{"id":32337,"date":"2015-03-14T13:40:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T17:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/?p=32337"},"modified":"2015-03-13T15:10:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T19:10:32","slug":"forex-traders-the-only-question-you-should-be-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/forex-traders-the-only-question-you-should-be-asking\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex Traders: The Only Question You Should Be Asking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By Elliott Wave International<\/h3>\n<p>I can't help it. Whenever I read the mainstream financial news, I feel like I'm eavesdropping on a job interview at Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>In case you don't remember -- Microsoft was made famous, in part, for asking prospective employees one single question: <i>Why is a manhole cover round?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>They wanted to assess how a person approaches a question that has many answers. And, many answers are what they got, from the most practical (i.e. \"Because a manhole is round\") to the most philosophical (i.e. \"The circle is the most aesthetically pleasing shape for the human eye.\")<\/p>\n<p>I'll now take you back to the world of mainstream finance where those in charge are regularly asked to answer this basic question: <i>Why did market \"X\" move this way today? <\/i>And, many answers are what they give.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for a real-world example the March 9-10 upsurge to a 7-and-1\/2 year high in the Dollar\/Yen currency exchange pair. As for why the USDJPY rallied, the experts offered up these (and many more) explanations:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A February 6 robust U.S. jobs report<\/li>\n<li>A February 9 hawkish speech by outgoing Dallas Federal Reserve President<\/li>\n<li>A February 9 triple-digit rally in U.S. stocks<\/li>\n<li>A February 8 government report showing Japan's fourth-quarter GDP was lower-than-expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The truth is, anyone can come up with endless reasons to explain market action -- <i>after the fact.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>But what about anticipating the market's next move -- <i>before it occurs? <\/i>That is a question only EWI's <i>Currency Pro Service <\/i>is equipped to answer. Case in point: At 9:44 a.m. on <strong>March 9<\/strong>, <i>Currency Pro Service<\/i> posted intraday analysis for USDJPY that identified a bullish contracting triangle on the pair's 15-minute price chart.<\/p>\n<p>For newbies, an Elliott wave contracting triangle is a sideways pattern comprised of 5 waves, A-B-C-D-E. They most commonly form in 4th wave or B wave position. And when one ends, the resolution is usually sharp and swift. Here is an idealized diagram:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/images\/freeupdates\/3_10_15contractingtriangle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The March 9 <i>Currency Pro Service <\/i>pinpointed the contracting triangle on the USDJPY chart and set the stage for a powerful near-term rise:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\"The pattern can be counted complete, which suggest USDJPY will thrust higher toward the 121.84 high established in early December.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/images\/freeupdates\/3_10_15usdjpy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next chart shows you how the post-triangle thrust propelled prices right into the cited upside target at 121.84.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/images\/freeupdates\/3_10_15usdjpy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"464\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mainstream experts always give you plenty of reasons why a certain market did what it did.<\/p>\n<p>But EWI's renowned <i>Currency Pro Service<\/i> analysts enable you to anticipate what a certain market likely <i>will do <\/i>in the coming hours, days, weeks and more.<\/p>\n<p>And, there's no better time to experience the incredible resource first hand. Why? Because for the second-time only, EWI has launched a <b>Pro Service Open House<\/b> event. Open, as in you get complete, no-cost access to Pro Service's premier forecasts for not only Forex -- which Investopedia calls \"the most traded market in the world\" -- but also the world's leading energy, metals, interest rates, and stocks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=09ino&amp;rcn=aa490&amp;dy=aa031115&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/club\/pro-services-open-house\/default.aspx?code=100083%26articleid=5402\">This amazing one-week opportunity begins on Tuesday, March 10. Find out what's in store for the markets you follow, free! Simply join the thousands of Club EWI members already taking part in the <b>Pro Service Open House<\/b> as we speak.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px; border-top: solid 1px #CCCCCC;\"><em>This article was syndicated by Elliott Wave International and was originally published under the headline <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/r.asp?acn=09ino&amp;rcn=aa490&amp;dy=aa031115&amp;url=http:\/\/www.elliottwave.com\/freeupdates\/archives\/2015\/03\/10\/Forex-Traders-There-s-Only-One-Question-You-Should-Be-Asking.aspx\"><strong>Forex Traders: The Only Question You Should Be Asking<\/strong><\/a>. EWI is the world's largest market forecasting firm. 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