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

neilbond007

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

well don you
gotta be happy with that

Yeah. I was on the blower to them when it hit 1.5334.
I tell you what though... you try to transfer that kind of cash out of Halifax and see how many alarms you set off! Been on the phone to them for the last 30 minutes trying to get the payment through!!

Cage

I'm surprised they had £20k lol

neilbond007

Cage wrote: »

I'm surprised they had £20k lol

That's what started their alarms sounding

Dropped down to 1.5230 now... Looks like I picked the right moment!
That's all the $ I'll need for a few months (hopefully). I'm sure I'll still be a fixture on here. Just not so permanent!

inspector_monkfish

did you see the mods have actually removed my polite request to get this back as a sticky !

how rude !!:eek:

jackieblack

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

did you see the mods have actually removed my polite request to get this back as a sticky !

how rude !!:eek:

exactly how polite was it?

neilbond007

jackieblack wrote: »

exactly how polite was it?

i saw it. it was very polite. perhaps there was too much in the way of 3somes going on.. not as there is such a thing

Crabman

The situation regarding sticky threads has already been explained. It doesn't look like any of you have failed to find this thread despite the comments suggesting otherwise.

Any further off-topic posts will be removed by the forum team, in order to keep this thread on topic

inspector_monkfish

[07:35 GBP/USD: Buoyed by FT"s US Triple A Rating Article, BoE IR Due] London, May 13.

Cable ascended to an intra-day high of 1.5331 in early European trade, as the continent absorbed the content of an FT article headlined "America"s triple A rating is at risk". 1.5324 was today"s Asian session top.

1.5280 marks the pullback low from 1.5331 (1.5280 was also the pullback low from 1.5324). 1.5264 was today"s Asian session base. 1.5331 was also yesterday"s post-UK unemployment and earnings data high 1.5201 was yesterday"s pullback low from 1.5331. Sterling scaled a four-month peak of 1.5354 after yesterday"s 12:30GMT US trade data. 1.5374 marks the 2009 high (Jan 8). Touted bull targets above include 1.5500, 1.5535 (Nov 25 top) and 1.5724 (Dec 17 peak).

Option-wise: 1.5350, 1.5200 and 1.5140 strikes roll off at today"s 10am Eastern NY cut (15:00BST).

The Quarterly BoE Inflation Report will be published at 10:30BST today, with a press conference from BoE Governor Mervyn King ensuing. US April retail sales data is due at 13:30BST.

inspector_monkfish

[08:32 GBP/USD: 1.5245 Bids Tested on pre-BoE IR & King Fears] London, May 13.

The pound is under pressure ahead of the 09:30GMT Quarterly BoE Inflation Report release and ensuing press conference from BoE Governor Mervyn King, with cable having just tested buy interest at 1.5245. Further demand is noted at 1.5200. Buy stops above 1.5200 were tripped 24 hours ago, en route to a pre-UK MP and trade data high of 1.5228. There is also a 1.5200 option expiry today. 1.5201 was yesterday"s pullback low from a post-UK jobs data high of 1.5331.

1.5331 was also today"s early Europe intra-day peak, scaled as the continent absorbed the content of an FT article headlined "America"s triple A rating is at risk". 1.5354 was yesterday"s post-US trade data four-month high. 1.5374 marks the 2009 top (Jan 8). 1.5264 was today"s Asian session base.

Former US Treasury Official John Taylor says the Federal Reserve may soon need to raise interest rates (Bloomberg website). The Fed Funds target range has been held at 0.0-0.25% since it was cut to that range last December. The next FOMC meeting is on June 23-24.

Edinburghlass_2

Crabman wrote: »

US Currency - Questions & Answers Thread

Please use this thread for all queries related to US Currency conversion, rates and the best time to buy.

Travel Money Maximiser (find the best exchange rate to buy before you travel)

Current VISA exchange rate (using Nationwide Flexaccount Debit Card)

Spending Overseas (Martin's article listing the best ways to spend abroad)

Locate a VISA ATM

Locate a Mastercard ATM

Historical exchange rate graphs: 30 days, 90 days, 180 days

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Click "Search This Thread" (just above this post and to the right) and enter your search terms - results will be shown as posts throughout the thread

What if I don't find the info?
Try a general forum search - otherwise post your question on this thread and someone will do their best to help you out.

I think you are missing the point of this thread so I've quoted it for you.

People ie tourists want to know where to buy, how much commission or not that they may be paying and how much they will get for their dollars on return. They don't want to have to wade through hundreds of posts about trading prices to find out this information.

As regards any thread being sticky or otherwise then if you don't want to subscribe to the thread then you can always use the search button to find the thread, just pop currency into 'search this forum' and I'm sure the thread will come up.