By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst
www.worldcurrencywatch.com

Being something of a veteran in the currency markets now, there are plenty of things I do on auto-pilot when I’m trading. But that wasn’t always the case.

By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst
www.worldcurrencywatch.com

Being something of a veteran in the currency markets now, there are plenty of things I do on auto-pilot when I’m trading. But that wasn’t always the case.

By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst
www.worldcurrencywatch.com 

Reading currency charts may be second nature to some of you. But I remember the day when I came over to currency trading from the stock market – I was completely lost. Suddenly, I had a whole new trading language to learn, with pairs, lots, pips, etc.

What the heck was a currency pair? Looking at the symbols for AUD/USD or GBP/USD was a far cry from the IBM, Google, GE, and Apple stocks I used to trade.

By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst
www.worldcurrencywatch.com

As of yesterday, Iceland is facing an outright political crisis. (The Prime Minister was forced to resign in the aftermath of their financial crisis, and he doesn’t have a replacement.)

But strangely, the krona doesn’t seem to be responding to the added turmoil like it should. Let me explain…

The Krona Is Holding Its Own – Even Without a Prime Minister

By Chuck Butler, editor
www.worldcurrencywatch.com 

The U.S. data cupboard is chock-full-o-data this week, and the Fed's FOMC meets tomorrow, but won't announce their rate decision until Wednesday.

I've always wondered just what these Fed Heads do during these two-day meetings. I've always contended that they most likely play board games, or maybe Battleship. I can hear Kohn, telling Bernanke, "Ben, by Joe, you've sunk my battleship!" (It’s even funnier if you say it in a British accent.)

By Jack Crooks, Currency Analyst
www.worldcurrencywatch.com 

One of the problems I’ve lamented about over the last several years is what I refer to as the Yuppy-fication of Wall Street. Instead of the guys who made it to the top because of their guts, instincts and brains, we now are faced with a world of Ivy-league MBA’s with spreadsheet running this institutions. 

By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst 
www.worldcurrencywatch.com

In 2007, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange completely changed the way normal investors like you and me purchase currency options.

They made currency options easier to buy, easier to sell, but most importantly they made them easier to understand with several improvements including…

By John Ross Crooks, Currency Analyst
www.worldcurrencywatch.com

Over the next six to eight months, our core trading strategy is based on three key ideas:

1.    Global demand will continue to deteriorate
2.    China will surprise on the downside
3.    Commodities prices will sink back to their 2001 levels

By Sean Hyman, Currency Analyst
www.worldcurrencywatch.com

Traders ask me this question all the time. And I can’t blame them. After all, if you can’t identify large moves in the Forex market, you can’t possibly know if you’re earning the kind of profits you want.

So let’s clear this up right now, shall we?

By Chuck Butler, editor
www.worldcurrencywatch.com

If the risk takers came out of the walls yesterday, then that must mean the High Yielders of Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil are rebounding. But how much of this can someone take? Up, down, up, down, back and forth, like watching a tennis match. We need direction!