-01.html</link><description>There've been some very&amp;nbsp;tough 36 hours. First off, I hesitated to dump the entire short yen exposure as soon as Sunday evening, and that cost me dearly. Eventually I liquidated about one third of that exposure yesterday, and the rest of it I did a few minutes ago at far more advantageous levels. I also left behind the sizable long USD/CAD position taken on June 10, half of it yesterday and half of it this morning. The entry timing happened to be unfortunate, minutes before Canada's</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:32:23 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-07-01.html</guid></item><item><title>July 1, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-07-01.html</link><description>There've been some very&amp;nbsp;tough 36 hours. First off, I hesitated to dump the entire short yen exposure as soon as Sunday evening, and that cost me dearly. Eventually I liquidated about one third of that exposure yesterday, and the rest of it I did a few minutes ago at far more advantageous levels. I also left behind the sizable long USD/CAD position taken on June 10, half of it yesterday and half of it this morning. The entry timing happened to be unfortunate, minutes before Canada's</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:32:23 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-07-01.html</guid></item><item><title>June 29, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-29.html</link><description>I keep the developments in the US and Japanese stock markets under very close scrutiny, as I continue to hold on to a heavy short yen exposure which I started to build late last month. The very next hours, I believe, will be key toward deciding whether to hold further or rather start liquidating.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:31:36 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-29.html</guid></item><item><title>June 29, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-29.html</link><description>I keep the developments in the US and Japanese stock markets under very close scrutiny, as I continue to hold on to a heavy short yen exposure which I started to build late last month. The very next hours, I believe, will be key toward deciding whether to hold further or rather start liquidating.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:31:36 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-29.html</guid></item><item><title>June 24, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-24.html</link><description>I'm leaving tomorrow for a short, 5-day vacation on the beautiful Prahova Valley, some 100 miles from Bucharest. I'll have the proper logistics at hand, however, so that I can keep in touch with the markets full time. First off, I guess I'll be running a heavy short yen exposure into the FOMC rates decision, but I'm watching all positions involved with great care. Even though the US stock market has been sliding recently, that hardly looked like a genuinely impulsive event and the Japanese yen</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:51:04 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-24.html</guid></item><item><title>June 24, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-24.html</link><description>I'm leaving tomorrow for a short, 5-day vacation on the beautiful Prahova Valley, some 100 miles from Bucharest. I'll have the proper logistics at hand, however, so that I can keep in touch with the markets full time. First off, I guess I'll be running a heavy short yen exposure into the FOMC rates decision, but I'm watching all positions involved with great care. Even though the US stock market has been sliding recently, that hardly looked like a genuinely impulsive event and the Japanese yen</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:51:04 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-24.html</guid></item><item><title>June 22, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-22.v02.html</link><description>I think I'll be holding on to the short yen exposure I started to build late last month.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:37:42 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-22.v02.html</guid></item><item><title>June 22, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-22.v02.html</link><description>I think I'll be holding on to the short yen exposure I started to build late last month.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:37:42 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-22.v02.html</guid></item><item><title>June 17, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-17.html</link><description>I disclosed late yesterday the numbers and premises of a heavy short yen exposure which I quite confidently started to build on May 30. But the way the sterling markets have just reacted to Mervyn King's open letter to Alistair Darling forced me into reconsidering the GBP/JPY part of that exposure. Late yesterday, size of the GBP/JPY bets was accounting for about 80% of my overall yen exposure. However, a few moments ago I decided to liquidate in the profit zone the first two out of the total</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:15:36 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-17.html</guid></item><item><title>June 17, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-17.html</link><description>I disclosed late yesterday the numbers and premises of a heavy short yen exposure which I quite confidently started to build on May 30. But the way the sterling markets have just reacted to Mervyn King's open letter to Alistair Darling forced me into reconsidering the GBP/JPY part of that exposure. Late yesterday, size of the GBP/JPY bets was accounting for about 80% of my overall yen exposure. However, a few moments ago I decided to liquidate in the profit zone the first two out of the total</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:15:36 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-17.html</guid></item><item><title>June 16, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-16.html</link><description>I noted here Tuesday May 27 : 'The way buyers seem to be slowly taking over in the Japanese yen crosses is also catching my attention. Except for having already taken a long position in the AUD/JPY a couple of hours ago, however, I am not