Slower timeframes reveal the future for oil
With so many traders keen to forecast the longer term prospects for crude oil, I thought it was time to add my own thoughts, and […]
2016
The weekly YM provides a more balanced view
As each new year comes around, and we celebrate the new and say goodbye to the old, as traders we are never sure what it […]
Risk on returns as yen pauses and falls
It’s not so long ago that many traders were bemoaning a lack of market volatility, from which we can only assume the trading gods have […]
Plenty of smoke but no roast!
As a trader and investor, I always find volatile markets the most interesting and rewarding. Rewarding because they offer opportunities in all markets with risk […]
Volume signals return of buyers to the GBP/USD
For the British pound, the new year brought little respite from the heavily bearish picture which continued unabated for much of January, against the backdrop […]
Copper prices remain beaten down
The start of the new year has seen no let up in the torrid time for commodities and commodity currencies, but for copper the continued […]
Oil takes out one level, and now looks to the next!
When considering such as bearish chart as for crude oil, it’s interesting to play a mind game and consider it as perhaps a stock chart […]
Copper and the Aussie dollar under the cosh
For commodity currencies, and commodities in general, with the exception of gold, it’s been a torrid start to the year, with the Canadian dollar under […]
At last some good news for gold bugs
Whilst it’s been a very unhappy new year for many commodities, with crude oil plunging and copper following suit, for gold it’s been a rosy […]
Not a happy new year for WTI
For oil prices, the new year could hardly be described as happy, as the relentless decline in prices continues, with December’s pause now starting to […]
Yen buying continues helped by North Korea
With equity markets once again under pressure as North Korea sends both physical and metaphorical tremors around the world, the USD/JPY in both spot and […]
Currency majors picking up the tone once again
Whilst the Japanese Yen and the Aussie dollar have started 2016 with a bang, for other currency majors it’s been a case of picking up […]
Chinese firecracker starts New Year with a bang
If traders drifting back to their desks for the start of the new trading year were expecting a quiet start, Chinese economic news delivered a […]