Kathy Lien

Kathy Lien is an Internationally Published Author and Chief Strategist of DailyFX.com, one of the world’s most popular online websites for currency research. Her trading books include the highly acclaimed, Day Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit form Market Swings (2005, Wiley); High Probability Trading Setups for the Currency Market E-Book (2006, Investopedia); and Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game (2007, Wiley). As Chief Currency Strategist at FXCM, Kathy is responsible for providing research and analysis for DailyFX, the research arm of FXCM. She also co-edits the BK Forex Advisor, an Investopedia.com Premium Service with Boris Schlossberg – one of the few investment advisory letters focusing strictly on the 2 Trillion/day FX market.

Kathy is also one of the authors of Investopedia’s Forex Education section and has written for Tradingmarkets.com, the Asia Times Online, Stocks & Commodities Magazine, MarketWatch, ActiveTrader Magazine, Currency Trader, Futures Magazine and SFO. She is frequently quoted by Bloomberg, Reuters, the Wall street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, CBS and Bloomberg Radio. She has also hosted trader chats on EliteTrader, eSignal and FXStreet, sharing her expertise in both technical and fundamental analysis.

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Kathy Lien's Latest Articles

Downbeat Jobless Claims Data; G20 Meeting Right Around the Corner

Nov 13, 2008 · 0 Comments 

When the labor market is in trouble, the US economy is in trouble. Jobless claims rose 516k last week to the highest level since September 2001. The claims for... >>>

Global Unwind Continues, Paulson Doesn’t Help

Nov 12, 2008 · 0 Comments 

The global unwind continues this morning with US equities, commodities and currencies taking another beating. The US dollar and Japanese Yen continue to outperform... >>>

Could the UK Become the Next Japan?

Nov 12, 2008 · 0 Comments 

When the Bank of England cut interest rates by 150bp last week, I turned aggressively bullish EUR/GBP on the belief that interest rates are headed below 2%. The... >>>

What Matters More? The Good or the Bad

Nov 11, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Every day, equities, currency and bond traders weigh the good news with the bad to determine if they want to buy or sell. Today, there were just as many positive... >>>

Dollar Strengthens as Oil and Equity Markets Slide Lower

Nov 11, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Even though the lack of meaningful US economic data has kept the US dollar in flux, there is one commodity that is continuing to grind lower. Oil prices fell to... >>>

Don’t Pin Hopes on China, Recession Trades Still On

Nov 10, 2008 · 0 Comments 

US equities turned as traders realize that everyone is pinning too much hope on China. The reality is that China’s stimulus plan will not save the global financial... >>>

What I Like About USD/CAD

Nov 10, 2008 · 0 Comments 

I don’t often post trade calls on my blog (since I usually reserve that for BKT Subscribers). Last week, I called for a rally in EUR/GBP following the ECB and... >>>

Automakers Seek Federal Help; Risk of 8% Unemployment

Nov 7, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Half a million jobs were lost in the US economy over the past 2 months, driving the unemployment rate to a 14 year high. Even though October non-farm payrolls fell... >>>

Non-Farm Payrolls Instant Insight: -524K Jobs Lost in 2 Months

Nov 7, 2008 · 0 Comments 

There is nothing good about today’s labor market report - between September and October, 524k jobs were lost in the US economy. Even though last month’s job... >>>

ECB Reduced Eurozone Rates by 50 bps to 3.25%, Trichet’s Comments

Nov 6, 2008 · 0 Comments 

It is the morning for rate cuts with the European Central Bank, Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank all cutting interest rates. On a day when the Bank of... >>>