Dow Closes Above 13,000

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak today in front of U.S.
Congress. While the Fed has pledged to keep interest rates low until late 2014,
markets will be watching Mr. Bernanke to see if his views conflict with the
announcement. Several Fed policy makers have commented that the Fed might change
its mind on [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 29, 2012

  Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous CHF 08:00(GMT)
KOF Economic Barometer - 0.11 - 0.17 GBP 09:45 (GMT) Inflation Report Hearings
    EUR 10:15 (GMT) 3 year LTRO [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 28, 2012

Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous EUR 09:00 (GMT)
Flash Manufacturing PMI 49.4 48.8 EUR 09:00 (GMT) Flash Services PMI 50.7 50.4
GBP 09:30 (GMT) MPC Meeting Minutes 0-0-9 0-0-9 USD 15:00(GMT) Existing Home
Sales 4.66M 4.61M Currencies EUR/JPY was within 0.1 percent of a three-month
high after the Greek government won a second bailout and sent debt-swap and
austerity measures to parliament for approval. The euro strengthened 0.4 percent
to 105.97 yen from yesterday, when it reached [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 28, 2012

Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous EUR 09:00 (GMT)
Flash Manufacturing PMI 49.4 48.8 EUR 09:00 (GMT) Flash Services PMI 50.7 50.4
GBP 09:30 (GMT) MPC Meeting Minutes 0-0-9 0-0-9 USD 15:00(GMT) Existing Home
Sales 4.66M 4.61M Currencies EUR/JPY was within 0.1 percent of a three-month
high after the Greek government won a second bailout and sent debt-swap and
austerity measures to parliament for approval. The euro strengthened 0.4 percent
to 105.97 yen from yesterday, when it reached [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 28, 2012

Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous EUR 09:00 (GMT)
Flash Manufacturing PMI 49.4 48.8 EUR 09:00 (GMT) Flash Services PMI 50.7 50.4
GBP 09:30 (GMT) MPC Meeting Minutes 0-0-9 0-0-9 USD 15:00(GMT) Existing Home
Sales 4.66M 4.61M Currencies EUR/JPY was within 0.1 percent of a three-month
high after the Greek government won a second bailout and sent debt-swap and
austerity measures to parliament for approval. The euro strengthened 0.4 percent
to 105.97 yen from yesterday, when it reached [...]

http://www.ecnforex.co.uk/daily-market-outlook-february-28-2012-2/

Euro Rally Depends on LTRO Auction

Focus now shifts to the second ever Long Term Financing Operation (LTRO) that
will be carried out by the European Central Bank on Wednesday. The first LTRO
was a success and the ECB has been credited for preventing a credit freeze in
European financial markets. Markets are now anxiously waiting for the outcome of
the [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 28, 2012

Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous EUR 09:00 (GMT)
Flash Manufacturing PMI 49.4 48.8 EUR 09:00 (GMT) Flash Services PMI 50.7 50.4
GBP 09:30 (GMT) MPC Meeting Minutes 0-0-9 0-0-9 USD 15:00(GMT) Existing Home
Sales 4.66M 4.61M Currencies EUR/JPY was within 0.1 percent of a three-month
high after the Greek government won a second bailout and sent debt-swap and
austerity measures to parliament for approval. The euro strengthened 0.4 percent
to 105.97 yen from yesterday, when it reached [...]

http://www.ecnforex.co.uk/daily-market-outlook-february-28-2012-2/

Daily Market Outlook - February 28, 2012

Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous USD 13:30(GMT) Core
Durable Goods Orders m/m 0.0%% 2.2% USD 15:00 (GMT) CB Consumer Confidence 63.1
61.1 CHF 19:00 (GMT) Gov Board Member Jordan Speaks Currencies EUR/USD The
EUR/USD rose 0.3 percent to $1.3431. ECB is preparing to issue a second round of
unlimited three-year loans to help shore up the region's banks. U.S. economic
data may show orders for durable goods fell in [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 28, 2012

Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous EUR 09:00 (GMT)
Flash Manufacturing PMI 49.4 48.8 EUR 09:00 (GMT) Flash Services PMI 50.7 50.4
GBP 09:30 (GMT) MPC Meeting Minutes 0-0-9 0-0-9 USD 15:00(GMT) Existing Home
Sales 4.66M 4.61M Currencies EUR/JPY was within 0.1 percent of a three-month
high after the Greek government won a second bailout and sent debt-swap and
austerity measures to parliament for approval. The euro strengthened 0.4 percent
to 105.97 yen from yesterday, when it reached [...]

http://www.ecnforex.co.uk/daily-market-outlook-february-28-2012-2/

Daily Market Outlook - February 28, 2012

Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous USD 13:30(GMT) Core
Durable Goods Orders m/m 0.0%% 2.2% USD 15:00 (GMT) CB Consumer Confidence 63.1
61.1 CHF 19:00 (GMT) Gov Board Member Jordan Speaks Currencies EUR/USD The
EUR/USD rose 0.3 percent to $1.3431. ECB is preparing to issue a second round of
unlimited three-year loans to help shore up the region's banks. U.S. economic
data may show orders for durable goods fell in [...]

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G20 Focuses on European Bailout

The G20 meeting of finance ministers was held in Mexico City over the weekend.
The main topic of discussion was the size of the bailout fund needed for
Europe.  Any increase in the size of the bailout fund would indicate that other
members would make more funds available to the IMF. Non-European countries are
demanding [...]

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UK Forex Market Outlook - 27.02

Politics dominates the calendar in the coming week, with ripples from the Greek
bailout deal last week continuing to dominate events. Greek politicians will be
scrabbling to put the Private Sector Initiative (PSI) on a debt swap into
action, including inserting retroactive collective action clauses into existing
bonds and putting into place the prior commitments [...]

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High Frequency Trading and its foray into retail Fx markets

High Frequency Trading, or HFT is becoming a hot topic these days. High
Frequency Trading is defined as an measuring the holding of a particular
security in a matter of milliseconds, up to a few seconds or hours by analyzing
trends in the tick by tick data in order to make buy or sell decisions. High
[...]

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Forex Technical Analysis 2011/24/02 (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, EUR/JPY) Forecast FX

The EUR/USD currency pair continues reaching new local maximums, however, the
RSI indicator is still below the trend line, we should expect it to rebound and
start moving downwards. In general, we should expect the start of the descending
movement. One can consider selling Euro when reversal signals appear at shorter
time frames.... Contributed by RoboForex

http://www.ecnforex.co.uk/forex-technical-analysis-20112402-eurusd-gbpusd-audusd-eurjpy-forecast-fx/

Murray Math Lines 24.02.2012 (AUD/USD, EUR/JPY, NZD/JPY)

Australian Dollar couldn't stay below the daily Super Trend for a long time, the
pair started to move upwards again and has already reached the 8/8 level. If the
bulls break this level, the market will continue growing up towards the +2/8
one.... Contributed by RoboForex

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Wave Analysis 24.02.2012 (NZD/USD, EUR/USD)

Little by little, the price is confirming the scenario which includes the
formation of diagonal triangle pattern in wave [5] of C. The pair has already
rebounded from the pattern's lower border and may break the local maximum this
Friday.... Contributed by RoboForex

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Ichimoku Cloud Analysis 24.02.2012 (GBP/USD, GOLD)

GBPUSD, Time Frame Н4 – Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen intersected inside Kumo
Cloud forming "Dead Cross" (1), both lines are horizontal. Ichimoku Cloud is
going down (2), Senkou Spans A and B are also horizontal. Chinkou Lagging Span
is below the chart, the price is in the channel between Tenkan-Sen and Kijun
Sen. In the near [...]

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Forex Technical Analysis 2011/27/02 (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, NZD/USD, GOLD) Forecast FX

The EUR/USD currency pair continues growing up. Currently the RSI indicator is
testing the trend's descending line. In general, the pair is moving inside the
descending channel. Like we said earlier, one can consider selling Euro with the
tight stop when reversal patterns appear at shorter time frames.... Contributed
by RoboForex

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RoboForex - ECN Forex Broker Review

RoboForex is a New Zealand based forex broker whose specialization is offering
traders the possibility to make use of Forex robots and EA's in order to trade
the forex markets. RoboForex works on the STP forex model and offers the
RoboForex Professional ECN forex trading accounts. RoboForex makes use of the
Bridge Technology to connect with [...]

