Short AUD/USD (from 23 to 24 May)
Real-Time AmpGFX – Bought to close short AUD/USD, tactical retreat (Thu 5/24/2018 7:46 AM) Bought half unit AUD/USD at .7570 to close short position Comment Into end week I see the greater risk if a retracement in USD strength in Europe developing, and lower US yields in the wake of the FOMC minutes, causing some […]
Long AUD/NZD (From 9-May to 18-May) Comment on RBNZ statement ( 9-May)
Stopped out, in profit on 18 May. Real-Time AmpGFX – Stop loss raised in AUD/NZD (Thu 5/17/2018 10:29 AM) Now very close to market. Not really seeing a case for more upside. If anything I expect to be taken out on a retracement. But sticking with the current uptrend. Positions Long half unit AUD/NZD at […]
Short EUR/JPY (16 May) on Italian Political news
Position stopped out on within 24 hours Real-Time AmpGFX – Sold EUR/JPY to add to short (Wed 5/16/2018 7:30 AM MT) Sold half unit EUR/JPY at 129.71 to add to short Comment I have decided to add to the short position. On reading the news, the latest position is that the government wants to adopt […]
Short 10-yr US T-bond Futures (From 14-May to 16 May)
Real-Time AmpGFX – Bought 10-year US T-Bond futures to close short on Italian political news (Wed 5/16/2018 6:58 AM MT) Bought half unit TYM8 at 118-24.5 The radical proposals by the new leaders trying to form a government in Italy threaten returning a safe haven bid for US Treasuries. I am closing the short for […]
Short EUR/USD (From 23-Apr to 10-May)
S/l orders triggered in short AUD/USD (before US CPI) and short EUR/USD (after the US CPI) … both trades closed in profit (10-May) Real-Time AmpGFX – Order Update (Tue 5/8/2018 1:53 PM MT) Positions Short half unit EUR/USD at 1.2206; s/l 1.1943; t/p 1.1788 Short half unit AUD/USD at 0.7517; s/l 0.7488 Short half unit […]
Short AUD/USD (from 1-May to 10-May) & FOMC Comment (2-May)
S/l orders triggered in short AUD/USD (before US CPI) and short EUR/USD (after the US CPI) … both trades closed in profit (10-May) Real-Time AmpGFX – Order Update, thoughts on AUD (Tue 5/8/2018 1:53 PM MT) Positions Short half unit EUR/USD at 1.2206; s/l 1.1943; t/p 1.1788 Short half unit AUD/USD at 0.7517; s/l 0.7488 […]
Short EUR/JPY (From 3-May to 9-May)
We were stopped out in our short EUR/JPY position in profit (9-May) Real-Time AmpGFX – Order Update (Tue 5/8/2018 1:53 PM MT) Positions Short half unit EUR/USD at 1.2206; s/l 1.1943; t/p 1.1788 Short half unit AUD/USD at 0.7517; s/l 0.7488 Short half unit EUR/JPY at 130.77; s/l 130.23; t/p 128.28 Real-Time AmpGFX – Sold […]
Short EUR/JPY (From 15-Apr to 22-Apr)
Real-Time AmpGFX – Bought EUR/JPY to close short (Sun 4/22/2018 1:29 PM) Bought half unit EUR/JPY at 132.34 at Asian open Comment Trade rhetoric appears to be cooling with Mnuchin overtures and positive Chinese response over the weekend. The rise in US yields appears pervasive and driving other markets, including a stronger USD in the […]
Long AUD/NZD (From 10-Apr to 13-Apr)
Real-Time AmpGFX – sold/AUD/NZD to close long position (Fri 4/13/2018 11:08 AM MT) Sold half unit of AUD/NZD at 1.0561 to close long position Comment As discussed in my AmpGFX report yesterday, the AUD appears to have become more risk-sensitive than the NZD. This is something that I was noticing last year, but appears to […]
Short EUR/JPY (From 6-Apr to 10-Apr)
stopped out on 10-Apr Real-Time AmpGFX – sold EUR/JPY (Fri 4/6/2018 9:43 AM MT) sold half unit EUR/JPY at 131.28 Comment JPY has weakened recently towards the high side of its USD/JPY range. It is hard to say it is much correlated to any of its sometimes drivers like US yields and global equities. But […]