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The Week Ahead – Volatility set to continue with key inflation readings from UK, Canada, NZ, EU and Japan.
Volatility in markets is set to continue this week with a slew of inflation figures from Canada to New Zealand being released, along with Australian employment figure and the minutes from the last RBA meeting where they surprised markets with “dovish” rate hike. Last week saw the markets react violently to the hot CPI figure out of the US, w...
AUD bounces strongly in line with US equity’s jump
The US indices pumped higher as holders of shorts had to close their positions which resulted in one of the strongest sessions in recent months. The US dollar finally dropped back down, and it gave the AUD some much needed relief and is showing some potential of a short-term reversal. The question remains, whether this bounce will hold, or whether ...
US equities surge after shrugging off hot CPI figure in chaotic session
US stocks ripped higher after a hot CPI figure saw the S&P 500 open over 2% down from the previous close only to finish up 2.6%. This came despite an Inflation figure that was higher than analysts expectations (8.1% YoY) at an 8.2% increase from September last year and a 40 year high. S&P 500: This is only the 5th time in histor...
How to maximise your trading strategy using Relative Volume?
For new traders, it can be difficult to know which indicators to use, the saturation of various moving averages, RSI’s, MACD’s and more can be overwhelming and counterproductive. However, utilising relative volume, as an indicator is one of the most important sources of information for technical traders. What is Volume? Vo...
US stocks end slightly lower in a choppy session after hot PPI data and mixed FOMC minutes.
US markets mostly tread water ahead of todays CPI figure, equities and the USD traded in a fairly tight range, a lack of expected chaos out of the UK and what were considered a mixed FOMC minutes saw markets in a holding pattern as traders await US inflation data. Though a modest drop as compared to recent times, it still marked the 6th down day...
Bank of England gives Funds three days to get books in order
The Bank of England has seemingly turned its back on protecting UK Retirement funds, after initially bailing out these funds who were facing serious liquidity issues in relation to their exposure to Fixed income assets. History As a part of new UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss’s mini budget she outlined big tax breaks for mu...
Aussie Dollar breaks through two year price lows
The Aussie dollar has been dropping on the back of global volatility and a lower-than-expected interest rate hike. The AUD has dropped to its two-year lows, and it doesn’t look there is an end in sight. With the AUD already being a risk on currency the fears and pressures from a potential recession are weighing heavily and accelerating the drop. ...
Aussie Dollar breaks through two year lows
The Aussie dollar has been dropping on the back of global volatility and a lower-than-expected interest rate hike. The AUD has dropped to its two-year lows, and it doesn’t look there is an end in sight. With the AUD already being a risk on currency the fears and pressures from a potential recession are weighing heavily and accelerating the drop. ...
Is Ethereum Deflationary? And is it a good thing?
What is a deflationary Cryptocurrency? A Deflationary Cryptocurrency is one that burns, (mints) its supply. This process lessens the number of coins or tokens on the market over a specific period (generally a year), which reduces supply and increases the price. In general terms, ensuring that there isn’t an oversupply of a currency can ...
How to practically implement Long-Short strategies into your trading
Long and Short trading and investing strategies are often seen as advanced strategies only used for large hedge funds and large banks. However, retail traders can learn valuable lessons and ideas from this type of trading strategy that is usually reserved for institutional players. What is a long-short strategy? A long-short strateg...
The week ahead – Big US data in the spotlight as the markets still dance to the Feds tune.
The first week of Q4 proved to be a volatile one in global markets. US equities got off the best start to a quarter since 2009 (Best start of Q4 since 2002) on Fed pivot hopes, only to decline sharply in the second half of the week as those hopes faded on the back of a blockbuster Non-Farm employment report before the market opened on Friday. &n...
Gold rises to monthly price, but will it last?
Gold has finally seen some respite in its price after it fell to 12-month lows. With slowing growth forecasts being a key reason as to the drop in price. Recessionary fears can sometimes be good for the price as volatility draws money to gold as it is seen as a haven. However, with the USD being so strong and investors pulling their money away from...
GO Markets Announced as Kooyong Classic 2023 Partner
FRITZ, CILIC JOIN ALCARAZ AND DE MINAUR AT CARE A2+ KOOYONG CLASSIC GO MARKETS ANNOUNCED AS NEW PARTNER Top-ranked American Taylor Fritz and former US Open Champion Marin Cilic are the latest headline acts for the Care A2+ Kooyong Classic in 2023, with Australian-owned online brokerage, GO Markets also announced as a new tournament partner. Fr...
Technical Analysis – Retracement for US Dollar
Starting from the weekly timeframe, US Dollar Index has been consistently trending upwards for the last 16 months. Using the 9 exponential moving average (EMA) on the weekly time frame, we can see the US Dollar retracing back to the EMA, bouncing off of it, then continuing with the trend, as seen below: Looking at the structure of the uptren...
US stocks dump and pump as strong data cools Fed-pivot hopes
US equities declined after a record two day winning streak, a volatile and choppy session ultimately ending with the S&P500 down 7.65 points (0.2%) The Nasdaq (NDX100) saw the biggest swing, from down almost 2.5% at the European close, all the way back up to +0.5% until a very late session sell-off saw it finish down 0.25% The chopp...
