This opens the door to this currency pair to advance well above $1.2667, with room to rise as high as $1.2720 without reaching another resistance level. So, I see the best potential opportunity today as a long trade above $1.2667, but a bullish signal is needed to trigger entry – ideally this would be two consecutive higher closes above $1.2662 during today’s...
The price of Bitcoin whipped to a new high in the US morning session and in the process extended above the high price for the week at $71572. The high for the day was reached at $71754, but buyers The subsequent run to the downside, next took the price below the lows for the day and in the process entered into a swing area between $68249 and $68864. THe low price...
The USDCHF earlier today reached up to the highest level of the year at 0.90949. However the last three or four hours have seen a rotation to the downside after the weaker than expected ISM nonmanufacturing data. Fed's Powell also, the market at that sending yields lower and the US dollar lower in the process. That good news sent the price of the USDCHF down below...
Inflation in the eurozone continues to decline. March CPI eased to 2.4% y/y, down from 2.6% in February and below of the market estimate of 2.6%. This matched November’s 28-month low and was driven by the continued slowdown in food inflation. Monthly, CPI rose to 0.8%, up from 0.6% but below the forecast of 0.9%. Core CPI also declined, with a reading of 2.9% y/y....
Meanwhile, any corrective decline now seems to find support near the $2,275 area ahead of the $2,255 level. This is followed by the weekly low, around the $2,227 region, which, if broken, might prompt some technical selling and drag the Gold price back toward the $2,220 psychological mark. The latter should act as a key pivotal point, and a convincing break below...
As a result, they expect that the Fed will start cutting rates in the second half of the year. Mester wants to see more data while Mary Daly estimated that the bank would deliver three cuts as it hinted in the last meeting. Michele Bowman and James Williams spoke on Tuesday but did not provide any details about rate cuts. Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair
Range trading continues in USD/JPY and intraday bias remains neutral. On the downside, break of 150.25 support should confirm short term topping, and turn bias back to the downside for 55 D EMA (now at 149.35). Nevertheless, sustained break of 151.92 key resistance will confirm long term up trend resumption. Next near term target will be 61.8% projection of 140.25...
Therefore, the BTC/USD pair will likely react to the upcoming statements by several Federal Reserve officials like Mary Daly, Loretta Mester, and John Williams. Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair, will have a speech on Wednesday. The other important BTC/USD news will be the upcoming Bitcoin halving event, which will happen later this month. Halving will reduce the block rewards
This was not a great call as the price rose strongly over the course of the day. However, the price quickly fell back to where it had been and has been consolidating below $1.2653 ever since. The picture looks bearish if the price remains below $1.2656 and looks likely to fall further – the price action look
Gold price trades higher, near all-time highs around $2,260. The precious metal strengthened after breaking above the prior lifetime high of $2,223 on March 21. More upside in the Gold price is possible as it is trading in an unchartered territory. All short-to-long term Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) are sloping higher, suggesting strong near-term demand. The...
The EUR/USD pair retreated ahead of crucial statements by key Federal Reserve officials. Michele Bowman, the head of the Kansas Fed, John Williams of New York, Loretta Mester of Cleveland, and Mary Daly of San Francisco, These will be important statements since they will come a day after the US published strong manufacturing data. According to the ISM, the...
The 200-day moving average (blue line) at 0.6535 is a notable resistance point for now. Keep below and sellers will continue to stay poised in testing the 0.6520 level again. There is some added downside support around 0.6485-82 and that is preventing a steeper fall in the pair for now. But a break below that sets up a retest of the February low of 0.6441...
While bullion’s technical profile continues to be bullish, with a clear pattern of higher highs and higher lows, caution is advised, with the 10-week RSI indicator signaling possible overbought conditions. When markets become overextended in a short period of time, corrective pullbacks often follow, even if they turn out to be temporary or relatively minor. In the...
A push below 191.00 could pave the way for a deeper pullback. The next support would be the Kijun Sen at 190.71, followed by the March 25 wing low of 190.32. A breach of the latter would expose the next support level at 190.02 On the other hand, if GBP/JPY stays afloat and rallies above the Tenkan-Sen, that would open the door to challenge 192.01. Further gains...
The Fed signaled they want to be cutting rates and there’s a geopolitical risk concern that continues t markets around these wars, both in Ukraine and in the Middle East, which is gold supportive,” Ilya Spivak, head of global macro at Tastylive said. “Gold prices are in a rangebound trade for most time this month and a break above current resistance level around...
On the daily chart, we can see that GBPJPY got rejected by the upper bound of the rising channel and extended the drop as the BoE made another step towards rate cuts with the hawkish members changing their vote from a hike to a hold. From a risk management perspective, the buyers will have a much better risk to reward setup around the lower
Intraday bias in USD/CHF remains on the upside at this point. Current rally from 0.8332 should target 100% projection projection of 0.8550 to 0.8884 from 0.8728 at 0.9062. Firm break there will target 0.9243 key medium term resistance next. On the downside, below 0.8963 minor support will turn intraday bias neutral and bring consolidations first. But outlook...
“The next move probably hinges on this week’s PCE Index release. Evidence of further disinflation in the U.S., which would ease fears of prices accelerating or at least re-anchoring at a higher level, would be very bullish for gold.” Gold prices hit a record high last week after Fed policymakers indicated they still expected to reduce interest by three-quarters of...