*Good morning/afternoon everyone!*

The U.S. dollar is trading higher against all of the major currencies this morning thanks to yesterday’s strong reversal in U.S. stocks and overnight strength in Asian and European equities. For what its worth, Dow futures are pointing to a positive open with bond yields up across the board. This should be drive risk currencies higher but is supporting the greenback instead. Part of this has to do with softer UK and EZ PMIs, which have driven euro and sterling lower. USD/JPY made a run for 107 but with the 50-day SMA capping gains, we have not seen much continuation. The commodity currencies are weak but AUD and NZD are trying to come back while the Canadian dollar slips ahead of its trade balance report. There was a big upside surprise in last month’s release which has investors looking for softer numbers. From the U.S., weekly jobless claims and trade balance are scheduled for release but these reports tend to have only limited impact on the greenback.

*The MAIN THEMES I see today are*

+USD
-CAD
-EUR
-GBP

*Trading Biases*

+USD
-CAD, -EUR, -GBP, -JPY
neutral AUD, NZD, CHF

*Today’s Initial Trades*

Here’s the summary –

1. Buy NZDCAD at .9311, Stop at .9283, Target .9340
2. Buy USDCAD at 1.2770, Stop at 1.2742, Target 1.2798
3. Buy EURGBP at .8732, Stop at .8704, Target .8760

Close ALL open day trades by 10:20AM NY / 15:20 GMT