Category: Technial Analysis

Jan 07
Soybean Futures ( ZS1! ), H4 Potential for Bearish Drop

Type: Bearish Drop Key Levels:Resistance:1535.00Pivot:1492.25Support:1457.75 Preferred Case:Looking at the H4 chart, my overall bias for ZS1! is bearish due to the current price being under the Ichimoku cloud, indicating a bearish market. If this bearish momentum continues, expect price to possibly continue heading towards the support at 1457.75, where the 61.8% Fibonacci line is. Alternative […]

Jan 07
Market Spotlight: EZ Inflation Falls Further But No ECB Shift Expected Near-Term

EZ CPI Cools Again The latest eurozone inflation data seen today has fuelled hopes that the inflationary spiral which ballooned last year, is now passing. Eurozone CPI was seen cooling to 9.2% last month, down from 10.1% the prior month, falling below the 9.6% result the market was looking for on the headline reading. While […]

Jan 07
Market Spotlight: Bar Set Low For Today’s NDP Release

USD On The Rise It’s been a good start to the year for the US Dollar which rallied through the week, driven by the hawkish December FOMC minutes and a bumper ADP employment print. Focus now shifts to the headline event and the first US labour reports of the year. A buoyant Dollar on the […]

Jan 07
EURO FX Futures ( 6E1! ), H4 Potential for Bearish Drop

Type: Bearish Drop Key Levels:Resistance: 1.07670Pivot: 1.05085Support: 1.03315 Preferred Case:Looking at the H4 chart, my overall bias for 6E1! is bearish due to the current price being below the Ichimoku cloud , indicating a bearish market. If this bearish momentum continues, expect price to possibly head back down to break the pivot at 1.05085 where […]

Jan 06
FOMO Friday: FTSE Finds Form Early in 2023

FTSE Rallies Almost 4% With many traders still returning from their Christmas breaks, the first trading week of 2023 has been a relatively slow one, particularly in FX. However, with the December US labour reports due later today, there is still the potential for some fireworks to ring in the New Year. Away from FX, […]

Jan 06
Palladium Futures ( PA1! ), H4 Potential for Bearish Drop

Type: Bearish Drop Key Levels:Resistance:1835.0Pivot:1744.0Support:1656.5 Preferred Case:On the H4 chart, we have a bearish bias. To add confluence to this, price is crossing below the Ichimoku cloud which indicates a bearish market. If this bearish momentum continues, expect price to possibly break the pivot at 1744.0, where the 50% Fibonacci line is, before heading towards […]

Jan 06
Market Spotlight: How Useful Is ADP For Trading The NFP?

ADP Up Next Today’s US ADP employment number will be the main data focus for traders. Coming ahead of the headline NFP event on Friday, the ADP data is typically taken as an indicator of whether the NFP is likely to undershoot or surpass expectations. ADP & NFP Correlation While data on the correlation between […]

Jan 06
Copper Futures (HG1!), H4 Potential for Bearish Drop

Type: Bearish Drop Key Levels:Resistance:3.9600Pivot:3.6885Support:3.5545 Preferred Case:Looking at the H4 chart, my overall bias for HG1! is bearish due to the current price being below the Ichimoku cloud , indicating a bearish market. If this bearish momentum continues, expect price to head back down towards the pivot at 3.6885 where the 61.8% Fibonacci line is. […]

Jan 05
Market Spotlight: Alibaba Shares Higher Again Following Financing News

Financing News Drives Stock Higher Shares in Chinese tech giant Alibaba are trading over 3% higher ahead of the open today. This comes on the back of a 15% move higher yesterday as the company’s shares gapped higher at the open.  The lift in bullish sentiment is a reaction to the news that Chinese regulators […]

Jan 05
The Crude Chronicles – Episode 168

Oil Traders Increase Net-Longs The latest CFTC COT institutional positioning report shows that crude traders increased their net long positions by around 10k contracts last week. Total upside exposure now sits at 248k contracts, up from 238k contracts the prior week. Any recent longs will likely be struggling, however, on the back of the more […]