http://www.fxtimes.com Get your daily dose of Forex news from the expert analysts at FXTimes. Visitors will have access to the Forex Capsule, our interactive economic calendar, our video recaps, and up-to-date fundamental news releases and technical analysis commentaries. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:22:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.fxtimes.com/education/today-in-forex-12-15-2011-time-tba/ http://www.fxtimes.com/education/today-in-forex-12-15-2011-time-tba/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:05:25 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=61690 http://www.fxtimes.com/education/today-in-forex-12-15-2011-time-tba/feed/ 0 Overview: Fan Yang CMT, Chief Technical Strategist will discuss ways to assess the market via candlestick analysis. This is a refresher for those already familiar with the topic, but also an introduction to those who are new to candlestick analysis... http://www.fxtimes.com/video/audusd-elliott-wave-count/ http://www.fxtimes.com/video/audusd-elliott-wave-count/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:27:39 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=53129 http://www.fxtimes.com/video/audusd-elliott-wave-count/feed/ 0 The AUD/USD has been consolidating this week after sharp declines since the beginning of September. The wave count anticipated earlier in the week may be materializing as we see our first pullback towards parity in a leading triangle pattern. The 1H chart shows the AUD/USD then make an abc correction that was supported near the 0.97 level... http://www.fxtimes.com/video/forex-market-reactions-to-a-flat-non-farm-payroll-video/ http://www.fxtimes.com/video/forex-market-reactions-to-a-flat-non-farm-payroll-video/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:04:52 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=50546 http://www.fxtimes.com/video/forex-market-reactions-to-a-flat-non-farm-payroll-video/feed/ 2 The Non-Farm Payroll, which comes out the first Friday of each month looks at the jobs growth in the previous month from the private sector. August posted a flat 0, failing forecast of 74K. July's was also revised down from 117K to 85K. The poor data invites risk aversion and higher prospect of QE3. USD crosses were schizophrenic. CAD-weakness held tighter, but eventually pared. CHF strength also pared... http://www.fxtimes.com/video/breakouts-following-through-in-usdchf-eurchf-gbpchf-chfjpy/ http://www.fxtimes.com/video/breakouts-following-through-in-usdchf-eurchf-gbpchf-chfjpy/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:00:53 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=49899 http://www.fxtimes.com/video/breakouts-following-through-in-usdchf-eurchf-gbpchf-chfjpy/feed/ 1 The Swissie continues to shed strength, and in an aggressive manner. We saw consolidation and congestion patterns break at the end of last week, and price action is following through to start this week. Let's take a look at the breakouts in the USD/CHF, EUR/CHF, GBP/CHF and CHF/JPY charts... http://www.fxtimes.com/video/philly-fed-reading-is-30-7-gold-and-swiss-franc-gain-video/ http://www.fxtimes.com/video/philly-fed-reading-is-30-7-gold-and-swiss-franc-gain-video/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:09:02 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=48613 http://www.fxtimes.com/video/philly-fed-reading-is-30-7-gold-and-swiss-franc-gain-video/feed/ 0 The Philly Fed Index, which is an indicator of manufacturing in the Philly fed jurisdiction (includes Washington DC and Maryland), and is a proxy for overall manufacturing in the US, came in -30.7 for August, with expectation of 4.0, an improvement from 3.2 in July. Below expectation would be an understatement, and the market is probably going to have a hard time digesting this... http://www.fxtimes.com/video/usdchfs-extension-and-expansion-targets-to-the-downside/ http://www.fxtimes.com/video/usdchfs-extension-and-expansion-targets-to-the-downside/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:32:04 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=47203 http://www.fxtimes.com/video/usdchfs-extension-and-expansion-targets-to-the-downside/feed/ 0 The USD/CHF is at record lows, and we have to use the weekly chart to see long term wave ratio analysis in order to check some targets.Here we see that taking the swing from the November 2005 high to the March 2008 low, and projecting from November 2008 pivot, 150% expansion is just above 0.6800... http://www.fxtimes.com/video/a-look-at-the-sp500-at-critical-support/ http://www.fxtimes.com/video/a-look-at-the-sp500-at-critical-support/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:48:26 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=46620 http://www.fxtimes.com/video/a-look-at-the-sp500-at-critical-support/feed/ 0 In the last video update of the S&P 500, the market was in a ranging mode, with some bullish action. However, it was noted that after an ABC correction, a rally could be a bull trap for another ABC, or another corrective structure. So far this past couple of week's price action has shown that the extended correction scenario has materialized, and even giving initial signs for a bearish reversal... http://www.fxtimes.com/video/eurchf-gbpchf-and-usdchf-back-from-the-abyss-video/ http://www.fxtimes.com/video/eurchf-gbpchf-and-usdchf-back-from-the-abyss-video/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:28:39 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=45379 http://www.fxtimes.com/video/eurchf-gbpchf-and-usdchf-back-from-the-abyss-video/feed/ 1 The Swiss Franc has been a favorite during risk-off trading, where the market wants to find safe haven. We have seen the EUR/CHF, GBP/CHF, and USD/CHF all make record lows in July. As we enter the last week of the month, we take a look at this month's these Swiss-Franc-Crosses as they have come back from the record lows for some consolidation or correction... http://www.fxtimes.com/video/the-euros-technical-setups-ahead-of-the-eu-summit-video/ http://www.fxtimes.com/video/the-euros-technical-setups-ahead-of-the-eu-summit-video/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:41:20 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=44997 http://www.fxtimes.com/video/the-euros-technical-setups-ahead-of-the-eu-summit-video/feed/ 1 Ahead of the EU Summit in Brussles, Angela Merkel tried to lower expectations after the Greek finance minister Evangelos Venizelos was quoted that "reaching a solution is attainable". The market is buying into some of that optimism as it lifts the euro across the board. Let's take a look at the setups in the EUR/USD, EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY, and EUR/CHF charts to assess the technical situation before this important risk event... http://www.fxtimes.com/technical-updates/forex-video-technical-update-7-13-2011-bernankes-testimony-boosts-aussie-kiwi-and-loonie/ http://www.fxtimes.com/technical-updates/forex-video-technical-update-7-13-2011-bernankes-testimony-boosts-aussie-kiwi-and-loonie/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:56:33 +0000 Fan Yang http://www.fxtimes.com/?p=44216 http://www.fxtimes.com/technical-updates/forex-video-technical-update-7-13-2011-bernankes-testimony-boosts-aussie-kiwi-and-loonie/feed/ 0 Financial markets jumped on the fact that Bernanke talked up the need for further stimulus measures in the US. This was a USD-negative statement, and also pushed up commodity currencies like Aussie (AUD), Kiwi (NZD) and the Loonie (CAD). Let's take a look at the technical development in these currencies against the greenback...