Technical Analysis

The AUDUSD is trading in a narrow 40 picked trading range for the first two days of the week. THat is not a lot. However just ahead is Australia’s CPI data for the month of July. With the range narrow and contained, traders should look for a break momentum in the direction of the break.

Fundamental Overview Last Friday, Fed Chair Powell delivered a more dovish than expected speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium as he basically kept the door open for a 50 bps cut at the September meeting. In fact, the line saying that they will do everything they can to support a strong labour market was key.

The USDCAD from April to July was confined in an up-and-down trading range between 1.3586 and 1.3803. Finally, in July, the pair broke higher reaching a level of 1.39458 on August 5. However, since then the pair as moved back into the up-and-down consolidation range, and then below the low of that range last week

Fundamental Overview Last Friday, Fed Chair Powell delivered a more dovish than expected speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium as he basically kept the door open for a 50 bps cut at the September meeting. The line saying that they will do everything they can to support a strong labour market was key. Despite this,

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Fundamental Overview Yesterday, the yen strengthened across the board in the Asian session without any clear catalyst. It looks like it was more of a technical move as the price broke through a key trendline rather than something fundamental. On the other side, there might be some pre-positioning into a dovish Powell speech on Friday

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the recent appreciation of the CAD has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation. The

Fundamental Overview After the breakout of the 2480 resistance, gold eventually extended the gains into the 2532 level as the momentum buyers piled in. In the big picture, gold should remain supported as real yields fall as we head into the Fed’s easing cycle, but in the short-term strong US data might provide pullbacks along

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the appreciation of the EUR has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation. The ECB

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the appreciation of the GBP has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation. The market

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the appreciation of the AUD has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation, although it

Fundamental Overview The USD continues to remain under pressure amid positive risk sentiment and the imminent rate cuts from the Fed which should help global growth. These are generally bearish drivers for the greenback. In fact, the recent strong appreciation of the NZD has been mostly driven by the US Dollar side of the equation.

Fundamental Overview Copper has been on a sustained downtrend since reaching its peak in May. More recently we’ve been seeing some life coming back into the market with an increase in the bullish momentum last week as the mining giant BHP said on last Tuesday that it had started removing workers on strike at its

Fundamental Overview The Russell 2000 last Thursday managed to break above a key resistance zone following strong US Jobless Claims and Retail Sales data. The market continues to fade the “growth scare” we got at the beginning of August and it’s now looking forward to the Fed’s rate cuts. In fact, the rate cuts into

Fundamental Overview The Nasdaq finally erased the entire drop from the last ISM Manufacturing PMI as the market faded the “growth scare”. The first catalyst was the good US Jobless Claims on the 8th of August as that quelled the fears on a deteriorating labour market triggered by the weak NFP report. Last week, we

Fundamental Overview The S&P 500 finally erased the entire drop from the last ISM Manufacturing PMI as the market faded the “growth scare”. The first catalyst was the good US Jobless Claims on the 8th of August as that quelled the fears on a deteriorating labour market triggered by the weak NFP report. Last week,

Fundamental Overview Yesterday, we got some strong US data as the Jobless Claims and Retail Sales figures came out much better than expected. All the major currencies gained against the Yen for two main reasons. The first is that yields rose across the board as the market continues to price out the aggressive rate cuts

Fundamental Overview Yesterday, we got two strong US data releases as the Jobless Claims and Retail Sales figures came out much better than expected. The initial reaction was US Dollar bullish, but after a while the market started to fade the move. The reason is that the risk-on sentiment is generally negative for the greenback