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Forex Options: How to Make Use of Implied Volatility in Trading Forex

By Forex Fraud:

Forex options can be exceptionally useful for a forex trader, but there’s no single way of using them in trading. You can use them as a kind of hedging mechanism, or to reduce the overall exposure of your account to a currency pair. You may use them to limit your downside. And you may use them for purposes unrelated to trading itself, as indicators of market sentiment and positioning, for completing the spot market data depicted by the forex trading software. But whatever you do with them, you’ll eventually find that implied volatility is one of the most important concepts that you should be knowledgeable about in order to make use of options. Read More

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Dollar Down, But Not Out

Dollar Down, But Not Out

By Interactive Brokers  – The euro is back to unchanged against the greenback at $1.4355 in early U.S. trading after earlier reaching $1.4405 following an encouraging reading of business and investor confidence. However, the dollar is not giving in so easily this morning, for now at least, and appears to be fighting its way back ... ...

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5 Key Events In the Forex Market This Week

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US Dollar Overdue for a Technical Bounce, But Fundamental Reversal…

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By Daily FX – The dollar was able to relieve the pressure of suffering its worst trend on recent record by clawing out the first bullish close in eleven consecutive trading days; but that does not mean the burdened currency is necessarily primed for a true reversal. While this currency is arguably oversold on a ... ...

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US Dollar: Is This the Turn Markets Have Been Waiting For?

US Dollar: Is This the Turn Markets Have Been Waiting For?

By DailyFX -US Dollar: Fundamental Outlook for US Dollar: Bullish – US Retail Sales disappoint and the US Dollar rallies – Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision sparks impressive US Dollar volatility – Forex options and futures sentiment suggests USD may continue rallying The US Dollar fell near fresh year-to-date lows versus...

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EURO / US Dollar Reversal is the Real Deal

EURO / US Dollar Reversal is the Real Deal

By Daily FX – A recent divergence between the Euro futures contract and the US dollar index is just one piece of evidence suggesting that the EURUSD has reversed course.  Additional evidence includes a long term cycle, wave structure at multiple degrees of trend, and recent momentum considerations. Market turns almost always occur with diver...

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Mid-Day Report: Sterling Tumbles in Otherwise Quiet Market

Mid-Day Report: Sterling Tumbles in Otherwise Quiet Market

By ActionForex – Sterling tumbles sharply in an otherwise quite market on talk that UK would slump into a Japan-style “lost decade”. There are speculation that BoE will use the Quarterly Inflation Report to be released this Wednesday to signal the risk of falling into a trap debt deflation and that was the main reason ... ...

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Re-Entering our Full Long EUR/USD Position on an Intraday Dip

Re-Entering our Full Long EUR/USD Position on an Intraday Dip

We were watching the open last night for signs of continued USD strength from Friday, but the last 15 hours have been very quiet. EUR/USD (current bid 1.4176) is in a tight range. Without any follow through of lower EUR/USD we will put back on our full position of long EUR/USD. We originally bought at ... ...

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Does the Dollar’s NFP Rally Have Staying Power?

By DailyFX – The dollar made the bearish break to new lows for the year last Monday, but it was not catalyzed by any specific fundamental driver nor supported by a meaningful trend in risk appetite. To reverse the currency’s fortunes and potentially change its future, a true bull trend requires an underlying fundamental driver, ... ...