We have received many requests about general status and trading updates from clients. Being in such an exciting market, we can understand why many want to know what our thoughts are regarding the forex market. Time permitting, we will update this blog on a daily basis. You will find general notes regarding market movements and [...]
Read more →Commentary from Neil Gilbert at FX360… Another Terrific Tuesday Another day, another record height reached in the US equity market as the Dow soared for the 17th consecutive Tuesday, and the S&P broke some records as well. The euphoric heights are beginning to become second rate news as it seems a new record is reached at least 3 of [...]
Read more →Let’s start by talking about the US dollar, the most important indicator in the currency market for what is happening globally. The greenback has some things going for it despite the fact that quantitative easing has been an ongoing medication for ailing economy of the past several years. It is still backed by gold, in [...]
Read more →From Neil Gilbert Will the G20 Do Anything? The North American trading session started out with a littleflair this morning, but quickly lost its momentum as the day wore on as riskmarkets seemed to take a rest after a hectic few days leading in to it. If the flip flopping pattern of the last fewdays were [...]
Read more →Below is some interesting commentary in regards to North Korea and the markets… The World’s Crazy Uncle: North Korea The North American trading session was devoid of any major market moving events today, so risk markets found a groove and stayed in it for most of the morning and afternoon. US equities climbed to another [...]
Read more →Hello, it is midweek and we have a had a very sideways market thus far. We are looking for some potential breaks to happen as consolidation does not last too long usually in the currency market, a reason we like it so much. Hopefully you have your Valentine’s plans wrapped up if you celebrate. What [...]
Read more →Hello from HGT! Hopefully everyone had a great weekend and is off to a productive start to the week. We are excited to be testing Citibank’s newest trading tools, and an updated platform for trading, with better pricing and execution which we think could help really boost some profits long-term. We just got everything totally [...]
Read more →We are approaching month end but also in the middle of what we always call NFP week, which is usually the most challenging week to trade. The markets today were rather stagnant and left little room for any trading. This has a lot to do with the anticipation of the FOMC minutes. The FOMC minutes [...]
Read more →Hello from HGT, This week we have some potential set ups that we are looking to get aggressive on as some stars seem to be aligning for some potentially decent looking moves. This could be the week of corrections some have been anticipating. We have seen a nice bull run for the equities markets, the [...]
Read more →Well it has been a stagnant week for currencies in general. The Canadian dollar lost strength this morning for a quick move that lasted about a half hour after some monetary announcements came out. ECB President Draghi spoke yesterday with words of encouragement but it did little to move the Euro which fell in earlier [...]
Read more →Just a quick update for the end of the week…. We have been focused on the Eurjpy trades that have been in sine last week and are pleased to say we knocked nearly half of the hedge out with over a 2pct recovery of the 5% hedge and look forward to finishing that task next [...]
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