Volatility calms on British pound

by Quantum Trading Comment Closed
No surprise to see volatility candles triggered across the British pound complex and today's retreat to within the spread of the candle has been given additional impetus on news the Brexit negotiations still have some way to go. Understanding the power of the Quantum volatility indicator and how to deal with volatility when it is unleashed on the markets is something we explain in our free weekly webinars. You can sign up for these here : http://bit.ly/2lIeeu4 - hope you can come along....
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Heatmap highlights extent of overbought & oversold on Aussie & CAD

Heatmap highlights extent of overbought & oversold on Aussie & CAD

by Quantum Trading Comment Closed
At the start of a new month and quarter it's always useful to consider which currencies and currency pairs are at extremes, because if there is one thing we can be sure of is that at some point sentiment for an individual currency and currency pair will change. And this is where the Quantum heatmap indicator can help as it not only ranks our 28 currency pairs, but also does so across multiple time frames giving us a snapshot of what is happening on 252 charts. And as we can see it is Aussie and Cad that have been heavily sold, particularly against the Yen and the British pound. The daily chart of the aud/jpy now shows the pair attempting to base in the 80.50 region, which also coincides with our S3 Camarilla level, and today's bullish price action, on reasonable volume, has taken the pair to the underside of the first major resistance at 82, and assuming risk off sentiment...
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Classic VPA on GBP/JPY

by Quantum Trading Comment Closed
A classic VPA on 5 min chart of GBP/JPY on the release of NFP today. Huge down candle on light volume, before we saw a switch back higher as market absorbed poor numbers, and likelihood of a September FED hike in interest rates disappear faster than snow in July. The trigger of the volatility indicator (purple arrows) also signaled high probability of a re-trace to within spread of the down candle. Volume simply validated this point. Indeed FED Funds Rate now pricing in a 44% probability of a rise in rates in December which is a re-run of last year's interest rate saga. As of yesterday FED funds showing a 30% probability of a rise in September  ...
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