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

ParaCurve is a strategy, routine and idea repository for active traders and investors. Trading Futures, FX and Equities since 2008.

Had Enough Fun, Euro?

What a day for Euro. EUR/CHF also climbing the ladder for the first time in a while. New month, gloves come off.

Imagine having a trading system that could handle markets that trade up, down, sideways, or in the most volatile or non-volatile conditions. While many gurus would proclaim that their strategy will do just that, common

The Interest Rate/Equity/Dollar Correlation

While I make an attempt to be as all-encompassing as possible in my work here I admit that there are oftentimes aspects deliberately overlooked in terms of what gets posted.Today I wanted to discuss a

EUR/USD Intraday Price Action

Just a recent chart of EUR/USD explaining some areas of current interest leading into the high.

Your Performance vs. the Industry: Comparing FX Traders

Everyone needs a reality check every once in a while to take a step back from what they are doing and reflect on their strategy, risk, and overall trading methodology. One of the easiest ways

The Rise and Fall of the Euro

Interactive graph from Spiegel Online highlighting some key movements for the pair. Click the chart to go to the source. Also related from the same site is the following showing ECB shares according to capital.

Asia Fading USD Strength

A huge spike today on more rumors, speculation and order flow resting below the 50% retracement punched EUR/USD up to the 1.2350 area. Going back to the use of diagonal trendlines, we got a direct

Some Textbook Eur Activity Tonight

End of month protection = standard at this point and lows were unable to get violated on Wednesday. 4th touch of the last trendline (bottom circle on chart below) failed as momentum swung through; possible

5 Tips for Trading Volatile Currencies

These days you have to keep in mind that this isn't the market we were dealing with 4 years ago, or even 4 months ago. Taking one look at the JPM G7 Implied Volatility Index