Hirose News|February 3, 2014 9:00 AM

Some announcements that may impact the markets this week


Big news for this week!

Below are some announcements that may impact the markets this week:

 

News

The Fed trimmed bond buying by $10 billion a month to for a second month to $65 billion and in line with analysts' expectations.  A successful FOMC meeting and reasonable data has justified this response which has seen the USD generally strengthen over the last few sessions (especially the Euro). 

Ben Bernake will now bow out as chairman of the Fed to be replaced by Janet Yellen (perhaps slightly more dovish in nature) but he leaves her with a committee membership all facing the 'right way' which should be manageable, at least to start with.

 

Platform Tips

Have you ever changed the look feel of your Lion Trader platform?  Ever felt that you are constricted to the one Window?  Why not try undocking windows in your platform so that you can organise and view them just the way you want.  Here's how to do it:

There are three available modes of docking windows in Lion Trader. They determine the positioning and behaviour of individual windows relative to the main application window.

To access a window's docking mode, left-click on the Lion icon in the top left corner of a desired window.

 

 

                            The following menu will appear:

 

Docked: The window is anchored to the main application window.

Undocked: The window can be dragged and positioned outside of the main application window. When the main application window is minimized/maximized, the undocked window is also.

Detached:  The window can be dragged and positioned outside of the main application window. The window will appear as a separate item on the Windows Taskbar. Minimizing/maximizing the main application window will not affect the detached window. If the main application window is closed, the detached window will also be closed.

As one famous Meerkat said....'Simple'.

 

Have a great weekend from the Hirose UK Team.