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It’s been another busy week for Gold prices after last week’s breakdown to fresh 2019 lows. And while no new highs or lows were established this week – there may be a number of deductions that traders can move-forward with on the yellow metal. In this piece, I’m going to take a tops-down look at Gold prices, incorporating the monthly chart to focus on what got us to our current levels, and then drilling down to shorter-term variations in the effort of ...
Retail trader data shows 74.0% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 2.85 to 1. The number of traders net-long is 0.3% lower than yesterday and 11.7% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 10.9% higher than yesterday and 5.5% higher from last week. more...
The Japanese Yen has returned to the defensive against the US Dollar after a period of daily-chart strength last week, with USD/JPY well illustrating the value of Fibonacci retracement levels to technical analysis. Between April 7 and 10 the pair retreated below the uptrend channel which had previously bounded trade since the lows of March 25. A surge in market risk aversion saw the Dollar and Yen locked in a ‘battle of the havens’ which ...
A week ago, EUR bears were likely chilling their champagne bottles in anticipation of potential profits to be realized as of the close of trading this week. An ECB with a worsening economic outlook seemed to be a ripe environment for sharp losses. On Wednesday, when the ECB met, the markets grabbed onto the message that the ECB will consider whether it needs to mitigate any of the side effects from negative rates and the long-term bank funding “solution: known as TLTRO-III, but that was not enough ...
Big-picture wedge continues to develop The US Dollar continues to be a difficult market for traders as low volatility puts a strangle-hold on the trading environment. Looking at the big-picture ascending wedge developing it is well within reason to expect more of the same for a little while longer as the pattern continues to fill out towards its apex. This doesn’t mean there won’t be room for opportunities or for a surprise move ...
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