John Kicklighter Chief Currency Strategist Expertise: Fundamental analysis and market themes. SUBSCRIBE TWITTER FACEBOOK RSS GOOGLE+

John Kicklighter is a Senior Currency Strategist and head of DailyFX in New York City and San Francisco where he specializes in combining fundamental and technical analysis with money management. Actively trading since he was a teenager, his experience ranges from spot currency, financial futures, commodities, stocks and options on all these instruments for his personal accounts. He holds a Finance and Investment degree from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in New York City.

Posts by John Kicklighter:

• British Pound: Low Probability, High Impact BoE Rate Decision

  Thu May 09 05:11:00 GMT 2013

  There is a tremendous, global effort – and a competitive one at that – to inject support into the financial system. In the rankings of largest central banks, the Bank of England (BoE) is ‘falling behind’.
  

• AUD/USD Reverses after Jobs Data, GBP/USD Readies for BoE

  Thu May 09 03:55:00 GMT 2013

  While underlying risk trends may not be offering us a strong pace of momentum across the markets, event risk has presented plenty of short-term setups.
  

• Dollar Advances Fourth Time in Five Days as Dow Crosses 15,000

  Wed May 08 04:09:00 GMT 2013

  This past session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time in history. And yet, the safe haven USDollar was up for the fourth time in five days.
  

• AUD/USD Below 1.0000 Requires More than an RBA Rate Cut

  Wed May 08 02:56:00 GMT 2013

  Not all volatility emanates from risk-based trends. AUDUSD has shown a significant drop to the bottom of a 10-month range floor and AUDNZD has broken a seven-week bear trend.
  

• Dollar Slides after NFPs Shove S&P 500 to Record High

  Sat May 04 06:18:00 GMT 2013

  There are many fundamental contradictions that are bound to fall apart for the markets – and the discrepancy between the S&P 500’s record move and safe haven USDollar’s stubborn hold to two-and-a-half year highs is one of the most e...

• Forex Trading Weekly Forecast 05.06.2013

  Sat May 04 05:19:00 GMT 2013

  Currency markets are at risk of major volatility despite a relatively smaller stock of high-profile scheduled event risk as investors digest the implications of last week’s developments.
  

• Dollar in Danger of Major Trend Shift Despite Thin Docket

  Sat May 04 05:03:00 GMT 2013

  Despite a tumultuous week with positive risk bearings are unflattering for the US dollar, the Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index (ticker = USDollar) managed to hold its two-month congestion pattern just off a two-and-a-half year high.
  

• USD/JPY Can Break 100 in S&P 500 Wake but EUR/USD Will Struggle

  Sat May 04 03:46:00 GMT 2013

  The combination of April's NFPs and recent central bank accommodation (Fed and ECB) generated enough friction to drive the S&P 500 to record highs. But can bulls retain control...
  

• Dollar Likely to Find Greater Drive in NFPs than FOMC

  Fri May 03 04:53:00 GMT 2013

  The dollar advanced against all of its primary counterparts this past session from critical support. This could prove a fortuitous move for the currency considering the heavy event risk through the final trading day of the week.
  

• Will NFPs Extend the EUR/USD’s ECB Selloff to Break 1.3000?

  Fri May 03 00:57:00 GMT 2013

  The European Central Bank (ECB) cut rates and subsequently spurred the EURUSD's sharpest decline in two weeks. However, technical traders will recognize that EURUSD has managed to hold resistance at 1.3050; EURGBP at 0.8400 and EURJPY at 127.50.
  

• Dollar Pulls Back from the Brink after Fed Holds

  Thu May 02 05:21:00 GMT 2013

  A hold by the world’s largest central bank means that one of the largest individual contributors to market-wide distortions in investment activities and asset prices remains in place.
  

• EUR/USD and EURJPY Ready As Economists Expect ECB Rate Cut

  Thu May 02 02:59:00 GMT 2013

  The Fed refused to give the market guidance on its next stimulus move, so now it's the ECB's turn to make its move in the global monetary policy competition.
  

• EUR/USD, USD/JPY, S&P 500 Project FOMC Stimulus Path

  Wed May 01 19:40:00 GMT 2013

  Watch the recording of John Kicklighter's coverage of the FX market's reaction to the FOMC rate decision.
  

• Dollar at Risk of Reversal if Fed Hints at More QE

  Wed May 01 04:59:00 GMT 2013

  With Tuesday’s 0.3 percent decline, the Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index (ticker = USDollar Index) has dropped for five consecutive days. Matching the longest series of declines since January 2012, we may see a true break to trend reversal depending on how the Fed judges policy.
  

• USD/JPY Top Trade Potential with FOMC Rate Decision

  Wed May 01 03:10:00 GMT 2013

  Speculation over how far the Federal Reserve will expand its stimulus effort has defined risk taking the global markets.
  

• EUR/USD and EUR/JPY Face More Risk than Market Lets On

  Tue Apr 30 03:36:00 GMT 2013

  EURUSD climbed Monday on the back of a fundamental rally for the euro based on 'encouraging' developments in Italy's government formation and Greece's effort to receive its next round of stimulus.
  

• Euro Traders Should be Wary of Heavy Volatility Potential Tomorrow

  Tue Apr 30 01:12:00 GMT 2013

  EURUSD advanced towards 1.3100 Monday more on the strength of the euro than weakness in the greenback.
  

• Dollar Traders Watch Euro, Japanese Data for EURUSD, USDJPY

  Mon Apr 29 22:22:00 GMT 2013

  The US Dollar lost ground to all the majors trading this past session. With Japan’s economic data due, the equal-weighted Dollar Index could extend its losses into the next session.
  

• Forex Forecast: EUR/USD Exposed to Cyprus and ECB, USD/JPY to Risk an...

  Mon Apr 29 18:33:00 GMT 2013

  These sessions are held live every Monday at 16:00 GMT.
  

• Euro May not Hold Back the Tides on ECB Cut, Fresh Cyprus Trouble

  Sat Apr 27 05:38:00 GMT 2013

  EURUSD managed to close out the week above 1.3000 – a considerable feat considering the trouble that the euro faces. The ECB’s meeting takes top spot for event risk moving forward, but a close eye should be set on Cyprus and Greece amongst ma...