by Judith Waker | Nov 2, 2015 | Analysis, Blog
Monetary policy divergence has been the developing theme of the last week, with a much more than expected hawkish Fed mid week, and no easing from either the RBNZ or the BOJ, it was a very different week to the one that preceded it. The ECB, already with negative...
by Judith Waker | Oct 27, 2015 | Analysis, Blog
When we take the time to analyse what lies beneath market action and more particularly price direction we find there are two major areas of focus. One is the big risk events that lurk in the weekly calendar and the second is the risk environment and to what extent...
by Judith Waker | Oct 19, 2015 | Analysis, Blog
Tracking down fundamental themes and identifying the sentiment is a vital first step in making our trading choices, so this week we will take a close look at what the pros are thinking as events take place and what we can look forward to this coming week. Urban...
by Judith Waker | Oct 13, 2015 | Analysis, Blog
Recent trading has brought volatility and choppiness to the markets, and then last week post the US disappointments in the jobs data it all got much calmer. Profits were made longing the commodity currencies and shorting the Euro amongst other opportunities. These...
by Judith Waker | Oct 6, 2015 | Analysis, Blog
To trade without understanding what is driving the market is like driving with a blindfold. Invariably even a very basic  knowledge of global macro will show you in which direction you are looking to trade and significantly increasing probabilities of success . Again...
