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  • #1
  • First Post: May 9, 2006 1:48pm May 9, 2006 1:48pm
Just wanted to know if there was a place that listed all the MAJOR Market Makers positions that heavily influence FX. Also something that shows FX option strike prices would be beneficial. I'm more or less looking for the things that provide Support and Resistance that you can't typically find in your technical indicators.

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.
  • #2
  • May 9, 2006 2:15pm May 9, 2006 2:15pm
Quoting AlphaPip
Just wanted to know if there was a place that listed all the MAJOR Market Makers positions that heavily influence FX. Also something that shows FX option strike prices would be beneficial. I'm more or less looking for the things that provide Support and Resistance that you can't typically find in your technical indicators.

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.
Options you can find on http://www.cme.com/trading/dta/del/p...roductType=cur
  • #3
  • May 9, 2006 7:20pm May 9, 2006 7:20pm
Quoting AlphaPip
Just wanted to know if there was a place that listed all the MAJOR Market Makers positions that heavily influence FX. Also something that shows FX option strike prices would be beneficial. I'm more or less looking for the things that provide Support and Resistance that you can't typically find in your technical indicators.

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.
I don't know any way to find the exact information your looking for but I will tell you your on the right track.
  • #4
  • May 10, 2006 2:11pm May 10, 2006 2:11pm
Thanks all for your input. I appreciate the link Jos. I still consider myself a newbie and am trying to gather as much information as I can. It just appears that several times a month there is a big swing that isn't preceded by some technical or economical indicator, and you find out later that the Bank of Japan or some other big Market Maker made a huge purchase to protect an option strike or something. Was just hoping to find information that would limit the "blind-sided" swing like that.
  • #5
  • May 10, 2006 2:27pm May 10, 2006 2:27pm
Quoting Darkstar
I don't know any way to find the exact information your looking for but I will tell you your on the right track.
Darkstar,

Your still posting your trades and ideas regarding "sweet liquidity"? I am VERY anxious to hear more about your trading techniques regarding this issue.

I look forward to hearing from you, thanks,

Alan
  • #6
  • May 10, 2006 4:02pm May 10, 2006 4:02pm
AlphaPip & Darkstar,

FXCMtr have a demo platform with a news plugin you can add in, it's the same feed as COESfx uses but with a much nicer interface, and with an added extra called an Order Board, it basically gives a overview of some of the Option Barriers, Bids, Offers and Stops, RUMORED to be floating around. You still have to sift through the news items seperately as the Order Board just skims over the information and sometime they don't cover everything. Just add a .com to any of the above addresses to see their web site. Here is an interesting item.

[04:23 GMT May 10th] Talk of large [USD/JPY] 107.95-116.50 double no-touch options expiring June 28. Pay-out $10 mln. (hi)

I'm new at this and am trying to figure out which, if any of these levels, would be a good place to draw support or resistance lines.......

Dean.
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  • #7
  • May 10, 2006 4:08pm May 10, 2006 4:08pm
Quoting deanz
AlphaPip & Darkstar,


FXCMtr have a demo platform with a news plugin you can add in, it's the same feed as COESfx uses but with a much nicer interface, and with an added extra called an Order Board, it basically gives a overview of some of the Option Barriers, Bids, Offers and Stops, RUMORED to be floating around. You still have to sift through the news items seperately as the Order Board just skims over the information and sometime they don't cover everything. Just add a .com to any of the above addresses to see their web site. Here is an interesting item.

[04:23 GMT May 10th] Talk of large [USD/JPY] 107.95-116.50 double no-touch options expiring June 28. Pay-out $10 mln. (hi)

I'm new at this and am trying to figure out which, if any of these levels, would be a good place to draw support or resistance lines.......

Dean.
Thanks for the heads up! That is a much nicer interface.

To answer your question, try 5-10 pips ahead of the options...
  • #8
  • May 10, 2006 4:49pm May 10, 2006 4:49pm
Thanks Darkstar.... I will try that.
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  • #9
  • May 10, 2006 5:18pm May 10, 2006 5:18pm
Deanz - Just to understand your example above, it says that GBP/USD offers are at 1.8700 and 1.8730/35. Should I assume that those points will provide resistance because that's where the "Big Dogs" are looking to sell out and T/P?
  • #10
  • May 10, 2006 6:07pm May 10, 2006 6:07pm
AlphaPip,

What Darkstar just mentioned was to try 5-10 pips ahead....... of where Options are said to reside.

Dean.
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  • #11
  • Edited May 13, 2006 4:05am May 11, 2006 5:43pm | Edited May 13, 2006 4:05am
I was trying to make sence, after the fact, of the move in the EUR/USD, from the news articles form FXCM, maybe it is of help to someone. Comment on what you see if you feel like it. The zip file contains a bigger screen capture.

Dean.

EDIT: Woops, the Chart time is not GMT, but GMT + 1
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  • #12
  • Last Post: May 12, 2006 4:41am May 12, 2006 4:41am
You can also read news on:

http://www.spot-forex.com/news.php

BTW: does somebody know other sources of this kind of information? Free if possible but payed could also be an option.
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