Technical Analysis

Fundamental Overview The USD remains under pressure amid the aggressive market pricing for rate cuts and better global growth expectations following the recent huge Chinese easing measures. It’s now a battle between global growth supporting the risk sentiment and weighing on the greenback and the aggressive rates pricing which could be scaled back if the

The NZDUSD has been tracking the 100-hour MA higher There have been some brief moves below the 100 hour MA over the last few weeks, with a few times when the price dipped below the MA but quickly rebounded higher. Today, there has been another dip below the 100 hour MA. Seller are “making a

Fundamental Overview Yesterday, the US Consumer Confidence report surprised to the downside with one of the largest drops since 2021. The labour market data in the report softened a lot and it generally leads the unemployment rate. The market responded by raising the probabilities for the Fed to cut by 50 bps in November to

The USD is continuing its run to the downside with the greenback trading at new lows for the day vs ALL the major currencies. EURUSD: The EURUSD is trading to a new intraday high of 1.11661. That is just short of the high from yesterday at 1.11665. Move above and the high from Friday at

Fundamental Overview Tonight, the PBoC announced lots of easing measures ranging from short to long term interest rates. This was the catalyst for the copper rally. Things are looking better and better for the market as we’ve also got a 50 bps cut from the Fed last week. Central bank easing generally leads the manufacturing

The NZDUSD is moving higher today after the dip lower in the Asian/early European session found willing buyers near the 100 hour MA. Buyers have been leaning near that MA over the last 6 or so trading days. There have been some small break (on Friday and also on Thursday), but not for long. Today’s

Fundamental Overview Last Friday, the JPY weakened across the board following the BoJ policy decision as Governor Ueda made a surprisingly dovish turn by saying that “there is some time to make a decision on monetary policy because upside price risks have decreased given the recent FX moves”. He also mentioned that it’s important for

In the morning video, I spoke about the 50% midpoint of the move up from the January 2023 low at 144.581. The price has been trading above and below that level over the last 1-2 months, but the run higher this week has returned back to the level, and that gives traders an option: Lean

The AUDUSD moved up and tested a swing level near 0.6823 in the Asian and European session. The price then moved lower as stocks fell in the early US trading. However, as the price of the AUDUSD approached its rising 100 hour moving average at 0.6778, the buyers have returned, and stalled the fall. Why

In the kickstart video from earlier today, I highlighted the key levels in the GBPUSD. On the downside the 1.3265 was key support. Looking at the GBPUSD price action since then (see chart below), the low price for the day came in at 1.32676, just 2 pips short of the targeted support. So the buyers

The NASDAQ index is down -100 points or -0.55%. The prices back down testing the low price from yesterday near 17909.75. Early today, the price fell below that level on its way to fill the gap from Wednesday to Thursday ( i.e the high from Wednesday). Buyers came in near the level and pushed the

Earlier today, in the kickstart video, I outlined the following key support level for the EURUSD. That level was shown and outlined between 1.1131 and 1.11399. Here is that clip…. So what happened? Below is the chart of the price action today. Of not is the low price stalled between the level outlined in the

Fundamental Overview The Fed this week finally started its easing cycle and decided to do it with a 50 bps cut. The market was already leaning towards a 50 bps move, so it wasn’t a surprise. The larger cut was framed as kind of an “insurance” cut with the dot plot showing two more 25

The GBPUSD experienced a volatile session today, similar to many other pairs. Following the Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged, the price surged to a high of 1.33132. However, the momentum reversed after the US weekly jobless claims report came in better than expected, prompting a rotation lower. The price tested a

Fundamental Overview Yesterday, the Fed finally started its easing cycle and decided to do it with a 50 bps cut. The market was already leaning towards a 50 bps move, so it wasn’t a surprise. The larger cut was framed as kind of an “insurance” cut with the dot plot showing two more 25 bps

The USDJPY has announced higher after all and below the low from last Wednesday at 140.71 but stalling ahead of the December 2023 low price at 140.248. The low price reached 140.43. With the price back above the 100-hour moving average at 141.07, it keeps the buyers in play. However, they will still need to

Fundamental Overview Yesterday, we got some positive US data releases as the US retail sales came out a touch better than expected and the industrial production data beat forecasts erasing the hurricane related weakness in July. The data put some pressure on gold and we might see some profit-taking given that it’s unlikely that the

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