Market Analysis

Oil prices are turning up, and Brent crude is near $91 Oil prices turned up about 1% during trading on Thursday, with Brent crude rising near $91 a barrel, with geopolitical concerns continuing to support prices. Oil prices were lower in early trading, with the US dollar gaining after indications that the Federal Reserve will […]

Gold prices fell in trading Thursday, with the US dollar rising, after indications that the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy, and intend to raise interest rates starting next March. Geopolitical concerns about an imminent war between Russia and Ukraine have limited fears amidst the demand for the yellow metal as a safe haven. Gold […]

Fed Turns Up The HawkUSD bulls were not left disappointed by last night’s FOMC meeting. The Fed satisfied hawkish expectations, noting that “it will soon be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate”. With tapering of QE due to end by early March, the market expects the Fed to lift rates […]

Oil Longs Hit Ten Week HighsThe latest CFTC COT institutional positioning report shows that oil traders increased their net long positions last week by a further 26,000 contracts. This latest increased takes the net upside position back up to ten-week highs. Oil has been steadily bought over recent weeks, reflected in the ongoing rally in […]

• GBPJPY reversed from support level 153.00 • Likely to rise to resistance level 155.00 GBPJPY currency pair recently reversed up from the key support level 153.00 standing near the lower daily Bollinger Band and the 50% Fibonacci correction of the upward impulse from December. The upward reversal from the support level 153.00 stopped he […]

• FTSE reversed from support level 7400.00 • Likely to rise to resistance level 7635.00 FTSE index continues to rise after the index reversed up from the key support level 7400.00 (former top of waves 1 and (i) from November and December). The support zone near the support level 7400.00 was strengthened by the lower […]

AUDUSD continues falling; the “greenback” remains strong.   The Australian Dollar continues falling against the USD on Thursday. the current quote for the instrument is 0.7077. The American currency remains strong after “hawkish” comments from the US Fed and that puts a lot of pressure on AUD.  The statistics published by Australia weren’t impressive and […]

EURUSD plunged after the US Fed January meeting.   The major currency pair is weakening on Thursday. the current quote for the instrument is 1.1190. During its January meeting, the US Fed left the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.25%, just as expected. The QE tapering pace also remained the same and the programme will […]

The US labor market is “strong”, inflation is “well above” the target level and balance sheet runoff could be combined with interest rate hikes – these are the three key takeaways from the Fed meeting. We can conclude from them that the Fed’s lead, in terms of intentions to tighten policy, has only increased compared […]

USD GDP Up NextOn the back of yesterday’s hawkish FOMC meeting, the focus is now on advance quarterly USD GDP data due to be released later today. The market is looking for a firm bounce from the prior quarter’s 2.3% reading to 5.3%. If confirmed, this should add further fuel to the current USD rally, […]

• Brent reversed from support level 85.35 • Likely to rise to resistance level 88.75 Brent recently reversed up from the key support level 85.35 (previous strong resistance level from October, actin as the support after it was broken at the start of this year). The upward reversal from the support level 85.35 started the […]

• EURCHF reversed from support level 1.031 • Likely to rise to resistance level 1.0450 EURCHF currency pair recently reversed up from the key support level 1.031 (previous low of wave (1) from the end of December), intersecting with the lower weekly Bollinger Band. The upward reversal from the support level 1.031 created the daily […]