WTI prices have declined rather significantly as recession concerns build despite supply remaining extremely tight. Next week's Fed rate hike could add to that: on Wednesday the FOMC (the Fed’s rate setting committee) will decide by how much they are to raise the US Federal Funds Rate with markets expecting 75 basis points. Continuing to hike into weakness could add to recession fears and result in demand being revised lower along with oil prices. ...
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Up to the present, we have not had any mathematically rigorous price movement theory. Instead, we have had to deal with experience-based assumptions stating that the price moves in a certain way after a certain pattern. Of course, these assumptions have been supported neither by statistics, nor by theory. The article provides the concepts and foundations of the mathematical apparatus of the rigorous theory price movement theory. more...
EUR/USD is heading towards a week full of important data releases and events, from both sides of the pair, that will whip up volatility further. more...