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Currency Strategist
Ilya Spivak

My Picks: Hold Short EURUSD
Expertise: Global Macro
Average Time Frame of Trades: 1 week - 6 months

I initially sold EURUSD at 1.3121 and added to the position at 1.3026. The pair sold off after forming a bearish Harami candlestick pattern at trend line resistance and I revised my stop-loss and target levels after the decline met the initial objective. Prices have now closed below my second downside threshold at 1.2674 and I will revise the stop-loss further to be triggered on a daily close above 1.2865, aiming for the next downside barrier at 1.2481. Importantly, emerging positive RSI divergence warns that the risk of a corrective upswing is rising.

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Currency Analyst
David Song

My Picks: Stay Short AUD/NZD
Expertise: Fundamental and Technical
Average Time Frame of Trades: 2 - 10 Days

We took another shot at shorting the AUDNZD as it appears to be carving out a lower top just below the 50.0% Fibonacci retracement from the 2011 high to low around 1.3050, and we’re currently short from 1.3000 as the relative strength index continues to come off of overbought territory. We’ve set our stop at 1.3060 should we see another run at the 50.0% Fib, but have left an open target as we expect to see fresh yearly lows in the exchange rate. As we remain bearish against the AUDNZD, we will look to add to our position on the way down and will take additional shorts around the 1.2900 figure.

Trading Log

Symbol Direction Status Entry Stop Target Date Analyst
EUR/USD short ACTIVE 1.3121 > 1.3378 < 1.2864 03/07/12 Ilya
EUR/USD short ACTIVE 1.2940 1.2940 1.2300 05/15/12 John K.
EUR/USD short PENDING 1.3265 1.3380 1.2626 05/03/12 Christopher
USD/JPY long PENDING 79.10/15 78.50 85.00 05/02/12 Christopher
USD/CHF long PENDING 0.8763 0.8567 0.9000 02/20/12 Christopher
EUR/CHF long ACTIVE 1.2120 1.1975 1.2320 02/01/12 John K.
EUR/CHF long ACTIVE 1.2030/50 1.1900 1.3000 02/20/12 Christopher
AUD/USD short ACTIVE 10350 10465 10145 10045 9860 04/10/12 Jamie
AUD/USD short PENDING 1.0350 1.0470 1.0225 05/01/12 Christopher
USD/CAD long PENDING >1.0050 1.0300 05/11/12 John K.
NZD/USD short ACTIVE 8170 8320 7900 04/18/12 Jamie
AUD/JPY short ACTIVE Selling rallies on RSI divergences INTRADAY Open - check @CVecchioFX 04/18/12 Christopher

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Currency Central Bank Rate Overnight Rate
audaud 3.75% 3.92%
nzdnzd 2.50% 2.60%
eureur 1.00% 0.26%
cadcad 1.00% 1.00%
gbpgbp 0.50% 0.55%
usdusd 0.25% 0.16%
chfchf 0.00% 0.03%
jpyjpy 0.10% 0.11%
Symbol Roll S Roll B
EUR/USD 0.03 -0.05
USD/JPY -0.04 0.0
GBP/USD -0.13 0.06
USD/CHF -0.12 0.03
EUR/CHF -0.16 0.04
AUD/USD -1.41 0.68
USD/CAD 0.14 -0.31
NZD/USD -0.76 0.34
EUR/GBP 0.06 -0.13
EUR/JPY -0.1 0.03
GBP/JPY -0.26 0.0
CHF/JPY 0.01 -0.12
Rates shown are the expected rolls in USD for holding one 10k lot today on a typical FXCM Standard account.
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