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ECN Forex brokers with segregrated forex accounts

Segregated forex accounts have grown in importance over the past years as the
competition increased amongst forex brokers. Furthermore, given the fact that
some of the regulated forex brokers in the past went bust, taking down with it
their clienet's funds, the importance of forex segregated accounts has only
gained more prominence. So what is a [...]

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How to choose a Forex broker

The growth of the forex industry has given rise to hundreds of forex brokers
presently. Given the sheer number of forex brokers, it can get difficult or at
the very least confusing to the forex trader to choose the right ECN Forex
broker to trade with. Of course, these days there are way too many [...]

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U.K. Fourth Quarter GDP Contracts 0.2%

The U.K. released several economic reports today. The fourth quarter GDP as
measured by the second estimate printed at -0.2%. This was in line with the
first estimate. Even though industrial production has fallen since the first
estimate, the GDP was held steady due to growth in the services sector. The
index of services for [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 24, 2012

Currencies EUR/USDreached its strongest level in more than 10 weeks before a
German report forecast to confirm resilience in Europe's largest economy. The
euro was at $1.3361 from $1.3373 yesterday after earlier touching $1.3380, its
highest level since Dec. 12 EUR/JPY The yen declined versus all its major peers
as foreign-exchange volatility at its lowest in more than [...]

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Forex Scalping ECN - Ideal strategy for ECN Forex Trading

Forex scalping is a style of forex trading used by traders who hold on to a
currency pair for short period of times in order to make profits. In other
words, with forex scalping traders take a few pips as profit from their
positions. The key to successful forex scalping is by generating large volumes
[...]

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Political Crisis in Australia

The Aussie has come under selling pressure in the last 24 hours because of the
political crisis. Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd unexpectedly resigned
from his post and is set to challenge the leadership of Prime Minister Julia
Gillard in the ruling party. Gillard has called for a leadership vote on
Thursday. The Australian Labor [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 23, 2012

Currencies EUR/USDThe dollar held gains against most major counterparts on
concern oil prices near a nine-month high will restrain global growth,
increasing demand for haven assets. The greenback traded at $1.3260 per euro as
of 3:14 p.m. in Tokyo from $1.3249 in New York. CAD/USD Canada's dollar
slackened through parity with its U.S. counterpart for the first time [...]

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Interbank Forex Markets Explained

The Interbank forex markets, as obvious from the term is the highest level in
the foreign exchange markets where banks exchange currencies directly with one
another. The Interbank forex markets can also be referred to as the forex
wholesale market where most of the currency transactions are performed and is
mostly used for trading within [...]

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Different kinds of forex brokers explained

Success in forex is majorly attributed to the forex broker that a trader
chooses. Forex traders do not usually switch forex brokers, especially the more
serious ones who look towards making consistent profits. Besides the trading
styles, strategies and the currency pairs that you trade, choosing the kind of
forex broker also plays an important [...]

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Concerns Remain Over Greece Bailout

While the Greek debt deal has eased market tensions of an imminent breakup of
the Euro, there are still reasons for worry. There are concerns that the
austerity measures will prevent Greece from cutting its debt load. The German
manufacturing PMI printed at 50.1 and the services printed at 52.6. The Euro
zone manufacturing PMI [...]

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Daily Market Outlook - February 22, 2012

Important Financial Indicators of the day Forecast Previous EUR 09:00 (GMT)
Flash Manufacturing PMI 49.4 48.8 EUR 09:00 (GMT) Flash Services PMI 50.7 50.4
GBP 09:30 (GMT) MPC Meeting Minutes 0-0-9 0-0-9 USD 15:00(GMT) Existing Home
Sales 4.66M 4.61M Currencies EUR/JPY was within 0.1 percent of a three-month
high after the Greek government won a second bailout and sent debt-swap and
austerity measures to parliament for approval. The euro strengthened 0.4 percent
to 105.97 yen from yesterday, when it reached [...]

http://www.ecnforex.co.uk/daily-market-outlook-february-22-2012/