Here are the levels to watch today. No use for much technical analysis today, payrolls are too noisy for that!

http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/analysis-reports/currency-majors-technical-perspective/2009-11-06.html

Canada has just published their employment data; pretty bad in general, with 43.2K job lost instead of 10.K wins expected, while unemployment rate rose to 8.6% from  8.4%. Not a law, but U.S. data tends to come in line with this one. If data is so bad in America, could dollar rose today??

I will be covering Live! (YES! AGAIN!) data at Fxstreet.com home page. See you all there!

Hi everybody, and welcome back! Dollar remains weak across the board, after yesterday’s Central Banks decisions, more due to a healthy risk appetite than data, as stocks and gold keep rising as there was no roof for them. Anyway, and ahead of the U.S. NFP report, greenback continues losing ground.

Regarding Nonfarm payrolls, we know, that usually a good dollar report trigger a stocks rally, sending greenback down, while a bad ready has the oppositeeffect. USUALLY. L believe we are going to follow that path today, but remember one day, a good dollar reading will mean dollar strength. If that day is today, is something I can’t assure.  Just pay attention to market and take a breath before taking a trading decision. Good luck all!

Here is the link for today’s calendar:

http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/economic-calendar/

Have a great day!

Hi again! after the longgggg live coverage, here is the hourly perspective for majors. Enjoy!

http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/analysis-reports/currency-majors-technical-perspective/2009-11-05.html

Hi everybody and welcome! Sorry for the lack of post yesterday it was a technical issue with the blog editor. I couldn´t make it work! I have been doing however the usual reports. Anyway, here we are back with dollar down against major rivals, after the FED decide to hold rates and the “extremely low, for an extended period” stance. Eur/Usd reached 1.4900, Gbp/Usd 1.6600, from where both retreat a bit, waiting for next ECB and BOE decisions. Stocks rose on the positive outlook of the economy, while gold keeps trying to reach the 1100 level.

Early data show some improvements in the U.K. with Industrial Production above expectations, while Retail Sales in the eurozone fell again, this time -0.7%. However majors are almost with no reaction: market players don’t dare to risk positions a couple of hours before statments, so seems we  will have to wait to see some definitions for today. Here is the link for today’s calendar:

http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/economic-calendar/

Have a great day!

Hi everyone, welcome back. As warned in last post, gold breaking higher changed all: dollar recovery against major rivals dilute quickly, and majors run higher, leaded by Gbp that reached the 1.6450 area, while Euro regained the 1.4700 level to stay. Commodity currencies also printed a strong recovery that extends early Europe as gold keeps approaching to $ 1100/oz. Ahead of FOMC, dollar could weak further if the FED maintain it’s “exceptionally low, for an extended period” stance regarding rates. Yet day is still young, let’s see what technicals have to say. Here is the link for today’s calendar:

http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/economic-calendar/

Have a great day!

If something is halting further dollar gains, no doubts is gold. Having reached a few minutes ago the 1069 level, barely a couple of bucks under the historical high reached past October, the commodity keeps pushing higher. Keep an eye on it, a break higher could trigger interesting movements in currencies, starting with Aud.

Hi everybody, and welcome to this moody market! the recovery we saw in stocks, and currencies past Monday, has been already erased after RBA rate decision. As expected, they lift rates again, but just 0.25bp, something market had already priced in. With Japan closed for holiday, market was thinner than usual, and majors jumped to the upside, only to come quickly back down, as Australia’s central bank signaled it may pause its monetary tightening next month. Dollar is running higher against major rivals, even above yesterday’s high in most of the crosses, and seems ready to continue. Early U.K. data, Construction PMI worse than expected is adding to the general feeling.  I will add quick post with what I can see in majors, for the hours to come, as we are back again approaching to key points. Here is the link for today’s calendar:

http://www.fxstreet.com/fundamental/economic-calendar/

Have a great day!

Market remains waiting for U.S. data, with majors moving in smaller ranges hour after hour. ISM PMI is expected to the upside, while Pending Home sales are expected to the downside. Just 15 minutes to go.

Here is the majors updated technical perspective for the American session:

http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/analysis-reports/currency-majors-technical-perspective/2009-11-02.html