A red letter day for oil and for OPEC
OPEC will no doubt be finally drawing a collective sigh of relief as the management of the glut of oil supply finally seems to be […]
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Brexit on hold as EUR/GBP consolidates
With Brexit having been put on hold whilst waiting for the German elections, and with last Friday’s minor downgrade for the British pound price action […]
EUR/NZD is a game of two halves
Always interesting to consider a currency pair where both have seen recent elections, and even more so when both are indecisive, and in this case […]
Euro weakness after Merkel fails to gain an outright victory
The euro is another currency which has been suffering in early trading at the start of a new week, as markets come to terms with […]
GBPUSD remains under pressure following Moody
Cable continues to remain pressured on the 60 minute chart following the release of the Moody downgrade for the UK economy which came late on […]
Flash crash in the pound following Moody’s downgrade of UK
Last Friday, with most traders already having wound down for the evening, and headed home for the weekend, Moody’s decided it was time to spook […]
VIX now approaching single figures once again
For major US indices and indeed the European bourses, last week was another which saw risk on sentiment return as the markets become ever more […]
Where next for US equities and the YM ?
Whilst August is generally a month of relaxation and rest, for the US indices it has been one of turmoil and tumult, signified with wild […]
Gold bugs bathe in the warm summer sun
For gold bugs, and even for their lesser brethren in silver, not only is the sun shining in the summer months, but the sun is […]
Copper shorts squeezed as the red metal shines
The current bullish trend for copper shows no sign of slowing just yet with the red metal touching a 3 year high largely driven by […]
Some interesting developments on the dragon
For those forex traders who enjoy the challenge of trading the dragon, namely the GBP/JPY, the pair is now developing some interesting characteristics on the […]
Politics, rhetoric and fantasy drive the US dollar
As the monthly leviathan of NFP rolls into town once again, it is perhaps the weekly chart for the dollar index which is more pertinent, […]
Oil inventories and the classic volatility trap
Every item of fundamental news, whether large or small, provides the big operators with the ideal opportunity to trap traders into weak positions, and yesterday’s […]
The fantasy world of the FED
Do you remember the halcyon days when rising interest rates and increasing interest rate differentials were the precursor to a stronger currency? Happy days, when […]
British pound driven by politics at present
As always with any currency, the forces which drive it can be many and varied, from fundamentals, relationships to interest rate differentials and sentiment. For […]
US dollar breaks through support region
The US dollar index is at an interesting tipping point as we come to the end of another trading week, and as you will see […]
OPEC meeting dominates oil prices and disappoints….so far!
The progress for oil prices during May has been an interesting one, and indeed one I focused on early in the month as the big […]
Stopping volume appears on the daily oil chart
Last week was an interesting one for oil traders and speculators, as crude oil continued to move lower from Monday to Thursday, before bouncing strongly […]