Currency

For the second day running, currency markets have traded within narrow ranges. We’ve also continued to see Sterling gain some positive momentum against the euro, US dollar and most other currency pairings. Meanwhile, EUR/USD has struggled, and seems to be unsure of its true trend for the week, as it continues to yo-yo. Today, the […]

Today, the UK publishes one of its most scrutinised piece of data before the Christmas closure, the Consumer Price Index. With expectations of a rise to 1.1%, the pound could see gains this morning, although the US interest rate rise expected tomorrow may claw back Tuesdays gains & cause market volatility. The long term plan […]

The euro remained under pressure heading into the weekend as traders continued to disseminate the outcome of last Thursday’s ECB Meeting with Mario Draghi’s dovish comments that the ECB would be active in the market for a long time to come not helping the cause. Also placing pressure on the downside were the ECB’s projected […]

The USD/JPY consolidated last week, and then began to trend upwards on Friday. There is a Bullish Confirmation Pattern in the 4-hour chart, and since the outlook on JPY pairs remains bullish for this week, the USD/JPY would also normally trend further upwards. The targets for this week are located at the supply levels of […]

Here’s the market outlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Bearish This pair made some bullish attempt in the first few days of last week. Price rallied 300 pips, testing the resistance line at 1.0850, before it began a serious bearish movement. The bullish gains that were initially made last week, were eventually lost as […]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MASTER TRADERS – PART 22 “It never ceases to amaze me the impact that controlling your losses has on your performance.” – Chris Tate Name: Crispin Odey Date of birth: January 31, 1959 Nationality: British Website: Odey.com A QUALIFIED LAWYER BECOMES A TRADER Crispin was born in east Yorkshire […]

The UK suffered a slump in figures for October’s manufacturing sector, which surprised the markets as investors were expecting a continual rise. The figures, which showed a 0.9% drop against September’s 0.6% rise, impacted GBP throughout the day and clawed back Sterling’s positive move upwards over the past week. Meanwhile, Theresa May is being pressed […]

IG Group stock (LSE:IGG) has just experienced what can be called a flash crash. Whatever happens afterwards would determine whether this would be the beginning of a new bearish trend or whether the gap would be filled. Price went upwards from July to September, 2016. Since then price started going south gradually from October… Until […]

Amur Minerals shares (LSE:AMC) are moving northwards. This is a bull market, and the recent bearish correction is just an opportunity to buy long when things are on sale, and in the context of a downtrend. 4 EMAs are used for the strategy and they are EMA 10, 20, 50 and 200. The color that […]

Volatility following the Italian referendum has already calmed, although political uncertainty within Italy and Europe will continue to be a theme. So, we now shift focus to the ECB meeting taking place tomorrow afternoon. The ECB are expected to extend its QE programme by six months, and continue purchases at a level of 80bn per […]