文档介绍：August 2006
Volume 3, No. 8
AUSSIE AND KIWI DOLLARS:
What’s the play?
JAPAN HIKES,
yen says, ‘‘Yikes!’’
TRADING WITH THE
adaptive moving average
COMMITMENT OF
Traders report
THE DOLLAR’S
hidden risks
CONTENTS
Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Gauging mitment
Is this a good breakout or a false move?
mitment of Traders report can
help currency traders fill in some of the
holes left by the absence of traditional
volume data in forex.
By Barbara Rockefeller
Trading Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
The adaptive moving average
How do you improve on a moving average?
Make it responsive to volatility changes.
By Currency Trader Staff
Advanced Strategies . . . . . . . . . . .22
The dollar and its hidden risks
A look at the dollar in light of its recent
performance vs. the yen and the euro.
By Howard L. Simons
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Currency System Analysis . . . . . .28
HLR breakout
Global Markets
Aussie/dollar shrugs off
volatile first half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
What’s in store for the Aussie dollar
after its roller-coaster first half?
By Currency Trader Staff
New Zealand: Kiwi dollar losing
its high-yield luster . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
The other “currency down under” faces
a few economic challenges in
ing months.
By Currency Trader Staff
continued on p. 4
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CONTENTS
Currency Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Trading forex the mini way
Mini forex trading is a lower-cost
alternative to full-sized futures and
spot forex. RefcoFX finds a new suitor . . . . . . .39
By Darrell Jobman In limbo since the bankruptcy of
its pany,
International has a new owner in Gain Capital.
Market Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Global Economic Calendar . . . . . .40
Global News Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Key dates for currency traders.
Currency Futures