Fundamentals:  We have a few announcements today which will affect the market.

Coming from Canada we have the “Core Retail Sales”. The previous announcement was 1.0%

And the forecast for today is 0.1%. (12:15  GMT).

A second announcement coming from New Zealand  “GDP q/q” which will be released at 22:45 GMT. The previous announcement was -1.0% and the forecast for today is -0.2%.

EUR/USD

Very interesting trading week for foreign exchange traders
one of the most important pairs to follow is definitely the EUR/USD.

Last few weeks we noted that this pair is moving forward in a clear uptrend, as noted in our weekly and daily charts. Concluding that more people bought the EUR and sold the US dollar, the big Q we all ask will this uptrend continue.

There are 3 possible scenarios:

1. The pair can break its resistance line and continue its uptrend to the next resistance point.

2. The pair can continue to move within its current range.

3. The EUR/USD may change directions and break its support line creating a downtrend for the pair.

For a clearer picture we need to wait for more indicators coming from the US and European session. After the results are in we can get much better understanding to where the market will lead us.

Let’s see how much pips the market move….

Resistances:1.4730 – 1.4765

Supports:1.4670 – 1.4610

Fundamentals:  We have a few announcements today which will affect the market.

Coming from Canada we have the “Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ”. The previous announcement was 134K and the forecast for today is 138K. (12:15  GMT).

one more announcement coming in from New Zealand is the  “Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Official Cash Rate ” which will be released at 21:00 GMT. The previous announcement was 2.50% and the forecast for today is 2.50%. At the same time we will have a Reserve Bank of New Zealand Conference which will issue a statement.

I want to start the day by explaining a little about some of the trading strategies in the Forex Market. In order to recognize some of the strategy’s available you need to determine what kind of a trader you are.

Frequently asked questions are, when is the right time to close or to open the position? Or how long should I keep the position open for? This questions is part of the trader’s strategy, let‘s look over the one that will fit your trading strategies and how this varies from one person to the other.

Long-term- usually prefer a daily or a weekly charts, the trader need lots of capital in order to keep the positions alive for a long period of time. The trader will usually close the position when he is pleased From total profit. You can make a lot of profit by joining the trend

Short-term- usually prefer an hourly chart and analyzes the market by combining technical and fundamental information and  can make a good profit from the changes in the range of the currency pair traded.

Intraday – usually prefer a minute’s chart to trade. It is also known as scalping. It is a trading strategy that allows the trader to open and close positions within a few minutes thus taking advantage of minute analysis and reviewing the performance of the currency with little regard to fundamental analysis.

All of the strategies I mentioned above allow you the opportunity to make money is the forex industry. The big question is which one will suits you trading style and goal.

NZD/USD

One of the most closely watched pairs over the last few days has been the Kiwi against the USD.

Last week we noted that this pair came to a point of 1.6991 on 09/01/08 almost exactly on its 1 year anniversary. Wow!! We will have to wait and see if the markets will react to this and go with the uptrend. This week we will look for the Kiwi to hit new levels and this uptrend is likely to continue.

Fundamentals:  We have a few announcements today which will affect the market.

Coming from U.K we have the “Manufacturing Production”. The previous announcement was 0.4% and the forecast for today is 0.3%. (8:30 GMT).

One more announcement coming from Canada “Building Permits” which will be release at 12:30 GMT. The previous announcement was 1.0% and the forecast for today is 0.5%.

USD/CAD

Let’s start analyzing this fascinating couple, Earlier this week, the cad dollar continuing strengthening, you can clearly see it over a daily chart ,

After falling around 90 pips on the back of the August US unemployment report from 1.0970, USD/CAD has bounced at 1.0885 to previous levels close to 1.0980. Currently the pair is trading around 1.1050 to 1.0650 over a daily chart, it is important to note that there is a strong resistance point at 1.0825 .

this pair is a wonderful pair for scalping  traders , the pair is in  clear range, we can find some opportunities by continuing  to trade with this pair. Let’s translate yesterday movements to money

Resistances-1.0830 – 1.0895

Supports-1.0730 – 1.0680

XAU/USD

One of the most fascinating things in the forex market is the possibility to trade with commodities . Especially the black oil trade , witch so-called gold.
Over the last few days we are in a track we can find a clear volatility coming from this pair.
last time this pair had reached to the same levels as now ,was on th23 February, you can find it over the hourly chart , as we can see the pair tried several times to cross the resistance line, it’s hard to say what will happen, but it certainly seems that this direction is an uptrend.

Resistances -1030

Supports -990