Recent content by Ed Ponsi

Many regular readers of this column know that I sometimes use cross-market analysis to find Forex trades. If you think that sounds complicated, keep reading and you'll see that it's easier than it sounds. You might recall last October's article, "Using Stocks to Trade Forex," where the S&P was...

I'd like to walk you through a trade that was placed in October, using a technique that might seem a little unusual - the use of intra-market relationships and correlations to create trading opportunities in the Forex market. Sound complicated? It's really not, so please sit back and enjoy as we...

First of all, congratulations to everyone who made money on the recent Japanese Yen rally. One of my students caught some nice chunks of the recent move lower in USD/JPY, earning 70 pips and 85 pips on successive trades. Way to go, M! The recent strength in the Japanese Yen created some...

Shorting the Japanese Yen has been one of the best and easiest Forex trades over the past six months. Japan's anemic benchmark interest rate of 0.25% makes it an easy target for the "carry trade", allowing Yen bears to collect interest on their trades. Banks, hedge funds and other traders have...