| USD/CAD: Hitting & Testing (reloaded) |
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22:23 2007/11/07 |
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In the notes published here on FXstreet.com dated October 9th, 11th, 20th and 25th I deconstructed the rationale behind repeatedly selling the USD/CAD short since late September, market action done in a personal attempt (eventually proved successful) to profit handsomely from the pair's rapid extension to all-time lows. Mentioning the rather hastily decided exit out of the market, I also noted here on October 25th, 'If conditions turn a certain way (and they do seem to do just that), I'll have no hesitation to short again.' 'The US Dollar doesn't look well at all against the European currencies - at a time when the Gold market trembles like a volcano ready to break upwards, and the price of Oil is soaring. Confident that the US Dollar would be crashed yet again versus the Canadian Dollar, in the European transacting time of October 26th I opened two brand new short USD/CAD positions, at market at 0.9639 and 0.9621. On October 29th I shorted the pair for the third time, at market at 0.9590 - still, in my letter to clients emailed on the same day I cared to add: 'Nonetheless, considering what I currently perceive as the 'moral hazard' of the upcoming Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting scheduled for this Wednesday, October 31st - I will be very closely monitoring my USD/CAD exposure and most probably will decide in favor of a consolidated exit ahead of the underway US interest rate decision.' And indeed, just minutes before the Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement last week on October 31st I without hesitation closed out my 0.9639 and 0.9621 shorts at market at 0.9509. I dumped the third, 0.9590 short a couple of hours after the US central bank's announcement - at market at 0.9453. My exposure on the US Dollar has since stayed at zero. Still, in my letter to clients of Monday, November 5th I noted: 'I see room for the US Dollar to go further down across the board. I see the USD/CAD making new lower lows, soon. Nonetheless, beware of the US Dollar. That warning about the US currency's worsening odds has materialized indeed: since this week's first trading hours, the US Dollar dropped about 250 pips against the Euro, 300 pips versus the Canadian Dollar, while spot Gold surged almost $40. |
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