by Henry Liu on January 18, 2012
Today´s Retail Sales number from UK will be widely watched as this is a high impact yet very tradable report. Here is the forecast for this release:
4:30am (NY Time) Forecast 0.6% Previous -0.4%
ACTION: GBP/USD BUY 1.0% SELL 0.0%
The Trade Plan
The monthly retail sales report is a direct measurement of consumer activities at the retail level. A higher release is generally good for the economy, and better for it´s currency; a lower release is considered negative for the economy and not good for it´s currency.
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by Henry Liu on January 16, 2012
The Bank of Canada (BOC) will announce their rate decision today at 9:00am sharp.
Here´s what analysts expect:
9:00am (NY Time) CA BOC Rate Decision Forecast 1.00% Previous 1.00%
ACTION: USD/CAD BUY 0.75% SELL 1.25%
The Trade Plan
Most analyst agree that the BOC will hold rates at 1.00%. I´ll be trading this release with a 0.25% deviation using Spike Trading method. In the event of a surprise hike it´s almost guaranteed that we´ll see strong market movement immediately after the release.
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by Henry Liu on December 14, 2011
Today´s Retail Sales number from UK will be widely watched as this is a high impact yet very tradable report. Here is the forecast for this release:
4:30am (NY Time) Forecast -0.3% Previous 0.6%
ACTION: GBP/USD BUY 0.2% SELL -0.8%
The Trade Plan
The monthly retail sales report is a direct measurement of consumer activities at the retail level. A higher release is generally good for the economy, and better for it´s currency; a lower release is considered negative for the economy and not good for it´s currency.
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by Henry Liu on December 5, 2011
The Bank of Canada (BOC) will announce their rate decision today at 9:00am sharp.
Here´s what analysts expect:
9:00am (NY Time) CA BOC Rate Decision Forecast 1.00% Previous 1.00%
ACTION: USD/CAD BUY 0.75% SELL 1.25%
The Trade Plan
Most analyst agree that the BOC will hold rates at 1.00%. I´ll be trading this release with a 0.25% deviation using Spike Trading method. In the event of a surprise hike it´s almost guaranteed that we´ll see strong market movement immediately after the release.
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by Henry Liu on December 5, 2011
RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) is expected to cut the borrowing costs to 4.25%, as per general market consensus…
Here´s the forecast for this news release:
10:30pm (NY Time) AU RBA Rate Decision Forecast 4.25% Previous 4.50%
ACTION: AUD/USD SELL 4.25% / BUY 4.50%
The Trade Plan
If RBA decides to keep rates unchanged, we will BUY AUDUSD as today’s decision is not based on unanimous consensus… If RBA cuts rates, we should also see a possibility to SELL as the market will be equally surprised.
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by Henry Liu on November 16, 2011
Today´s Retail Sales number from UK will be widely watched as this is a high impact yet very tradable report. Here is the forecast for this release:
4:30am (NY Time) Forecast -0.2% Previous 0.6%
ACTION: GBP/USD BUY 0.3% SELL -0.6%
The Trade Plan
The monthly retail sales report is a direct measurement of consumer activities at the retail level. A higher release is generally good for the economy, and better for it´s currency; a lower release is considered negative for the economy and not good for it´s currency.
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by Henry Liu on October 30, 2011
RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) is expected to keep borrowing costs unchanged at 4.75%, as per general market consensus…
Here´s the forecast for this news release:
11:30pm (NY Time) AU RBA Rate Decision Forecast 4.75% Previous 4.75%
ACTION: AUD/USD SELL 4.50%
The Trade Plan
If RBA decides to keep rates unchanged, we may still see some volatility as the accompanied RBA statement may be market moving in light of recent event; however, if RBA cuts rates, we should jump in and SELL AUDUSD immediately as the market will be in a shock and start dumping the Aussie.
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