The second half of the European session brings us slightly higher volatility because of the fact that Nancy Pelosi is on here way towards Taiwan. China considers this a hostile move and has significantly increased its military presence in the ...

The FED’s interest rate hike and worse GDP data definitely spiced up trading during the second half of the week. Surprisingly, the biggest moves can actually be seen on the yen, which strengthened dramatically. You could argue that this is because ...

Thursday brings us a short update on brent oil. This instrument has been heavily bombarded recently by the macro data, not only for oil, but also the macro data for the USD. Let’s start with the one for oil. Yesterday’s inventories. Data came in hot ...

There is one forsaken instrument on the market, and it could be this week’s winner, especially over the last two days. That instrument is gold. Gold has had a real rollercoaster ride this year. From long-term highs, above the 2000 USD/oz, to yearly ...

The markets have had enough. Enough of the cheaper stocks and enough of the stronger dollar. A time for correction has now come! On EURUSD it was played out in a terrific way. The pair was flirting with parity, and for a while the word ‘parity’ ...

Today’s Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting minutes happened to be much more hawkish than expectations. It was said that there is still room for the rises, which was positively received by market participants. A hawkish RBA along with the great ...

At the beginning of the year, the price of almost all goods skyrocketed. Houses, metals, food, energy, and pretty much everything. It resulted in massive inflation, which is currently one of the most talked about topics. The second half of the year, ...

We’ve spotted a great selling opportunity on the USDCAD and it’s a great occasion for both the mid and long-term. First, let me show you the big picture and the handsome price action that can be seen on a weekly chart. So, the main thing on the ...

The last two days are definitely very important for the EURGBP. News crucial for this pair is flowing in constantly, giving the EURGBP fuel for some nice swings. Yesterday, the Euro was lifted by rumors that the European Central Bank (ECB) will ...

What can be satisfying here is that Gold is respecting technical analysis principles in general, and the Fibonacci levels in particular. After we set the local top in March, the price has been in correction mode, a correction which is moving swiftly ...

In Forex, the second half of March is definitely the time the Yen is weak. The depreciation of the Japanese currency was seen on almost all fronts and its scale was, for many people, really surprising. The last few days of March bring us a ...

Very interesting things are currently happening on Gold’s chart, where traders are trying to back down from the optimism seen here in February and the first few days of March. The most recent movements are very technical, and it seems like nothing ...

As the turmoil from Ukraine/Russia conflict continues to hit the markets, commodities are bid, pushing most of them to multi-month highs. Silver is no exception. Earlier in the week, silver managed to comfortably break above the key 200-day moving ...

Ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Forex market was pretty resilient, not showing big signs of a potential risk off mode. It definitely changed once Russian tanks entered Ukrainian soil. In the past few days, we are experiencing a ...

I guess that markets will definitely not lack volatility over the next few days. The possibility of invasion still weighs on the markets, and we are constantly bombarded by news from the border. For example, at the end of the Asian session, we ...

A lot has been written about how gold can protect you against rising inflation and how this asset behaves, when inflation is surging. Probably a lot more was said about how gold is a safe haven asset and can perform better in a risk off mode. The ...

The Euro moved sharply higher against all the major currencies as the European Central Bank sounded surprisingly hawkish at its meeting last week. At the time of writing, the EURAUD cross was consolidating, down 0.3% on the day but still trading ...

Bulls on precious metals have not had an easy life in the past months or even years. Trading metals pretty much brings misery, with occasional hope, but in general, it is just you holding an asset, which is moving 2%, while everybody around (Stocks, ...

The NZDUSD pair capitulated and could no longer resist the avalanche coming from the US dollar. The weekly chart leaves no doubts about the dominant force on this pair and its nearest future. The most important support in years that we are talking ...

Metals are trying to shine ahead of the Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting. So far, they are pretty shy, but the small movements seen now can develop into something bigger in the near future. Today we won’t talk about gold or silver but only platinum, ...