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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    i wish it were as easy as "clean and slow directional moves" .LOL we'd all be rich :> no, i too will sell sometime this session. i don't think it will make it to 1.2910 at this rate, however. i have just been scalping between 1.2899-1.2903ish. i don't predict much action this evening (EST)...
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    I'm in the same boat. I think we will go at least to 1.2950 tomorrow after FED hikes / bad trade report I'm also shorting the 30yr treasury.
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    So let me see if I understand this... A large order will come in.. for example, 1000 contracts at an ask of 1.2906. Then the same person will then start buying small sizes to increase the price say, up to 1.2910, and then eventually up to 1.2915. then the same person will sell as many...
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    what kind of option contracts are there past 1.3000 you know of? i have found that while i can keep up on news and run my predictions that way, the "options news" portion screws me everytime .. wish i could get a handle on that.
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    it went below 1.2900 already-- i believe it will go up and see maybe even 1.2950 but then come down into the mid-high 1.28s -- only wish i knew when those two points would be :>
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    The reports I've read said that during the asian session they are anticipating the euro to go down.. interesting that it is doing the reverse.. I wonder if it will keep it up.. hmmm..
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    I think we're setting up for a spike :> I'm in small around the 20s seeing what's gonna happen.. I'll probably sell if it dips into the low teens. edit: disclaimer: i'm an optimistic ;o)
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    Interesting.. from bloomberg: "Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The euro's three-day advance against the dollar stalled after European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet said its rally to a record was unwelcome. ``Recent moves, which tend to be brutal on the exchange markets between the...
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    what's the trick to getting an ifrmarkets.com account?? i have tried twice to register and they said they would contact me but never have...
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    i'm scalping .. getting a few +3s and +6s here and there.. not like friday's movement though! :> on a side note, i have not traded euro through a FED rate hike .. has anyone? what is the trend either way?
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    any public link or place i can get close-to-realtime info on this? where is this kind of info as well?? :>
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    From bloomberg on Yen: "Ready to Rebound The yen's 14-day relative strength index, an indicator traders sometimes use to gauge a currency's likely direction, is at 27.12. The index shows how rapidly prices have advanced or dropped during a given period, and a level under 30 suggests the...
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    are you leaving it short over the weekend? i read a while back the prime minister isnt going to worry about the eur until it reaches 1.400..
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    it.. just.. keeps .. going.. up and up! lol, so i guess nonfarm didnt have much pull afterall? because if you go by the mechanics, a strong nonfarm should have hurt the euro, not made it increase 100+ pips..... that sucker is bound for 1.300 by the early part of monday imo.
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    i got massacred but then got it back, im about +9 overall.. kind of walking on eggshells right now ..taking +2s here and there when i see a pattern.. am kind of hoping for it to go lower before lunch :>
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    i agree with you-- there is opposition around 1.2930 on options i read so they will be trying to keep it away from that figure like yesterday..
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    from bloomberg: "Friday Jobs Report ``The market is waiting for the ECB to say something, but they seem happy now to let the politicians to do the talking,'' said Daragh Maher, senior currency strategist in London at Calyon, a unit of Credit Agricole SA. ``The question now is do you want...
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    chinook, which do you find yourself typically doing: if it you bought at 60, and it went to 54, and you bought again, and it went to 40, and you bought again, all with the idea that in the end, it is going to go up and you can make up that first buy at 60 ? or do you recommend when you buy at...
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    Read this at bloomberg: ``Now that we're past the election, people are rebuilding their short-dollar positions,'' said Trevor Dinmore, a currency strategist in London at Deutsche Bank AG. ``We're not far from the euro's high. It's not difficult to say we'll make an attempt on it today or...
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    Chinook's EUR/USD (E/$)Mumblings

    We hit some market momentum there for a while! Saw 1.2895 for a brief second.. looks like we're back down in the 80s again.. dowh! What a tease!
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