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	<title>Confessions of a Forex Trader &#187; Fundamental</title>
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		<title>Will be a complicated week</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/10/03/will-be-a-complicated-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I don’t know about you, but I don&#8217;t see many pairs trading in a clear market condition, for instance, today I only trading about 3 or 4 today, on the others, I have no clue of what the market is likely to do. Might be that this week we have a zillion important fundamental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important fundamental announcements of the week</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/09/19/important-fundamental-announcements-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet This week isn&#8217;t full of fundamental announcements, but we got the most important of them all: US interest rate announcement. Last time it was announced, the market went wild, not because there was any change on the interest rates, but because the statement that comes along with it. Traders and investors have been focusing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most important Fundamentals announcements of the week</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/09/12/most-important-fundamentals-announcements-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Hope you all had a nice and relaxing weekend! These are the most important fundamental announcements of the week: Monday: None Tuesday: GBP – CPI Wednesday: GBP – Claimant Count Change (similar to unemployment claims) USD – Core retail sales NZD – Interest rate Thursday: CHF – Interest rate and SNB Press Conference GBP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week’s important Forex events:</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/09/05/this-week%e2%80%99s-important-forex-events/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/09/05/this-week%e2%80%99s-important-forex-events/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundamental]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet This is the list of what I think are the most important announcements this week. Remember every fundamental announcement (even the ones not included on this list) have the potential to have great impact in the market! Monday 5th: US and CAN banks are closed, so don’t expect much movement today, not enough liquidity! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busy week, wasn’t it?</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/08/12/busy-week-wasn%e2%80%99t-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundamental]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Weekly Review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet As a result of the US debt rating downgrade from AAA to AA+ (last Friday), we started the week with a gap. By the way, we saw exactly the opposite of what should have happened. On Monday, investors instead of getting rid of US bonds, etc (selling them) they ended up buying more, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNB and CHF appreciation</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/08/11/snb-and-chf-appreciation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CHF Crosses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Today I’ve read two articles about the Swiss National Bank concerns about the CHF appreciation: First one:  “Switzerland’s central bank said yesterday it will increase the supply of francs to fight the currency’s massive overvaluation.” So they are using the exact same strategy the Bank of Japan does, the question here is, will it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GBPCAD Trade Update, hit limit &amp; NFP</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/08/05/gbpcad-trade-update-hit-limit-nfp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet The decision of holding your trades during important fundamentals releases its always tough, you never know what could happen. I definitely feel more comfortable once the market has already moved on my favor and in order to hold my trade, I need to have nothing at risk on such trade, for instance moving your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Debt limit agreement, volatility and something about CHF crosses</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/08/01/us-debt-limit-agreement-volatility-and-something-about-chf-crosses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/?p=3242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I don’t know about you, but I think the volatility we are going to see this week might be something to note (and be careful about). First, we have plenty of fundamentals announcements, just to mention a few of the most important: NZD, JPY, EUR and GBP interest rate announcements US Non-farm payrolls report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worried about Bernanke’s Testimony</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/07/21/worried-about-bernanke%e2%80%99s-testimony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/?p=3188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Bernanke testifies before the senate, and I’m worried about the questions and answers sessions, you never know what they are going to ask him, if it’s something about the market, crisis, USD, etc the market will take some impact. Now, there are times that no impact is seen during Bernanke’s testimonies, I hope this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks closed in the US</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/07/04/banks-closed-in-the-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundamental]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet All US banks will be closed today, therefore there is not enough liquidity to make large moves in the market&#8230; I think the best thing to do today will be to be a sideliner This week we have important announcements, a few of the most important are: AUD Interest rate Today AUD Employment change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adam Kritzer &#8211; Swiss Franc Correlation</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/06/07/adam-kritzer-swiss-franc-correlation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2011/06/07/adam-kritzer-swiss-franc-correlation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Adam Kritzer wrote a very intreresting and informative article about the correlation between USDCHF and CHFJPY, more info about this post here: http://www.forexblog.org/2011/06/how-to-trade-the-franc-yen-dollar-correlation.html Regards, Raul Lopez]]></description>
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		<title>Interest rates and NFP</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2010/11/03/interest-rates-and-nfp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/?p=1462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tweet The US interest rate is schedule to be announced later today. Although no change is expected, it’s difficult to determine how traders all over the world will react to it. And of course, another scenario is an interest cut or a hike, its not likely to happen, but it still is a possibility and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Difficult week</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2010/10/08/difficult-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/?p=1391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tweet This week has been one of the most difficult weeks to trade since I remember, not because the results in my trading (because I didn’t place any trade this week) but because how the market behaved in the long term charts. You see,  I trade based on what the market behaves in the long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plenty of Fundamental this week</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2010/10/05/plenty-of-fundamental-this-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet This week is going to be a bit complicated to find clear market direction because of the fundamentals, there are plenty of them: Yesterday: Interest rates for JPY and AUD (neither changed) Thursday: Interest rates for the GBP and EUR And Friday, the most important of all fundamentals: Non-Farm payrolls report (US) I’d suggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFP Impact in the USDCAD</title>
		<link>http://www.straightforex.com/forex_blog/2010/06/10/nfp-impact-in-the-usdcad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raul Lopez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fundamental]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[USDCAD Analysis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet As you already know last Friday the NFP was released (yellow square), take a look at the next chart: The USDCAD was moving down in a smoothly way (blue arrow), then the NFP announcement made the USDCAD spike up, but after that it moved back down again (green arrow), and looks like the USDCAD [...]]]></description>
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