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Fundamentals in Focus for GBP and NZD/USD in Today's London Forex Session (January 13, 2026)
The London forex session (starting around 8 AM GMT) often sets the tone for the day with high liquidity and European data influences. Today, GBP and NZD/USD are in focus amid mixed sentiment—USD weakness from ongoing Fed scrutiny, positive NZ confidence data, and anticipation of US CPI later.
This is taken from the morning's forex session with Anna and David of Quantum Trading. The session starts with Anna considering some of the fundamental drivers for the British pound, and of course Brexit. Over the next few months we are likely to see increasing volatility as the negotiations reach their conclusion. Whether agreement is reached or not, one thing you can be sure of is this. That each statement or announcement will send the pound sharply higher or lower across the complex.
The Pair In Focus
The New Zealand dollar was the pair in focus on the NinjaTrader platform. This...
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In this session Anna and David look at some key stocks and what they said last year, and where they are now. These included Macy, General Electric, Trip Advisor and Kroger and all covered in Anna's book Stock Trading and Investing Using Volume Price Analysis. Some great examples of volume price analysis in action and whether you are an investor or stock trader, the lessons here can be applied across all timeframes and markets. And ofcourse, supported by the tools and indicators for NinjaTrader from Quantum Trading.
You can find all the analysis of these stocks in Anna's book, Stock Trading & Investing Using Volume Price Analysis on Amazon.
What this session also shows is how the Quantum Trading tools and indicators can be applied to all markets and all timeframes. In this session we were considering the daily and weekly timeframes for stocks using the NinjaTrader tools and indicators.
Can I Apply Volume Price Analysis as an Investor in Stocks?
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Aussie Dollar and Gold in Focus in the London Session
The Aussie dollar and gold take center stage in the London session. Both are commodity-linked assets. AUD reacts to risk sentiment. Gold often moves inversely to USD strength. Traders watch them for early clues.
In this morning's session once again we focus on some of the key concepts of support and resistance using the accumulation and distribution indicator for NinjaTrader and the dynamic support and resistance indicator for MT4/5. The AUD/USD provides some good examples from the faster to the slower timeframes as the pair tests a strong level of support in the session on the 60 minute chart.
One of the many trading concepts we also discuss is using multiple timeframes to identify levels in higher and lower timeframes. Finally we also look at support and resistance from the aspect of overbought and oversold with the currency strength indicator for NinjaTrader.
Volume Price Analysis Insights
Volume price analysis (VPA) reveals connections. High volume on...
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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...
How Currency Focus Shifts Across Forex Sessions: London to US to Asia
Forex markets run 24/5. Focus shifts between major sessions. This creates unique opportunities. London, New York, and Asia each highlight different currencies. Volume price analysis (VPA) tracks the transitions. Quantum indicators make spotting shifts reliable.
One of the keys to success as a forex trader is in being able to see currency strength and weakness instantly and across the timeframes. In early trading this morning we have a classic example described by the Quantum Trading currency strength indicator across the faster timeframes. We see the strong buying of the British Pound ( the yellow line) and also the Euro ( the orange line) from the 5 minute through to the 30 minute chart. With both currencies rising so strongly and across the timeframes, it is simply a question of deciding which pair to focus on as the counter currency and trade accordingly.
This set up is one we are looking for...
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In this video we explain how to isolate out the currency pair using the currency strength indicator, and then to add further focus to the chart by including the currency index in our trading work-space.
In this example it's the GBP/JPY which is our focus, and on the currency strength indicator all the other currencies have been turned off, allowing us to see instantly and clearly where the two currencies are in their journey. This can be done easily and quickly using the toggle buttons on the indicator.
Here we can see the Yen is rising strongly and the British pound is falling strongly and so developing the strongly bearish trend we see on the chart. In other words the perfect combination, where we have strength in one currency reinforced with weakness in the other. This is confirmed by the trend monitor indicator, the support and resistance indicator and of course volume.
Finally to help focus further on this pair, we have added...
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In this short video we explain the power of using the Quantum Trading currency strength indicator in multiple timeframes on the MT5 platform. And in this example we are using the MT5 platform once again which provides a much wider choice of timeframes using both the standard and custom options. Here we have the currency strength indicator applied to the 5 minute the 10 minute and the 15 minute timeframes, and focused on the EUR/CAD currency pair.
Here we can see the trend is already underway and confirmed by the currency strength indicator with the euro currency falling strongly and the Canadian dollar rising just as strongly. This is where we see the strongest trends develop and the steepness of the line for each currency gives us clear and strong signals of the strength of the momentum for this pair, with strength in one and weakness in the other, providing the prefect combination for a strong trend in the pair.
The trend...
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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...
GBP/JPY Begins to Turn on the Daily Chart
GBP/JPY begins to turn on the daily chart. This yen cross shows early reversal signals. Price action shifts after prolonged moves. Traders watch closely for confirmation.
The currency strength indicator on the daily timeframe has been signalling the UK pound as strongly overbought (yellow line) and the Japanese yen (magenta line) as oversold for some time, and today has finally seen the pair move lower following last week's extended congestion phase in the 151 area of the chart.
This period of price action was preceded with the two bar reversal, sending an intial signal of weakness following the overreaction to hawkish comments from the BOE, with wide spread price action in the up move, not supported or validated with volume. |For any such move, volumes should have been dramatically higher, a clear sign of the lack of participation by the insiders, and signal of a trap being set. The trap has now been sprung and...
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.
Against the...