Help out a university student

[Tradesurfer]

From your posts, it sounds like one of the challenges you are facing is getting beyond the normal traded forex pairs.

For most of us who trade forex its the US dollar denominated ones then the crosses. Euro against X and Y and offcourse the carry trades especially AUD/JPY and NZD/JPY etc. Getting outside of those you see more illiquid pairs and the succintness of price charting isn't quite the same.

But not knowing your exact goals don't want to discourage you from also exploring those peripheral pairs.

Kathy Lien who I've interviewed and co-hosting webcasts with a number of times wrote a great book on day trading and swing trading the currency markets (search under her name and title)

She's really knowledgable and if you have a chance, she does get into fading or trading news events and I believe she talks about typical pip movements from news events such as intest rates and nonfarm payrol figures.

Now this isn't solving your data issue, but thought I'd point out this resource as something that might be helpful.



Good luck with the project

 

[doctorj]

Given you're discussing EMH, I think you'll find this recent paper worth taking a few minutes to read

 

[squidgy_wiji]

few = about 30.

Yeah but say I;m looking at US interest rate announcements.. the EUR/AUS,
JPY/AUS pairs are no use.

If I am looking at the fed funds rate announcements then there are only about 12 pairs that will be of use.

But thanks anyway.

 

[Stormin_Norman]

how many do u want???

go ask your uni library if u want to see the exchange rate change between the US and botswana.