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EUR Trade Index 18-Year Chart

by Ashraf Laidi
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The euro's nominal trade-weighted index is based on geometric weighted averages of bilateral exchange rates of 12 currencies against the 15-nations of the Eurozone (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain). The index is not adjusted for inflation.

The weights are based on 2002-04 trade data, with a base 100 value set from Q1 1999. The basket comprises 12 countries, with the main components as follows: U.S. 26.4%; U.K. 22.6%; Japan 14%; Korean Republic 6.2%; Switzerland 8.7%; Sweden 6.3%.



 
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moscow, Russia

February 23, 2010 09:07 ET
Member since Feb 2010
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halifax, Canada

February 11, 2010 19:31 ET
Member since Aug 2009
great imt answered all my questions...gl guys
US

February 11, 2010 13:42 ET
Member since Jan 2010
Ashraf, with a record number of people short the EURO and not a EURO bull in sight, isn't there a high probability for a correction upwards? Last March everybody in the world was bearish stocks and then the rally started. If everybody has sold, who is left to sell? Maybe I am missing something?
halifax, Canada

February 11, 2010 07:10 ET
Member since Aug 2009
hi ashraf, apparently theres a deal for greec is it time to long eurusd for knee jerk play or better to wait for details? thanks
February 10, 2010 23:35 ET
Member since Feb 2010
If UK bails out G, who bails out UK? Smoke and mirrors?
Canada

February 10, 2010 22:36 ET
GOLDman Sachs is working hard, doing exactly what I told you all they would be doing, bidding eur/gbp into the Summit announcement.
February 10, 2010 19:56 ET
Ashraf,
Your analisys blows my hair back! Thank you, thank you, did i mention THANK YOU! I am an amature fx trader trying to figure out fx. Andrews pitchfork shows an awesom channel for the EU$.
Kooolstad
February 10, 2010 05:54 ET
hi ashraf, with the latest uk-china data out ,does this comfirm ur target on eurusd..1.3200..usdcad 1.0800....thanks for spelling it out
Singapore

February 10, 2010 05:01 ET
Member since Nov 2009
@sierra i believe Ashraf has mentioned in his EURUSD chart 1.3950 as the cap on any retracement.
Penang, Malaysia

February 10, 2010 04:19 ET
Member since Feb 2010
hi ashraf... based from the your hot chart... do you mean the upside already capped at 3850 area?

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