Daily Market Outlook, September 20, 2023 Munnelly’s Market Commentary… Asian equity markets generally faced a downward trend as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of forthcoming central bank policy announcements, including the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate decision and dot plot projections. Nikkei 225 weakened as the latest trade data indicated that Japanese exports […]
FOMC Up Next Price action in the US Dollar has been rather muted so far this week as traders prepare for the September FOMC later today. The event is widely expected to see the Fed holding rates unchanged while reaffirming its message that further rate hikes might still be appropriate, depending on the path of […]
EURUSD has stabilized around the 1.07 level, while the dollar index hovers near the 105 mark ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting scheduled for today. Markets are not anticipating a rate hike; however, the rhetoric regarding the November decision, which the market views as the most likely date for another, potentially final, rate increase this […]
SNB Rate Hike Seen Following on from the FOMC tonight, traders will tomorrow turn their attention to the BOE meeting. However, ahead of that meeting, the SNB will step into the spotlight and expectations are geared towards the bank delivering a further rate hike. The Swiss government released its latest inflation outlook today and expects […]
TitleBCOUSD H4 | Potential bullish reversal TypeBullish Breakout Preference:Price is falling towards the pivot point of 93.087 which is an overlap support and could potentially reverse from here; we could see momentum carry price up to its 1st resistance at 95.098 which is a swing-high resistance level. Alternative scenario:If price breaks below the pivot point, […]
Aussie on the Up The Australian Dollar is turning higher today on the back of a hawkish set of RBA minutes. The minutes, released overnight, showed that the RBA considered hiking rates again this month but ultimately decided to allow more time to assess the impact of recent tightening on the economy. This marks the […]
On Tuesday, EURUSD continues to rebound from the lower boundary of the current bearish trend amid positive inflation signals and a slowing rally in oil prices: The final assessment of inflation in the EU for August revealed that core inflation remained unchanged, but overall inflation was revised down by 0.1% from the previous estimate to […]
Crude Continuing Higher Crude oil prices continue to rally this week with the market breaking out to fresh highs for the year. The market has been firmly bullish on the back of the recent news that Saudi Arabia and Russia will extend their supply cuts through year end. The tow two producers, which effectively head […]
TitleEURJPY H4 | Bearish reaction off 61.8% fibo? TypeBearish Reversal Preference: Price is approaching our pivot point at 157.91, which is an overlap resistance, aligning with the 61.8% fibo retracement. If price reacts bearishly from our pivot point, then price could fall to the 1st support level at 157.41, which is a swing low support, […]
CAD Boosted by Oil Gains The Canadian Dollar is rallying firmly this week. With oil prices pushing on to fresh highs for the year, CAD has been well supported and looks poised for further gains near-term. While the BOC has been on hold recently, the bank continues to stand by its message that further tightening […]