Technical Analysis

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Crude oil futures are settling at $85.43. That is up $0.28 or 0.33%. The high price for the day reached $86.20. The low price was at $84.85. The weekly inventory data showed that crude oil stocks showed a build of 3.210 million barrels. The expectations was for a draw of -1.511 million barrels. Gasoline stocks

USD The Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected at the last meeting with basically no change to the statement. The Dot Plot still showed three rate cuts for 2024 and the economic projections were upgraded with growth and inflation higher and the unemployment rate lower. Fed Chair Powell maintained a neutral stance as he

USD The Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected with basically no change to the statement. The Dot Plot still showed three rate cuts for 2024 and the economic projections were upgraded with growth and inflation higher and the unemployment rate lower. Fed Chair Powell maintained a neutral stance as he said that it was

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USDCHF is moving higher and looks toward the Feb highs The USDCHF currency pair has seen a notable increase in activity, registering a 49 pip extension in its trading range today. This movement pushes it 3 pips beyond the 22-day average trading range, which equates to approximately one month of trading, making it the first

The USD buying today has also influenced the price action in the NZDUSD. For that pair, the pair fell and initially found support buyers against the 200- hour moving average and 50% retracement near 0.61418. After bouncing modestly, the sellers piled in and pushed below the dual technical levels. The subsequent momentum in the price

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The buyers have plowed into the AUDUSD today. The low to high trading range is around 90 pips which is near double the 22-day average (month of trading) of 47 pips. That range is the 4th largest for the year, and the largest since February 13. So it is something to shout about. The move

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USD The Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected at the last meeting while dropping the tightening bias in the statement but adding a slight pushback against a March rate cut. The US CPI beat expectations for the second consecutive month with the disinflationary trend reversing. The US PPI beat expectations across the board by

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The NZDUSD buyers based the pair today at the 200 and 100-day MAs near 0.6075 to 0.6078. Those were just above the 50% of the move from the October 2023 to the December 2024 high. That midpoint comes at 0.6070. So with the cluster of key technical levels – the 50%, 100-day and 200-day MAs

The price of oil is settling at $76.84. That is up $0.62 or 0.81% on the day. The high price reached $77.29. The low price was at $75.93. For the trading week, the prices soared 6.27% which comes after a -7.35% decline last week, and a 6.5% rise the week before. So price action has

The USDJPY moved lower earlier in the day as yields dipped into negative territory. However, after falling below its 100-hour moving average, buyers did show up between the 100-day moving average at 147.597 and the 200-hour movie area at 147.675. The inability to move below those levels gave the buyers the go-ahead to move back

For those who have seen my daily posts/videos on the GBPUSD (any of them), the pair has been trading in an up-and-down trading range going back to December 14. That range is between 1.2600 and 1.2800. Today, the price moved sharply lower after the stronger US jobs report, and the price move to a lower

The broader US stock indices are getting it ahead of the earnings after the close including Microsoft and Alphabet. The NASDAQ index is leading the way with the decline of -124 points or -0.80% at 15504.51. The S&P index is now down -11 points or -0.22% at 4917.03. The Dow Industrial Average remains higher by