Technical Analysis

Yesterday at this time, the price of gold was trying to stay below the 100/200 hour MAs near $2510 (blue and green lines). Sellers could not keep the pressure on and the sellers turned to buyers. After some intraday volatility yesterday, buyers returned and pushed the price back up to the ceiling area between $2526.43

While the EURUSD and the GBPUSD trades between the 100 and 200-hour MAs. The USDCHF is also trading between those two MAs as the last trading of the day of the weeks gets started The 100-hour MA is below the current price at 0.8448 (blue line in the chart below). The higher 200-hour MA is

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Fundamental Overview This week has been pretty boring all around as the lack of catalysts kept the price action confined in a tight range. The market is waiting for the key economic releases next week as we will get the ISM PMIs and lots of US labour market data including the NFP report. As a

Fundamental Overview This week has been pretty boring all around as the lack of catalysts kept the price action confined in a tight range. The market is waiting for the key economic releases next week as we will get the ISM PMIs and lots of US labour market data including the NFP report. As a

Fundamental Overview This week has been pretty boring all around as the lack of catalysts kept the price action confined in a tight range. The market is waiting for the key economic releases next week as we will get the ISM PMIs and lots of US labour market data including the NFP report. As a

Fundamental Overview This week has been pretty boring all around as the lack of catalysts kept the price action confined in a tight range. The market is waiting for the key economic releases next week as we will get the ISM PMIs and lots of US labour market data including the NFP report. As a

Price action is limited with the EURUSD low to high trading range only 15 pips, but the price has been able to extend above the 200-hour MA at 1.11267 (green line in the chart above). If the buyers can keep the price above that level, the buyers remain in contol with a run to the

AUDUSD trades up and down Yesterday in the Asia/Pacific session, the price of the AUDUSD moved higher after the Aussie CPI data came in a touch higher than expectations at 3.5% versus 3.4% (YoY). That took the price of the AUDUSD above the high price from July and earlier this week at 0.67978. However after

Fundamental Overview Since last Friday, the USD has been mostly weak as Fed Chair Powell delivered a more dovish than expected speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium where he basically kept the door open for a 50 bps cut at the September meeting. In fact, the line saying that they will do everything they can

Fundamental Overview Since last Friday, the USD has been mostly weak as Fed Chair Powell delivered a more dovish than expected speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium where he basically kept the door open for a 50 bps cut at the September meeting. In fact, the line saying that they will do everything they can

The USDCHF extended lower yesterday – just not in the Asian Pacific session. However, what did not happen yesterday was as the price moved sideways in the early hours of the trading day, and the falling 100 hour MA started to catch up, the price could not make a push to that MA, and ultimately,

Fundamental Overview Last Friday, Fed Chair Powell delivered a more dovish than expected speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium as he basically kept the door open for a 50 bps cut at the September meeting. In fact, the line saying that they will do everything they can to support a strong labour market was key.

Fundamental Overview Last Friday, Fed Chair Powell delivered a more dovish than expected speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium as he basically kept the door open for a 50 bps cut at the September meeting. In fact, the line saying that they will do everything they can to support a strong labour market was key.

In this video, I take a look at the three of the major currency pairs from a technical perspective. the: EURUSD USDJPY, and GBPUSD On Monday, the EURUSD moved lower and in doing so, is moving closer to its rising 100-hour moving average currently at 1.1143 (the price is currently at 1.11615). That moving average

Fundamental Overview Last Friday, Fed Chair Powell delivered a more dovish than expected speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium as he basically kept the door open for a 50 bps cut at the September meeting. The line saying that they will do everything they can to support a strong labour market was key. Despite this,

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The USDJPY is moving lower to start the new trading week with the price extending below 144.00. On Friday, the low for the day reached 144.038 before bouncing . The low price just reached 143.993. Technically, looking at the daily chart, the 50% midpoint of the move up from the January 2023 low comes in

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the recent strong appreciation of the NZD has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation.

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the appreciation of the AUD has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation, although it

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the appreciation of the GBP has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation. The market

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the appreciation of the EUR has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation. The ECB

Fundamental Overview After the breakout of the 2480 resistance, gold eventually extended the gains into the 2532 level as the momentum buyers piled in. In the big picture, gold should remain supported as real yields fall as we head into the Fed’s easing cycle, but in the short-term strong US data might provide pullbacks along

Fundamental Overview The Russell 2000 last Thursday managed to break above a key resistance zone following strong US Jobless Claims and Retail Sales data. The market continues to fade the “growth scare” we got at the beginning of August and it’s now looking forward to the Fed’s rate cuts. In fact, the rate cuts into

Fundamental Overview Copper has been on a sustained downtrend since reaching its peak in May. More recently we’ve been seeing some life coming back into the market with an increase in the bullish momentum last week as the mining giant BHP said on last Tuesday that it had started removing workers on strike at its

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the recent appreciation of the CAD has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation. The

Fundamental Overview Yesterday, the yen strengthened across the board in the Asian session without any clear catalyst. It looks like it was more of a technical move as the price broke through a key trendline rather than something fundamental. On the other side, there might be some pre-positioning into a dovish Powell speech on Friday

Fundamental Overview The S&P 500 finally erased the entire drop from the last ISM Manufacturing PMI as the market faded the “growth scare”. The first catalyst was the good US Jobless Claims on the 8th of August as that quelled the fears on a deteriorating labour market triggered by the weak NFP report. Last week,

Fundamental Overview The Nasdaq finally erased the entire drop from the last ISM Manufacturing PMI as the market faded the “growth scare”. The first catalyst was the good US Jobless Claims on the 8th of August as that quelled the fears on a deteriorating labour market triggered by the weak NFP report. Last week, we

Fundamental Overview Last Friday, gold had a very positive day despite a lack of catalysts, which culminated in a breakout of a key resistance that’s been holding the precious metal in a range for a month. In the big picture, gold should remain supported as real yields fall as we head into the Fed’s easing