In the US forex session focus was on the euro and the British pound, both of which benefitted from fundamental news, with the GBP rising strongly on retail sales and the single currency falling on an inflation report from the ECB. All of this was revealed on the currency matrix and the currency strength indicators from Quantum Trading.
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The Currency Strength Indicator Reveals All in Thin Markets!
The currency strength indicator reveals all in thin markets. Low volume creates deceptive calm. Price action alone can mislead. This tool exposes underlying relational strength and weakness clearly.
The currency strength indicator truly reveals all whatever the conditions, where low volume can mask underlying sentiment and create deceptive calm. In these conditions, traditional price action alone often fails to show true intent, but the indicator—combined with volume price analysis (VPA)—exposes subtle shifts in relational strength and weakness across pairs. Developed as part of the Quantum Trading suite by Anna Coulling, it highlights overextensions or emerging leaders when liquidity is low, helping traders avoid traps and spot early reversals or continuations.
Whether monitoring majors during holidays or quiet sessions, this tool cuts through the noise, providing clear insights into risk appetite without relying on high-volume confirmation. For forex traders, it's an essential edge in navigating thin markets confidently on platforms like MT4/MT5, TradingView or NinjaTrader.
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Using the Quantum Tools and Indicators in the London Forex Session
The London forex session is high-volume and volatile. It overlaps with Europe. Liquidity surges early. This creates clear opportunities. Quantum tools and indicators make navigating it simple and effective.
Key Quantum Indicators for London Session
Start with the Currency Strength Indicator. It ranks currencies instantly. Spot extremes for high-probability pairs. Add the Currency Matrix for relational views. This shows cross-pair dynamics. Volume price analysis (VPA) confirms signals—high volume on moves validates conviction.
Practical Application and Benefits
Focus on majors like EUR/USD or GBP/USD. Use Trend Monitor to stay aligned. Accumulation/Distribution highlights building phases. Alerts keep you ahead of fast moves. Anna Coulling's VPA approach with Quantum tools turns London volatility into disciplined trades.
This session rewards prepared traders. Quantum indicators on MT5 or NinjaTrader provide the edge. Use them for confident decisions in the London forex session. Spot flows early and trade with precision.
What Is a Currency Strength Indicator?
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Using the Currency Strength Indicator & Currency Array as US Dollar Sells Heavily!
The US dollar has sold heavily in recent sessions. This creates clear opportunities. The currency strength indicator and currency array reveal it early. These Quantum tools rank USD weakness. Traders spot relational shifts fast.
In this video, we explain how to use the currency strength indicator and the currency array indicator together, as they reveal opportunities to sell the US dollar. The two indicators are part of the Quantum Trading currency dashboard with the currency matrix and the currency heatmap, then completing the full complement of MT5 indicators for trading forex.
Here is a great example of the importance of understanding the universal market sentiment. The market is selling the US dollar across the US dollar complex, and so trading with the flow of sentiment is a lower-risk proposition. As we can see, this is clearly evident in the currency array, as is the strength of the momentum in the...
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MT5 Currency Strength Indicator in Action
The MT5 Currency Strength Indicator (CSI) is a powerful tool for forex traders. It ranks major currencies by relative performance in real time. This reveals market dynamics quickly. Quantum's CSI on MT5 updates live. It helps spot trends, ranges, and reversals early.
In this video, we show the Quantum Trading MT5 currency strength indicator in action, and focus in particular on the Japanese yen. This has been the ' go to' currency for the last few weeks as risk on and risk off sentiment has ebbed and flowed intraday, and reflected particularly in the yen cross pairs.
In this example, we have the 15-minute chart for NZD/JPY, with the currency strength indicator providing all the clues and signals for this strong trend higher: the New Zealand dollar is being bought strongly, and the Japanese yen is being sold equally strongly. The currency strength indicator is now available for both MT4 and MT5 platforms. You can find all...
Sterling Bears Out in Force
Sterling bears are out in force recently. GBP pairs sell off sharply. This reveals strong bearish sentiment. The currency strength indicator highlighted it early. Volume price analysis (VPA) confirmed the weakness.
A worse-than-expected UK manufacturing production figure of -0.4% against a forecast of 0.1% (-0.4% was the figure in December) has given sterling bears a further excuse to sell the currency, with some really nice downtrends in a number of GBP pairs. In addition, industrial production also followed a similar trend coming at -0.7% against a forecast of 0%, and declining further against last month's number of 0.1%,
The data injected volatility into the sterling pairs, with volatility candles triggering in the faster time frames. Cable managed to find some minor support at 1.4458, before moving lower, and what is significant is that the hourly CSI is showing GBP as likely to be moving steadily lower, and we will have to wait for the US session to see...
Following last week's turbulent price action, no surprise that today the markets have been a litte muted with the added bonus the Shanghai Composite only fell 5% in overnight trading. And with Japan closed for it's annual Coming of Age Holiday even the Nikkei could take a day off!
Meantime last Friday the euro was the currency to watch as it ended the trading week on a burst higher against most of its counterparts, and posting very positive candles on the daily charts. However, despite an early follow through today's trading session for the euro has been marked by some great trades to the short side, in particular against the USD, the Aussie, GBP, NZD & CAD.
The euro daily matrix illustrates this perfectly with the eur/usd, eur/gbp/ & eur/aud all exhibiting similar price action. The exception had been the eur/nzd, but here too the euro appears to be moving back to test the VPOC (volume point of control) at 1.6420.
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Good to see the Kiwi on a bit of tear (the white line on the currency strength indicator), but comes as no surprise given how oversold it was at the end of last week. We've been tracking the NZD/USD which has had a huge move higher overnight & broken through the VPOC on the daily chart and is now touching the 100 ma.
As we mentioned in yesterday's webinar although December price action can often seem erratic, it can nonetheless offer some great trading opportunities. And those of you who come along regularly to our webinars will know David & I are great fans of both the Kiwi and Aussie!
Kiwi Roaring Higher on the Currency Strength Indicator
The Kiwi (NZD) is roaring higher recently. This commodity currency shows strong momentum. The currency strength indicator highlights it clearly. NZD ranks at the top against majors. Traders spot bullish opportunities in NZD pairs.
CSI on Slower Timeframes
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This morning's highlight comes from Chancellor George Osborne here in the UK with his Autumn Forecast Statement, so expect lots of smoke & mirrors, volatility and opportunity to shake traders out of the market.For the British pound complex on the faster time frames, it's been a case of some good moves lower against USD, JPY & euro. The hourly currency strength indicator is also highlighting the GBP as heavily oversold, but as we have said many times in our forex webinars - currencies, markets and instrument can stay stubbornly over extended much longer than we think. And as we also say in the webinars your time horizon will always be a factor in any trading decision, and also help to quantify the level of risk associated with that trade.
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The Aussiedollar weekly chart is another classic example of how patience can be richly rewarded following the extended congestion phase of March to August 2014 which saw the pair trade in an increasingly tighter range around the VPOC (volume point of control) in the 0.93 to 0.94 price area. This type of price action is always a signal of an explosive move once the breakaway occurs.
And as we can see clearly on the chart this phase of price action came to a dramatic end with a wide spread down candle which triggered the volatility indicator (the purple arrows top and bottom), as the price action moved outside the average true range in this time frame.
The Price Action
The price action to the downside was duly confirmed with a close well outside the volatility candle and further confirming the inherent weakness in the pair. Since last August the trend lower has also been perfectly confirmed and defined by the dynamic price pivots...
