by Henry Liu on May 26, 2010
US Prelim GDP is also known as the 2nd Quarterly GDP release. Since GDP is the measurement of the economy, traders pay more attention to this release as any surprise numbers could change the short term trend… Here is the forecast:
8:30am NY Time US Prelim GDP q/q Forecast 3.5% Previous 3.2%
ACTION: USD/JPY BUY 3.8% SELL 3.2%
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by Henry Liu on April 29, 2010
We are also getting the Canadian monthly GDP release at the same time of this release, therefore I’d recommend to stay out of USD/CAD unless you are planning to trade both news together and they happen to have a conflict…
Here’s the forecast for U.S. Adv. GDP:
8:30am (NY Time) US ADV GDP q/q Forecast 3.4% Previous 5.6%
ACTION: USD/JPY USD/CHF BUY 3.7% SELL 3.1%
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by Henry Liu on February 25, 2010
8:30am NY Time US Prelim GDP q/q Forecast 5.6% Previous 5.7%
ACTION: USD/JPY BUY 5.9% SELL 5.3%
We’ll be trading the 4th (Q4 2009) quarterly release of U.S. GDP number. The first release, or the Advanced GDP release last month, came out surprising upwards at 5.7% and we’ll probably not see much volatility in the market on this second release as more usually during the 2nd release more data have become available thus less possibilities of surprise. The important fact is to consider the context of the market at the time of the news release, remember market have priced in this release already.
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by Henry Liu on January 28, 2010
8:30am (NY Time) US ADV GDP q/q Forecast 4.5% Previous 2.2%
ACTION: USD/JPY USD/CHF BUY 4.8% SELL 4.2%
Our main focus tomorrow will be on the fourth quarterly (Q4) release of U.S. Advanced GDP number. Analysts are split with their expectations on this release as it could go either way. We are looking for a minimum deviation of 0.3% on the forecasted figure of 4.5%. Therefore if we get a 4.8% on the advanced 4th quarter GDP, it would be US Dollar positive. We will BUY USD/JPY. However, if we get a 4.2% release, then we would be SELLING USD/JPY. With USD being regarded as safe-haven currency, if we get a worse than expected number, we might still see USD getting stronger as traders scramble to BUY US Treasuries, making USD stronger than most european currencies such as Euro and Sterling, especially in this risk aversion driven market.
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by Henry Liu on November 23, 2009
8:30am NY Time US Prelim GDP q/q Forecast 2.9% Previous 3.5%
ACTION: USD/JPY BUY 3.2% SELL 2.6%
Our focus tomorrow will be on the second quarterly release of U.S. GDP numbers. The first release, or the Advanced GDP release last month, came out surprising upwards; however, the surprise of 3.5% was largely made up by the uptick in Motor Vehicle components, which added 1.66% to the GDP number. Therefore, the actual GDP release should’ve missed consensus expectation if it wasn’t for the “Cash for Clunkers” program sponsored by the government.
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by Henry Liu on November 10, 2009
If you’ve got a few minutes, I’ve recorded a new video on “My
Blueprint to Forex Success” just for you…
But I must warn you, it’s not about how to pick winning trades or
any of that exciting stuff…
…and as a matter of fact, this video could be considered a little
boring by some… But it deals with the cold hard logic of a
successful Forex career, and it’s something that you can’t do
without if you EVER want to be successful in this business…
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by Henry Liu on November 9, 2009
Sometimes your timing may be off, and your entry not so great, but if you picked the “right” currency pair to trade, you’ll still end up making pips…
You may ask: “Henry, how do I know which pair is the ‘right’ pair?”, and the answer is, my friend, quite simple: Newsprofiteer Meter.
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