Currency

China plans to release a new digital currency which would bear some similarities to Facebook’s Libra coin. It would be usable across several platforms like WeChat and Alipay. In a recent interview with the Shanghai Security News on the 6th of September, the deputy director of the People’s Bank of China, Mu Changchun, stated the […]

Swiss financial regulators have signaled that Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra is mandated to meet up to extra requirements besides acquiring a payment system license before they can begin operations in the region. In a recent press release, the Swiss Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) explained that the diverse services projected by Libra have created the need for […]

A bullish divergence and momentum shift at the lows saw GBP/USD reverse course. Now consolidating below key resistance, we’re waiting for a break above 1.24 to signal a potential long. It should be remembered that GBP will continue to be vulnerable to headline risks surrounding Brexit, which can unfortunately make technical analysis on such pairs […]

USD/SGD Could Be Lining Up For A ‘Singapore Swing’ Having reached support, we’re looking for a potential swing trade short should a lower high form. Last week we highlighted the potential for the Yuan appreciate and suggested a bearish theme for USD/SGD as it correlates very well with USD/CNY. Since the original analysis, the Yuan […]

Draghi’s final meeting is just hours away, with several Euro crosses sitting on ‘make or break’ levels. For a full preview of what to expect from today’s ECB meeting, you can read yesterday’s ECB preview by my colleague Fiona Cincotta. Although the basic premise is for Euro to weaken if ECB underdeliver, or strengthen if they come […]

Despite no obvious signs ECB have intervened, EUR/CHF sprang higher after warning of a bear-trap and warns in a change in trend. We’d noted that SNB had been intervening with their currency to prevent the Swiss franc from gaining too much traction, yet not by quite enough to prevent it from trending lower. This was slightly frustrating, […]

NZDCAD has been a trend that has kept on giving. We’ve been following its demise closely, since identifying its test of a long-term bearish trendline back in March, it’s double-top in April and potential 300-pip slide in June. After breaking below the 0.8500 target, the cross remains in an established bearish channel and shows the […]

Weekly COT Report: Bullish Exposure Hits A 5-Week High As of Tuesday 3rd September: Traders increased net-long exposure to USD by +$2.6 billion, which make them the most bullish on USD in 5 weeks at $13.1 billion (or $16.2 billion against G10 currencies) Traders of the US dollar index (DXY) were their most bullish in 6-months […]

In-light of a weaker USD and lift in sentiment, we could see pairs such as USD/CNH and USD/SGD extend their corrections It’s early days, but we’ve seen a slight lift in global sentiment, resulting in the Chinese Yuan being allowed to appreciate against the USD at its fastest daily pace in 2-months yesterday. Considering that […]

The Closer You Look At ISM’s PMI, The Uglier It Gets | EUR/USD, USD/CHF With PMI crossing below 50, calls for a recession are again on the rise. And this is no surprise, given the red flags within the internal indices. Of the 10 sub-indices, 9 are contracting (below 50) New orders are at a […]