PRICE ACTION, VOLUME, ORDER FLOW, INTERMARKET & BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

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And As A Friendly Reminder, This Is What EUR/USD Did During LTRO1

Here's what happened to EUR/USD during LTRO1: -50 pip initial spike, seeing resistance at 00 + resistance confluence zone. -the 172 pip fade lasting the rest of the session, bottoming out at 76-78% of the

A Prelude to LTRO

The hype surrounding the latest version of the ECB's LTRO is certainly not like the last. There was a muted output in terms of reactions across currencies, and now we face everything the mainstream media

Trading Breakouts On The Small Stuff And Ditching Major Levels

The reasons for anyone to want to trade a breakout of a major resistance or support zone are obvious, but for any trade of such to be taken right at the level is downright harsh.

It Just Won't Die

Falling asleep and watching EUR/USD over the past 2 days seem to have gone hand in hand. With every bear on the planet seeking its demise, and a complete lack of “shock factor” over the

Quantitative Strategies vs. The Idiocies of Human Nature: Using One to Help The Other

I had some friends come by to pay me a visit not too long ago and to much of their surprise, found my discretionary systems alongside another that runs strictly on basic velocity and acceleration

IMF Forecasts for 2012 and 2013

A clean graph from Reuters showing IMF projections for 2012 and 2013. Some of the more notable observations from the list: The US was the only country to get an UNCH forecast for 2012 (1.8%,

Forex Market Participants Dynamics and Transaction Methods

This Presentation Explains Everything You Could Want to Know About the FX Market

The foreign exchange market is as complex as it is large and the presentation below provides a very concise overview of playing participants, dynamics and transaction methods across the business. It never seems to shock

Forex EURUSD Prediction Expectation vs Reality

NBT's “Expectation Versus Reality”, Latest Edition

There always seems to be a severe disconnect in terms of expected news events and the manner in which people actually trade it. I see it happen over and over again, and yet I can't

The SNB Is Getting Closer to Using the Bat Signal – EUR/CHF Back in the 1.2000's

It was almost exactly 2 years ago that Philipp Hildebrand, the then newly appointed head of the SNB (that didn't last too long, did it) proclaimed an anti-appreciation policy for the Swiss Franc. Since then,