yet ready to commit further funds in order to finance a longer-term position'. That confidence thing changed only 72 hours later, though. On Friday May 30, minutes before the weekend, I shorted the Japanese yen via some of its most popular crosses - buying</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:20:42 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-16.html</guid></item><item><title>June 16, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-16.html</link><description>I noted here Tuesday May 27 : 'The way buyers seem to be slowly taking over in the Japanese yen crosses is also catching my attention. Except for having already taken a long position in the AUD/JPY a couple of hours ago, however, I am not yet ready to commit further funds in order to finance a longer-term position'. That confidence thing changed only 72 hours later, though. On Friday May 30, minutes before the weekend, I shorted the Japanese yen via some of its most popular crosses - buying</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:20:42 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-16.html</guid></item><item><title>June 11, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-11.html</link><description>I wrote Wednesday May 28 that I'd just concentrated some of my funds in a brand new long AUD/JPY position. That was taken at slightly above the 100 level, and on the following day minutes before the Q1 US GDP announcement I added to the initial position at around 101 (yet the size of the new bet was far less than what I put on&amp;nbsp;the day before). The AUD/JPY, however, would begin to fall abruptly&amp;nbsp;right after the US release - and I had to dump everything at about 100.50 for a modest</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:02:33 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-11.html</guid></item><item><title>June 11, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-11.html</link><description>I wrote Wednesday May 28 that I'd just concentrated some of my funds in a brand new long AUD/JPY position. That was taken at slightly above the 100 level, and on the following day minutes before the Q1 US GDP announcement I added to the initial position at around 101 (yet the size of the new bet was far less than what I put on&amp;nbsp;the day before). The AUD/JPY, however, would begin to fall abruptly&amp;nbsp;right after the US release - and I had to dump everything at about 100.50 for a modest</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:02:33 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-11.html</guid></item><item><title>June 7, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-07.html</link><description>Yesterday at New York Mercantile Exchange, the oil price had its biggest rally in history. Yet, the Canadian dollar barely budged versus the US currency. That presented me with a timely opportunity to revisit the premises I noted here on May 5th and June 2nd .</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:22:17 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-07.html</guid></item><item><title>June 7, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-07.html</link><description>Yesterday at New York Mercantile Exchange, the oil price had its biggest rally in history. Yet, the Canadian dollar barely budged versus the US currency. That presented me with a timely opportunity to revisit the premises I noted here on May 5th and June 2nd .</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:22:17 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-07.html</guid></item><item><title>June 2, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-02.html</link><description>I wrote here on May 5th a few ideas about what I at that moment perceived to soon be the path of least resistance in the USD/CAD market. With the data now at hand, I do stick to those ideas and keep this market under close scrutiny. While I cannot point out a specific configuration of fundamental as well as technical premises which could make me be a buyer of the US dollar against the Canadian currency, however I just know I haven't yet reached the point of confidently putting the money where</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:39:32 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-02.html</guid></item><item><title>June 2, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-02.html</link><description>I wrote here on May 5th a few ideas about what I at that moment perceived to soon be the path of least resistance in the USD/CAD market. With the data now at hand, I do stick to those ideas and keep this market under close scrutiny. While I cannot point out a specific configuration of fundamental as well as technical premises which could make me be a buyer of the US dollar against the Canadian currency, however I just know I haven't yet reached the point of confidently putting the money where</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:39:32 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-06-02.html</guid></item><item><title>May 28, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-28.html</link><description>After the bears gained control of the oil and gold markets yesterday, and the US dollar began to&amp;nbsp;appreciate across the board - I had to decide whether to stay long AUD/USD, NZD/USD and AUD/JPY. Since at least one of the positions involved happened to be leveraged to the hilt, I chose the 'no way' option and dumped everything for a marginal profit. I certainly didn't like the air anymore, and wanted to reconsider the charts and premises with a much clearer mind. It is now in Europe the</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:40:13 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-28.html</guid></item><item><title>May 28, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-28.html</link><description>After the bears gained control of the oil and gold markets yesterday, and the US dollar began to&amp;nbsp;appreciate across the board - I had to decide whether to stay long AUD/USD, NZD/USD and AUD/JPY. Since at least one of the positions involved happened to be leveraged to the hilt, I chose the 'no way' option and dumped everything for a marginal profit. I certainly didn't like the air anymore, and wanted to reconsider the charts and premises with a much clearer mind. It is now in Europe the</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:40:13 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-28.html</guid></item><item><title>May 27, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-27.html</link><description>I still feel well about being long the Australian and the New Zealand dollar against the US currency, as a matter of fact I have just doubled my AUD/USD bet across my trading accounts. The way buyers seem to be slowly taking over in the Japanese yen crosses is also catching my attention. Except for having already taken a long position in the AUD/JPY a couple of hours ago, however, I am not yet ready to commit further funds in order to finance a longer-term position.