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FX Analysis – USD drifts lower, AUD outperforms after RBA, Gold and JPY push higher
USD drifted lower in Tuesday’s session, the US dollar index retracing a good chunk of Mondays gains. Regional bank fears were at the fore, with NYCB continuing its steep decline in an otherwise quiet session news wise. This saw the haven of bonds bid, sending yields lower and dragging the USD down with them. DXY dipping back below its 100 Day SMA...
February 7, 2024Read More >Up next: Non-Farm Payroll announcement
It’s the beginning of a new year and a new month which means that the latest US Non-Farm Payroll data will be published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The US jobs data for December will be released at 1:30PM London time on Friday. Click here to find out why the Non-Farm Payroll announcement is one of the most closely watched economic...
January 4, 2024Read More >FOMC incoming – DXY, Oil analysis
In one of the most anticipated FOMC meetings this year , the Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave the fed funds target range at 5.25-5.5% in today’s FOMC meeting with futures markets pricing in virtually no chance of the December hike the Fed had previously pencilled in via their last “Dot Plot” projections. What will move markets w...
December 13, 2023Read More >Up next: Non-Farm Payrolls announcement
It’s the beginning of a new month which means that the US Non-Farm Payrolls figures will be released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest US jobs data for November will be released at 1:30PM London time on Friday. Click here to find out why the Non-Farm Payrolls announcement is one of the most closely watched economic events in ...
December 7, 2023Read More >Market Analysis – USD surges, AUD hit by RBA, Oil and Gold continue decline
USD was bid in Tuesdays session with DXY finding strong support at its 200 Day MA and pushing up to test the big 104 figure before losing steam. DXY did have a sharp dip on big miss in the JOLTS employment data though a strong ISM Services PMI figure offset that and saw DXY rally for the rest of the session. Interestingly yields didn’t recover th...
December 6, 2023Read More >Market Analysis – USD and yields rise on Fedspeak, Oil tumbles on OPEC+
USD bounced back in Thursday’s session with the US Dollar Index (DXY) recouping the weeks losses after finding some technical support at its 61.8 Fib level and an extreme oversold RSI reading. Fundamentally, some hawkish Fedspeak from voting member Daly, where she commented that it is too soon to call the end on rate hikes and the battle against ...
December 1, 2023Read More >The Week Ahead – Charts to watch EURUSD, Crude Oil, Gold
Global markets enter the new week in a risk on tone with as market participants are positioning for no more rate hikes out of the Federal Reserve and pricing in cuts from Q2 2024. In last week’s low volatility, holiday shortened week this translated to a steady rise in equities (DOW hitting 3-month highs), a steady decline in the US dollar (DXY h...
November 27, 2023Read More >APAC Open – Equites and USD up, Gold down, Oil takes a wild ride.
US equities continued to climb in a broad rally ahead of the Thanksgiving break I Wednesdays session with the Dow Jones index up almost 200 points and hitting its highest level since mid-August. In FX markets, the USD was bid after better than expected employment data saw Jobless claims come in at 209k vs the expected 226k, US consumer s...
November 23, 2023Read More >Tech leads US equity rally, USD and yields fall again, AUDUSD breaks out, USDJPY breaks down
US equities enjoyed a broad rally, with tech leading after news that recently ousted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had been snapped up by Microsoft, the news helped MSFT and AI Chip maker NVDA stock rally over 2% each and pushing the Nasdaq to be the top performing US index. More weak data out of the US as well with leading indicators missing expect...
November 21, 2023Read More >The Week Ahead – Charts to watch , AUDUSD, Dow, Gold
Last week price action hammered home the narrative that markets are still dancing to the tune of the Fed, with a broad rally in equities and a fall in yields and the USD being kickstarted by a cooler than expected US CPI figure and accelerating on further weak US economic data. We are looking for a quieter week ahead after the recent big swings,...
November 20, 2023Read More >Gold and Oil surge on Geopolitical risk, USD pumps and dumps as Fed turns dovish
USD had a volatile session on Monday seeing two-way price action, with geopolitical risks from the conflict in the Middle East seeing DXY gap higher on the open and rally to a high of 106.60. The move higher dramatically reversed after dovish Fed commentary from both FOMC members Logan and Jefferson who acknowledged the recent move higher in yields...
October 10, 2023Read More >Charts to watch this week – Gold and Oil gap up on Mid-East turmoil, US Dollar
Gold and Oil have unsurprisingly gapped higher on Mondays open after the weekend’s hostilities in the Middle East, Gold reclaiming it’s safe haven status and Oil opening 2% higher on supply problems from fears of a protracted and escalating conflict. Geo-political events are looking to dominate the market narrative this week, though key US i...
October 9, 2023Read More >Markets to watch this week – USDJPY, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, Gold, Oil
Global markets enter Q4 this week on a downbeat mood after a shellacking of risk assets in Q3 seeing the S&P 500 having its worst quarter in a year. The “higher for longer” narrative coming out of the Federal reserve and other Central banks over the last month pushing yields higher, (the US 10-year yield at 16-year highs), pressuring risk a...
October 2, 2023Read More >Crucial Moment for EUR/USD as Ascending Channel Faces Test
The EUR/USD pair finds itself once again testing the lower boundary of its well established ascending channel. This channel kicked off in early 2023 and has held firm ever since. This week will be important to see if a break in this pattern occurs and a new downward trend begins. Traders are eagerly awaiting a breakout from the channel, which ...
September 4, 2023Read More >US stocks rally in quiet session, Yields and USD down, AUD holds major support.
US indices finished in the green, managing to hold onto gains following an upside boost from the Asian session. Asian bourses broadly rallied after Chinese stocks were buoyed by authorities taking measures to help boost their local market by cutting stamp duty on stock trades. With markets being risk-on predictable drops in the USD and yield...
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