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This is a Forex account that trades GBP/USD using TopSterling Robot.

2009 --- Here We Go

06.20GMT, Ho ho ho, goodbye 2008 welcome 2009. At the beginning month of 2009, the financial markets meet some issues that affecting the flow of money. At the end of December 2008, we saw EURGBP sinking deep, walking away from parity. Rumors that the interest rate in euro zone is going to be much more less than the current level. The decision will be announced on Jan 15. EUR is weaker than GBP.
This January, we already had NFP news and the result is a little bit better than expected but overall, the employment situation in United States is still bad and worsen. After the realesed of this event, USD is stronger. EURUSD, GBPUSD is going South. On the other hand, Japanese yen is not weaker than USD. As the stock markets falling, yen is getting its power. The risk aversion rules. The strengthen of yen contribute to the weakness of EUR and GBP.
It looks like we will have strong USD until the end of January.

End of Year 2008

Few more days we are going to pass this year. What a year for the financial market,especially... Crisis, recession, cutting rates, stimulus packages are the main issue of this year. And We shall meet them next year.

Until the end of 2008, which is just 8 more days, people are squaring their position in stock markets. They don't want to hold anything in holidays. US dollars and Japanese yen are still stronger because of this action. Risk aversion plays. Euro is still stronger then pound sterling because of the future interest rate gap between this two. All of this situation might continue until the beginning of next month.

Extremely Bearish on USD

16.30 GMT, Wow,,, what a day! it's extremely bearish on USD. Markets look like anticipating The Fed Monetary Meeting on 16th December. It is expected to cut rate for 50 basis points more. I think, USD can still be bearish until mid European session. We will see after the news released, with this kind of volatility in financial markets, dollar can still show its power.

Auto Bailout In Deadlock, Yen And USD Are Strong

09.35 GMT, Today's hot issue is about US auto industry's bailout didn't get approval from US Senate. This issue makes Stock Index dropping and some risk aversion is seen. Yen and USD are strong because of that. Even the strong euro that hit 1.3400 yesterday is down 200 pips against USD after the auto's bailout news released. Yen is also continuing to strengthen against USD,GBP, and EUR.

Let's see one by one..

On GBPUSD: There is a support near 1.4850. and a resistance near 1.4960. We can put a sell stop just below 1.4850 and a buy stop just above 1.4960.

On EURUSD: Euro is still stronger against USD and GBP. There is a support near 1.3245, and probably will reach its high again.

On USDJPY: Yen has a resistance near 91.20. The chances to the downside is bigger than to the upside. We can sell near that resistance.

Ok, that's all folks, thanks for reading, and enjoy your trading,,

Euro Reached New High Against USD

09.37 GMT, Euro is picking up new power against US dollar this week. It reached a new high in two month against US dollar at 1.3158. Some analyst said that it's because a relatively calm markets, collapsing volatility and investors keen to exit some of their short positions ahead of Christmas holidays.

For the rest of the day, EURUSD has a support near yesterday's high at 1.3070. If it holds, EURUSD might stay above 1.3100 today. On the contrary, EURUSD will have a pullback to 1.3000

Dollar Stronger Again

10.00 GMT, Yesterday the dollar was weaker against major currency due to stock index hovering in the positive territory. In US, The bailout of the big 3 of automotive industry is the issue in this week. The possibility that the bailout approved by the Congress is getting bigger and it made investors going back to stock markets at the beginning of this week.

Today we see the dollar is stronger against GBP and EUR. It seems to anticipate the grim look on economic indicator of the British and European country.

Let's take a look one by one:

On GBP/USD: There is a support at 1.4720. If it holds, the price will stay at 1.4800 territory. But it is still strong dollar issue. If 1.4720 breaks, GBP/USD will head to 1.4500 territory again.

On USD/JPY: Looking at 4H Chart, the trend is bearish for USD/JPY. The slowdown in global economy causes unwinding carry trades. USD/JPY might reach 90.00 figures and it's possible going under that.

Ok folks, c ya next time,,thanks for reading

After Non-Farm Payrolls

14.00 GMT, As we assumed before, NFP figure came up real bad. -533K Vs -340K (forecast). 30 minutes after the release, US dollar is still strong. Stock indexes are deteriorated. And Yen is stronger too. It is unwinding carry trades. The figures did not hit the USD, it hit US Stock index.

That's all, folks,, happy trading