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 11:51:47 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-27.html</guid></item><item><title>May 27, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-27.html</link><description>I still feel well about being long the Australian and the New Zealand dollar against the US currency, as a matter of fact I have just doubled my AUD/USD bet across my trading accounts. The way buyers seem to be slowly taking over in the Japanese yen crosses is also catching my attention. Except for having already taken a long position in the AUD/JPY a couple of hours ago, however, I am not yet ready to commit further funds in order to finance a longer-term position.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 11:51:47 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-27.html</guid></item><item><title>May 22, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-22.html</link><description>Tuesday in the European morning I proved hesitant in my attempt to open a long position in the oil market based on daily chart observations, although I had a very strong conviction price would eventually break out of the recent congestion. It goes without saying, that did cost me a wasting opportunity. I was an intraday buyer yesterday in the European time, and profited from a $1 underlying appreciation. Acting in a very tight timeframe, though, I felt like my hands were tied and the position</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:53:06 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-22.html</guid></item><item><title>May 22, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-22.html</link><description>Tuesday in the European morning I proved hesitant in my attempt to open a long position in the oil market based on daily chart observations, although I had a very strong conviction price would eventually break out of the recent congestion. It goes without saying, that did cost me a wasting opportunity. I was an intraday buyer yesterday in the European time, and profited from a $1 underlying appreciation. Acting in a very tight timeframe, though, I felt like my hands were tied and the position</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 07:53:06 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-22.html</guid></item><item><title>May 21, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-21.html</link><description>I see strength boiling in the commodity currencies, particularly in the Australian dollar against the US counterpart. I have just placed a bet that would profit from the Australian and the New Zealand dollar going higher against the US dollar.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:54:53 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-21.html</guid></item><item><title>May 21, 2008</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-21.html</link><description>I see strength boiling in the commodity currencies, particularly in the Australian dollar against the US counterpart. I have just placed a bet that would profit from the Australian and the New Zealand dollar going higher against the US dollar.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:54:53 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-21.html</guid></item><item><title>Great deal of interest</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-15.html</link><description>With all the hype surrounding it, I start building up a great deal of interest in the oil market. It's only a contemplative interest for the time being - that, however, can always change very rapidly.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:11:57 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-15.html</guid></item><item><title>Great deal of interest</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-15.html</link><description>With all the hype surrounding it, I start building up a great deal of interest in the oil market. It's only a contemplative interest for the time being - that, however, can always change very rapidly.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:11:57 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-15.html</guid></item><item><title>An anomaly called the Canadian dollar (republished)</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-10.html</link><description>In a special research note forwarded to the brokerage house I work for, titled 'An anomaly called the British pound' and dated September 13th last year, I was anticipating a significant depreciation underway of the sterling versus the Danish krone and the Euro (a revisitation of those ideas was published here on September 19th). Just one day later, on September 14th, the British lender Northern Rock Plc publicly requested emergency funding from the Bank of England. Since those days, the British</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-10.html</guid></item><item><title>An anomaly called the Canadian dollar (republished)</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-10.html</link><description>In a special research note forwarded to the brokerage house I work for, titled 'An anomaly called the British pound' and dated September 13th last year, I was anticipating a significant depreciation underway of the sterling versus the Danish krone and the Euro (a revisitation of those ideas was published here on September 19th). Just one day later, on September 14th, the British lender Northern Rock Plc publicly requested emergency funding from the Bank of England. Since those days, the British</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 21:34:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-10.html</guid></item><item><title>An anomaly