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The GBP/JPY cross attracted heavy selling on Friday, snapping a two-day winning streak to the highest level since January 2008, around the 218.00 mark set the previous day. The intraday descent drags spot prices below the 217.00 mark during the first half of the European session amid a broadly firmer Japanese Yen (JPY).The Japanese Yen (JPY) rallies across the board after Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said that the government plans to encourage pension funds to increase their holdings of domestic financial assets. She added that the government anticipates gradual increases in interest rates as it pursues a proactive fiscal…

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The EMA Cloud Indicator MT4 was created to reduce that confusion by showing trend direction and possible support or resistance zones in a visual way.Instead of relying on a single moving average, the indicator creates a cloud between two exponential moving averages. That cloud helps traders see when buyers or sellers have control and when the market is simply ranging. During several weeks of testing on EUR/USD and GBP/USD, many traders notice that waiting for price to stay above or below the cloud often filters out weak entries, especially during active London and New York sessions. The sections below explain…

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Last updated: July 6, 2026 · By: Tim Morris, founder of ForexMt4Indicators.comA CFD (Contract for Difference) is a derivative agreement to exchange the difference in an asset’s price between the moment you open and the moment you close — you speculate on the move without owning the underlying. Most retail forex, gold, indices and commodities at online brokers trade as CFDs, using leverage so you post margin, not the full value.A CFD settles the difference between your open and close price on a position mostly financed by the broker, and you never own the underlying asset.The diagram above traces one…

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Last updated: July 6, 2026 · By: Tim Morris, founder of ForexMt4Indicators.comCentral banks move forex by setting interest rates. Money flows toward currencies with higher, rising rates, so a hawkish (rate-hiking) bank tends to strengthen its currency and a dovish (rate-cutting) one tends to weaken it. The four that matter most are the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan.A flow diagram tracing how a central bank’s rate change drives capital toward or away from a currency, strengthening it on a hike and weakening it on a cut.The diagram above traces the single chain that drives most currency…

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