Crude oil dipped 1.17 percent to $62.15/bbl over the last 5 trading days, inking back-to-back weekly losses for the commodity. The primary driver of recent downside could be attributed to reports from the EIA that crossed the wires during Thursday’s session which stated US crude stockpiles skyrocketed 9.9m/bbl to their highest level since September 2017. Ballooning crude oil production in the US now tops 12m/bpd and largely contributed ...
Using PPI to trade forex: Talking points PPI stands for the Producer Price Index, which is an important piece of economic dataPPI data is released during the second week of each month.Forex traders can use PPI as a leading indicator to forecast consumer inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). PPI is an important piece of economic data due to its ...
Margin and leverage In order to understand a forex margin call, it is essential to know about the interrelated concepts of margin and leverage. Margin and leverage are two sides of the same coin.Margin is the minimum amount of money required to place a leveraged trade, whileleverage provides traders with greater exposure to markets without having to fund the full amount of the trade. It’s important to remember trading with leverage involves risk and has the potential to produce large ...
Japanese Yen Forecast - Yen Price May Rise, Look Past BoJ, Eye Vulnerable Stock Markets A lull in key event risk exposed stocks to bigger adverse fundamental themes as the Japanese Yen rose. It may keep going, looking past the BoJ as the S&P 500 still remains vulnerable. Australian Dollar Forecast - Australian Dollar Might Get Some Respite If Inflation Holds Up The Australian Dollar remains very short of fundamental support ...
US Dollar Forecast: US Dollar Sheds Windfall Gains, May Resume Core Uptrend The US Dollar shed windfall gains scored on the back of haven demand amid turmoil in emerging market assets. British Pound Forecast: The British Pound Finally Finds Relief; But Can it Last? The British Pound finally found a bit of strength this week, but sellers quickly began to show on Thursday and Friday; bringing question to near-term direction ...