{"id":15640,"date":"2010-11-20T22:14:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T03:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=15640"},"modified":"2010-11-20T22:14:28","modified_gmt":"2010-11-21T03:14:28","slug":"what-moves-the-currency-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/11\/20\/what-moves-the-currency-market\/","title":{"rendered":"What moves the currency market?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Emerging Market Capital FX (EMCFX.com)<\/p>\n<p>The Forex Market trades $3.2 trillion dollars in volume each day. This  fact alone shows the liquidity in this market and there are always  buyers and sellers in the market 24 hours a day, 6 days a week. There  are four major sessions in the U.S., Asian, European and London markets.<\/p>\n<p>Who are the participants? Central Banks i.e. Fed&#8217;s, BOJ, ECB, BOE, and  other countries; Large Institutions\/Corporations, Bond Market  (treasuries), Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Large Sovereign Buyers,  Banks\/Remittance, Clearing Houses, and Retailers.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., the economic indicators are signals for the health of the  economy. They show the signs of inflationary or deflationary market  sentiment. Inflation is good for the economy and show signs of a  stronger dollar. Deflation is a negative sentiment for the economy and  show signs of a weaker dollar. These are the basic fundamentals for a  strong or weak dollar in the U.S. compared to other countries and their  fundamental analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The market sentiment is the fundamental analysis i.e. economic  indicators being released during each sessions and then being measured  by the weakness or the strength of the actual number forecasted by the  previous number. The market conditions are the volume pressures of  buyers\/sellers moving the trend in one market direction.<\/p>\n<p>Majority of the currencies are against the U.S. dollar either indirect  or direct with the dollar. So in conclusion what moves the currency  market is the relative strength or weakness on the fundamental news.  This will move the currency market and the volume pressures of  buyers\/sellers will move the currency market also.<\/p>\n<p>About EMCFX   Emerging Market Capital FX is recognized as one of the most dedicated  and hard working independent providers of forex managed funds to  individuals from low to high wealth portfolios. They offer transparent  real time platforms for peace of mind. EMCFX can be your alternative  source for forex managed funds.   Headquartered in Houston, Texas, EMCFX provides forex managed accounts  to all size portfolios.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2010 EMCFX<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>Mark Baker as one of the most dedicated and hard working independent  providers of forex managed funds to individuals from low to high wealth  portfolios. We offer transparent real time platforms for peace of mind.  EMCFX can be your alternative source for forex managed funds. Find out  more about how to minimize your losses in your portfolio and regain your  wealth at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emcfx.com\/\" target=\"_new\">http:\/\/www.emcfx.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forex Market trades $3.2 trillion dollars in volume each day. This fact alone shows the liquidity in this market and there are always buyers and sellers in the market 24 hours a day, 6 days a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}