Technical Analysis

Crude oil remains below its 100 day moving average The price of WTI crude oil futures are settling at $80.15. That’s up to cents or +0.02%. The high price for the day reached $81.23. The low price extended to $79.45. Looking at the daily chart above, the price tried to move above its 100 day

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USDCHF back below the 100/200 hour MAs The USDCHF has seen a move to the downside today along with the mostly lower USD. Looking at the USDCHF on the hourly chart, the move to the downside has seen the price move below the 200 and 100 hour MAs. A snap back rally took the price

The major European indices are ending the day with mixed results. The final numbers are showing: German Dax fell -0.07% France’s CAC rose 0.26% UKs FTSE 100 fell -0.35% Spain’s Ibex rose 0.26% Italy’s FTSE MIB rose 0.24% Looking at the hourly chart of the German Dax, the correction yesterday and consolidation today, has seen

Natural gas futures are back below the 100 hour MA The price of natural gas futures are trading sharply lower with the prices down close to 4% on the day. The move lower comes after the price tried to move above its 200 hour moving average (green line in the chart above) at $3.50. The

2-10 year spread is heading back down and near bottom The 2-10 year spread moved below the 0.0% into negative territory back in July and it has been pretty much down since then. The spread is currently at -0.706 which is supposed to be a prelude to a recession. If the Fed overstays it’s welcome

The price of WTI crude oil futures are settling at $81.60. That’s down to cents or -0.02% on the day. The high price reached $80.64. The low price extended to $81.05. At the high, the price was up $1.00. At the low the price fell -$0.59. Gains were erased by the close. Looking at the

NASDAQ is moving back above its 100 day moving average The NASDAQ index is leading the way to the upside today with a 153.47 point rise or 1.41% at 11005. The high price has reached 11018.02. Looking at the daily chart, the falling 100 day moving average comes in at 11000.95. With the price back

Fed’s Waller was the last Fed official to speak before the blackout period for the Fed ahead of their interest rate decision. In his question and answer he broke down a wall that other Fed officials have been reluctant to do and it led to some added optimism in the US stock market to close

The price of WTI crude oil futures for February is settling up $0.98 or 1.22% at $81.31. The high price reached $81.91. Low price was at $79.91. For the March contract it is settling at $81.64 up $1.03 For the trading week, the price is up 2.18% The 100 day moving average for crude oil

Another volatile up and down day for the EURUSD The EURUSD is back testing the high from earlier today and in doing is completing another up and down (or down and up) session for the pair. Each day this week, the price moved higher or lower and reverserd lower or higher. Today, the price moved

S&P retesting at 200 day moving average As the trading day works toward the close, the S&P ticked briefly above its 200 day moving average at 3968.82. The high price reach 3970.15. Recall from earlier this week, the price closed above the 200 day moving average on Monday and Tuesday, but stalled on Wednesday and

The US stocks are bulled up today, with the Nasdaq leading the way in the major indices with a gain of 1.48%. The riskier stocks as measured by Cathy Woods ARK Innovation fund is doing even better with a gain of 2.85%. Typically, lower yields help that flow, but if you look at the US

EURGBP bounces off the 100 day MA The EURGBP took a turn to the downside earlier this week after an ECB “sources” story saying that the pace of the hike for the ECB was to slow. That gave the sellers the go-ahead to push lower. Helping technically, was that earlier in the day, the price

Crude oil snaps back higher after larger than expected build For the second consecutive week, the crude oil inventory data showed a larger than expected build. Last week, the build was 18.962M barrels. This week, another 8.408M were added (well above the -0.593M drawdown expected). And for the 2nd consecutive week, the price of crude

The USDCAD has continued it’s run to the upside after an early move above the 200 hour MA, ultimately led to the breaking above the confined range between 1.3344 and 1.3454 (110 pips – see red box in the chart below). USDCAD moves up to a cluster of resistance The momentum higher has now taken

The AUDUSD is extending to a new session low and in the process has moved below the 100 hour MA, and an upward sloping trend line. The price is approaching a swing area between 0.6940 and 0.69493. The rising 200 hour moving average is below that level of 0.69349. The price has not traded below

Crude oil is up eight days in a row The price of WTI crude oil futures settled above $80 at $80.18 the price last close above that level on December 30. The price has seen additional momentum after the settlement and is currently trading at $80.86. The earlier high for the day reached $81.23 before