Technical Analysis

Crude oil prices surge today The price of WTI crude oil is extending above the $87 level to a high of $87.37. Oil prices have surged today following the U.S.’s enhancement of sanctions against Russian crude exports, amplifying supply anxieties in an already constrained market. The U.S. targeted tankers carrying Russian oil priced above the

USDJPY trades back below the 100 hour MA. Bearish. The USDJPY moved higher into the US session today, and in the process moved between the 100-hour MA (blue line at 148.83) and the 200-hour MA (green line at 149.129). The high price reached 149.09 which was just above the broken 38.2% at 149.069. The inability

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The GBPUSD is trading to a new session low as the clock ticks toward the end of day. in the process, the price is ticking down toward the 38.2% retracement of the move up from the September 26, 2022 low. That retracement level comes in at 1.20763. After a trend move higher as we saw

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The USDCAD traded down and up and down and up and back down and up this week (see hourly chart below). The high price on Monday was retested on Thursday. The low on Tuesday saw the pair, move to and through the 100-day MA (lower blue overlay line on the chart below at 1.3398) but

EURUSD moves below the 100 hour MA The EURUSD has moved to a new low for the day, and in the process, the price has moved below the 100-hour moving average 1.06748. Breaking below the 100-hour moving average will now set that level as a resistance level. The bias is now tilted more to the

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US: The Fed hiked by 25 bps as expected and kept everything unchanged at the last meeting. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the table. Inflation measures since then showed further disinflation. The labour market displayed signs of softening although it remains fairly solid. Overall, the economic data

US: The Fed hiked by 25 bps as expected and kept everything unchanged at the last meeting. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the table. Inflation measures since then showed further disinflation. The labour market displayed signs of softening although it remains fairly solid. Overall, the economic data

It’s increasingly evident that the market is taking the weaker labour market data as good news for inflation and the soft-landing scenario. In fact, last week we got many big misses heading into the NFP report, but the US Jobless Claims showed that the labour market is still fine and the NFP beat expectations. We

This first half of the week was highlighted by big misses in the US economic data like Job Openings, Consumer Confidence and ADP. These might be the first signs that a recession is indeed on the horizon as the labour market is starting to show weakness. In fact, the market is no longer seeing the

The price of WTI crude oil futures are settling at $79.83. That’s up $0.78 or 0.99%. For the week, the price-1.03% or $-0.87 (at current levels). It is the 2nd consecutive week to the downside after last week’s decline of -3.04%. Crude oil Looking at the chart above, at the lows this week, the price

The USD is continuing its move to the downside in the NY session after the weaker than expected flash PMI data. The greenback is now weaker versus all the major currencies with the exception of the GBP, after trading at higher levels after both EU and UK PMI data also was weaker. It seemed all

Crude oil sets the support and resistance going into next wk A week or so ago, the price of crude oil moved above a key swing ceiling between $82.43 and $83.44 (see yellow area and read numbered circles on the chart above). The price moved above that ceiling on Wednesday of last week, closing at

USDJPY trades near unchanged The USDJPY traded lower in the US session (see 4-hour chart above), but did find support near the high of a swing area between 144.898 and 145.07. The low price for the day reached 145.10. The price has rebounded back toward the close from yesterday at 145.54. Of significance is that

The FOREX markets are quiet in the Asia-Pacific session. Japan is on holiday contributing to the lackluster price action. Yesterday’s US CPI data whipped traders around as well as the initial reaction was to the downside in the greenback, and then reversed back to the upside with the rise in US rates However in the

Last week, the NFP missed expectations for a second time in a row and the previous numbers were all revised lower. This was seen as a disappointment as the labour market seems to be a touch weaker than previously expected and we saw a brief rally in Gold. The unemployment rate though, fell once again