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Kickstart for August 12: USD steady as PPI takes center stage today in NA
Kickstart for August 12: USD steady as PPI takes center stage today in NA. The U.S. dollar is starting the session modestly lower overall, although the moves remain relatively contained. The dollar is lower versus the euro, with EURUSD pair
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Kickstart for August 12: USD steady as PPI takes center stage today in NA. The U.S. dollar is starting the session modestly lower overall, although the moves remain relatively contained. The dollar is lower versus the euro, with EURUSD pair
Kickstart for August 12: USD steady as PPI takes center stage today in NA
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Kickstart for August 12: USD steady as PPI takes center stage today in NA. The U.S. dollar is starting the session modestly lower overall, although the moves remain relatively contained. The dollar is lower versus the euro, with EURUSD pair
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The U.S. dollar is starting the session modestly lower overall, although the moves remain relatively contained. The dollar is lower versus the euro, with EURUSD pair up 0.1% (lower USD), and slightly lower against the British pound, with GBPUSD up 0.01%. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar is also lower, with USDJPY pair down about 0.08%. In the Kickstart video, I take a technical look at EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD, focusing on the three things every trader needs to know before putting on a trade: the bias, the risk and the targets. Where do the buyers have control? Where do the sellers have c…
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NIC · Impact scores
Global: 0 · Market: 0 · Urgency: 0 · Confidence: 0 · Neutral
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Scenarios
- Two-way reaction likely until the market digests the data surprise vs forecast.
- Whipsaw risk is elevated inside the first 15–60 minutes after release.
- For XAUUSD, map USD/rate impulse first, then confirm direction on M15 structure.
Watch factors
- Actual vs forecast surprise (priced-in risk)
- USD / yields impulse if macro-sensitive
- Liquidity and spread during the news window
- Follow-through after T+15m / T+60m
- Relative reaction in usd
- Relative reaction in eur
- Relative reaction in jpy
- Relative reaction in gbp
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