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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

GOLD (XAUUSD) Dominant Bias: Bearish Gold trended downwards throughout last November, dropping over 16,000 pips from the high of 1336.98 on November 9. The overall bias is bearish, and therefore, the bearish movement is supposed to continue till the end of the year. Right now, price is consolidating, and that is what it has done […]

Euro tested after Italian referendum The euro bounced strongly on Monday, after its initial knee-jerk reaction to Italy’s referendum and yesterday’s price action appears to have put in a near-term base. Cable however is still sitting higher, as it trades off the back of headlines coming from the High Court appeal over Brexit. That said, […]

The GBP/USD ended a two-week consolidation by breaking upwards significantly, just as it was already anticipated. Price went upwards 330 pips, closing above the accumulation territory at 1.2700. GBP would rally versus some majors this week, and as it is rallying versus USD (which is also strong in its own right), further bullish movement is […]

Here’s the market outlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Bearish EURUSD consolidated throughout last week – in the context of a downtrend. A closer look at the market reveals that there has been some consolidation to the upside, and there would be some bullish attempt this week. EUR would rally versus most other major […]

Yesterday, political news dominated the scene. In the UK, Brexit secretary David Davies and Chancellor Hammond suggested that Britain may continue to make payments to the European Union budget even after Brexit in exchange for access to the single market. The comments caused the pound to strengthen against the dollar as this is the first […]

The GBP/USD moved sideways throughout last week, resulting in a neutral bias in the near-term. The neutral bias has been going on for about two weeks, while the dominant bias on higher timeframes is bearish. A break out of the sideways movement is expected this week or next, and would most probably favor bears. EUR/USD: […]