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US ($) Currency Thread 1 (closed - use thread 2)

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  • whatusername
    whatusername Posts: 894 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    T & C dated March 2006 which may explain rates offered.
  • neilbond007
    neilbond007 Posts: 2,111 Forumite
    DelBoyPhil wrote: »
    i'll send another mail that's asking for £10,000... see what the rate is...
  • neilbond007
    neilbond007 Posts: 2,111 Forumite
    T & C dated March 2006 which may explain rates offered.
    ah... well spotted that man...

    well, let's see if I get anything back from my request for £1,000 and £10,000.
  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Check again now... http://www.travelmoneyservices.co.uk/content/us-dollars.asp

    ....... rates have miraculously dropped!
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
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  • ah... well spotted that man...

    well, let's see if I get anything back from my request for £1,000 and £10,000.

    have a look at 'Compare Our Rates'

    got a list with HSBC, M&S, NatWest, Nationwide & Thomas Cook

    ALL the rates are out of date...
    Please take the time to have a look around my Daughter's website www.daisypalmertrust.co.uk
    (MSE Andrea says ok!)
  • DelBoyPhil
    DelBoyPhil Posts: 875 Forumite
    http://www.travelmoneyservices.co.uk = aviod i guess as thats pretty bad to show the wrong rates and shows its not a uptodate comapny
  • neilbond007
    neilbond007 Posts: 2,111 Forumite
    on the face of it this report looks much bleaker than the rest we've seen in the past day or so...
    http://www.dailyfx.com/story/market_alerts/technical_alert/Sterling_Dollar_Sell_Recommendation_Issued__1_4820_1238664885377.html
    but, i like the opening statement -
    "While we realize that our recommendation is quite a ways away from the market at present, we never like to put ourselves in a position to chase trades. Given the expected volatility in the US session due to today’s event risk, we have picked a level that if hit would be a very attractive entry point for a playable counter-trend move back into the overriding and longer-term downtrend. If the trade fails to trigger, we will happily move on and look for the next trade"

    is it me, or are they basically admitting they are guessing?
  • DelBoyPhil
    DelBoyPhil Posts: 875 Forumite
    I think it will go up now to about 1.51 within a few days as the g20 is nearly over the usd is so strong now it will have to relax and the uk poound needs to get stronger
  • on the face of it this report looks much bleaker than the rest we've seen in the past day or so...
    http://www.dailyfx.com/story/market_alerts/technical_alert/Sterling_Dollar_Sell_Recommendation_Issued__1_4820_1238664885377.html
    but, i like the opening statement -
    "While we realize that our recommendation is quite a ways away from the market at present, we never like to put ourselves in a position to chase trades. Given the expected volatility in the US session due to today’s event risk, we have picked a level that if hit would be a very attractive entry point for a playable counter-trend move back into the overriding and longer-term downtrend. If the trade fails to trigger, we will happily move on and look for the next trade"

    is it me, or are they basically admitting they are guessing?

    hate to break it to you Neil old chap, but the entire nature of trading fx is based entirely on 'educated' guess work.....:confused:;)
    Please take the time to have a look around my Daughter's website www.daisypalmertrust.co.uk
    (MSE Andrea says ok!)
  • neilbond007
    neilbond007 Posts: 2,111 Forumite
    hate to break it to you Neil old chap, but the entire nature of trading fx is based entirely on 'educated' guess work.....:confused:;)
    yeah. i gather that... but for the "experts" to actually write that it might be a load of crap is lets say "hedging their bets"

    i'll have a go...

    Neil on for a "69" tonight
    This may infact be wrong. He might shoot his normal 83, 84.

    Neil was majestic on the golf course tonight. From tee to green he was perfect, never missing a fareway. Putts were rolling in from all directions. The highlight was a 125 yard pitching wedge that horseshoed around the hole performing "star spangled banner" before dropping in.

    I could get a job on there...
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