Technical Analysis

The price of WTI crude futures are settling at $76.68. That’s up $0.96 or +1.27% The low today reach $74.77. The high extended to $77.11. The lower dollar/lower rates help to send the price back to the upside. Other commodities also gained with gold up $36 or 1.99%. Silver was up $0.42 or 2.13%. For

EURUSD continues to trend lower The EURUSD has a 148 pip trading range now. That is well above the 22 day average of 80 pips (about a month of trading). Technically, the price cracked below both the 200 hour MA and trend line support at 1.0613 soon after the Fed Chair prepared remarks. There was

The USDCHF is down testing the 200 hour MA The USDCHF has extended to a new session low and in the process is dipping below the rising 200 hour moving average at 0.93619. The low-priced has just reached 0.93584. The last time the USDCHF price traded below its 200 day moving average was back on

On the daily chart below, we can see that after the strong US PMIs the price has broken the key 1920 support level that was previously a strong resistance for the buyers. The moving averages have now crossed to the downside signalling a change in trend. The price has been consolidating just below the 1920

AUDUSD bounces off the 38.2% and back above 200 day MA In an earlier post on the AUDUSD (and in the video for the day), I spoke to the breaking of the 200 day MA and the next target at the 38.2% at 0.67798. Unfortunately for the sellers, the 38.2% stalled the fall. The low

USDCHF failed on the break higher today The USDCHF broke to the upside today extending above the topside swing area between 0.9278 and 0.9290. The break increased the buying momentum with the price extending to a higher 0.93308 before rotating back to the downside. After trying to hold support against the previous high from February

AUDUSD bounces off the swing area floor The AUDUSD trended lower in trading today and is the weakest of the majors. However, it has found some support in a swing area floor that has formed going back to early January (see red numbered circles). Looking at the hourly chart, that floor comes in between 0.68549

Crude oil moves close to 100 day MA The price of WTI crude oil futures are selling at $79.72. That’s up $1.66 or 2.13% The high price reached $80.33. That was the highest level since January 30. The low price was at $77.47. For the week, crude oil is up $6.94 or 8.49%. Ever since

The initial reaction was to the downside at the start/beginning of the Chair Powell Q&A. Then the dollars started to revert back higher after Powell said they may have take the terminal rate higher. Stocks reversed. US yields moved back higher. The dollar moved higher as well EURUSD: The rise in the EURUSD moved back

The major US stock indices are ending lower on the day led by the NASDAQ index with a decline of about -1.6%. However, that comes after some pretty strong gains including a 3.25% gain yesterday. The final numbers are showing: Dow Industrial Average fell -127.93 points or -0.38% at 33926.00 S&P index fell -43.26 points

The major US stock indices took a turn back to the downside and are closing the day near session lows Dow Industrial Average is down -260.42 points or -0.77% at 33717.69 S&P index is down -52.68 points or -1.29% at 4017.89 NASDAQ index is down -227.89 points or -1.96% at 11393.82 For the NASDAQ index,

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Fed’s Waller was the last Fed official to speak before the blackout period for the Fed ahead of their interest rate decision. In his question and answer he broke down a wall that other Fed officials have been reluctant to do and it led to some added optimism in the US stock market to close

The USDCAD has continued it’s run to the upside after an early move above the 200 hour MA, ultimately led to the breaking above the confined range between 1.3344 and 1.3454 (110 pips – see red box in the chart below). USDCAD moves up to a cluster of resistance The momentum higher has now taken

gold daily chart The gold bulls are certainly having a moment. At the start of December, as I always do, I highlighted the seasonal trend towards higher gold. Once again, it worked and remains the single-best seasonal trade I know of. It’s been a ticket to start the year off with a solid gain forever.

The major US stock indices are picking up some steam to the upside. The major indices are near their highs on the day. A snapshot of the market currently shows: Dow Industrial Average up 128 points or 0.3% at 33645.52 S&P index of 21.96 points or 0.56% 3914 NASDAQ index up 90.78 points or 0.85%

The US major indices are closing higher on the day and for the week. All the major indices are closing with gains over 2% on the day. For the week the gains are from around 1% to 1.5% for the major indices. The final numbers are showing: Dow industrial average rose 700.53 points o 2.13%

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