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A Traders’ Week Ahead Playbook: Pricing Risk in Crude, Gold & FX Amid Geopolitical Tension
With the FX open looking rather orderly (AUDUSD -0.4%), the greater focus falls on the crude and gold futures open and the reaction to Trump’s defiant flex, and while the market awaits to see how Iran counters the bombing of the three nuclear enrichment sites – the idea that the US has crossed a “very big red line” increases the threat to regional instability and the probability of a supply shock that should see both Brent and WTI crude open 7%+ higher, with solid upside moves also eyed for the RBOB gasoline reopen, with pricing already trading at the highest level since August 2024. Aside from simply ... (full story)