called the Canadian dollar</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-05.html</link><description>In a special research note forwarded to the brokerage house I work for, titled 'An anomaly called the British pound' and dated September 13th last year, I was anticipating a significant depreciation underway of the sterling versus the Danish krone and the Euro (a revisitation of those ideas was published here on September 19th). Just one day later, on September 14th, the British lender Northern Rock Plc publicly requested emergency funding from the Bank of England. Since those days, the British</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:35:36 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-05.html</guid></item><item><title>An anomaly called the Canadian dollar</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-05.html</link><description>In a special research note forwarded to the brokerage house I work for, titled 'An anomaly called the British pound' and dated September 13th last year, I was anticipating a significant depreciation underway of the sterling versus the Danish krone and the Euro (a revisitation of those ideas was published here on September 19th). Just one day later, on September 14th, the British lender Northern Rock Plc publicly requested emergency funding from the Bank of England. Since those days, the British</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:35:36 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-05-05.html</guid></item><item><title>About the Canadian dollar</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-30.html</link><description>With the data now at hand, I perceive that the Canadian dollar has a very good chance to turn significantly weaker versus the US dollar. I see that process starting soon, and then unfolding impulsively over several months. Early next week I'll briefly document the premises of such a perception.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:14:08 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-30.html</guid></item><item><title>About the Canadian dollar</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-30.html</link><description>With the data now at hand, I perceive that the Canadian dollar has a very good chance to turn significantly weaker versus the US dollar. I see that process starting soon, and then unfolding impulsively over several months. Early next week I'll briefly document the premises of such a perception.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:14:08 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-30.html</guid></item><item><title>Rational Exuberance (reloaded)</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-26.html</link><description>After having watched the financial markets from around the world over the last several months, I remember a few lines I wrote in late May last year.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:59:46 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-26.html</guid></item><item><title>Rational Exuberance (reloaded)</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-26.html</link><description>After having watched the financial markets from around the world over the last several months, I remember a few lines I wrote in late May last year.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:59:46 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-26.html</guid></item><item><title>Currency bets rebuilt (liquidated)</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-21.html</link><description>Last Friday I was forced to abruptly liquidate my entire exposure consisting of sizable long EUR/USD, short USD/SGD and long EUR/GBP positions. Although the market moves against me that day were not quite huge, percentage wise, the massive exposure I had been holding could have put me in a dangerous position had I not decided to dump everything at once. The consolidated loss taken on Friday practically shattered the remarkable profits resulted from a similar sequence of market bets closed out</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:56:39 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-21.html</guid></item><item><title>Currency bets rebuilt (liquidated)</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-21.html</link><description>Last Friday I was forced to abruptly liquidate my entire exposure consisting of sizable long EUR/USD, short USD/SGD and long EUR/GBP positions. Although the market moves against me that day were not quite huge, percentage wise, the massive exposure I had been holding could have put me in a dangerous position had I not decided to dump everything at once. The consolidated loss taken on Friday practically shattered the remarkable profits resulted from a similar sequence of market bets closed out</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:56:39 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-21.html</guid></item><item><title>Currency bets rebuilt (revisited)</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-16.html</link><description>In the early debut of the European transacting time yesterday, I increased my already fairly large market exposure betting the Euro would continue to appreciate against the British pound, and that the US Dollar would resume its depreciation versus both the Euro and the Singapore dollar.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:13:42 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-16.html</guid></item><item><title>Currency bets rebuilt (revisited)</title><link>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-16.html</link><description>In the early debut of the European transacting time yesterday, I increased my already fairly large market exposure betting the Euro would continue to appreciate against the British pound, and that the US Dollar would resume its depreciation versus both the Euro and the Singapore dollar.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:13:42 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.fxstreet.com" /><category domain="http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/">http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/</category><author>mihainichisoiu@gmail.com (Mihai Nichisoiu)</author><guid>http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/market-view/currency-speculations/2008-04-16.html</guid></item></channel></rss>