On Thursday, gold continued its remarkable surge, supported by predictions for a pause in US rate hikes as US banking fears intensified a flight to the safe-haven metal. Wall Street dropped due to PacWest’s decision to look into strategic options. The news increased worries about the health of local banks and countered the optimism about Read More…
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Huge spinning top has bulls singing in CL futures
Technical analysis CL remains within the range we have been monitoring in almost every article this year made on crude futures. This range refuses to be broken in either direction. We can keep the technical analysis very simple with this trade as a huge spinning top has formed at the bottom of a 3-week sell-off. Read More…
Oil Drops 5% on Economic Growth Concerns Fueled by Rate Hikes.
Oil prices fell 4% on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates and as investors worried about the economy. Oil fell by 5% in the previous session, experiencing its largest daily percentage fall since early January. The Fed lifted interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday afternoon. This rate Read More…
Dangerous inverted hammer strikes fear into the Gold futures bulls
Technical recap Gold has been in an uptrend for 2023 and is up nearly 30% since the November 2022 low. There is something that has put some fear into bulls for the time being, though, and it is a big inverted hammer on the daily chart. Inverted hammer This particular candlestick is extra powerful because Read More…
Equities Edge Lower After Data as Investors Await the Fed Meeting
Wall Street equities ended slightly down, and Treasury yields rose as investors reviewed Monday’s data. They were awaiting Wednesday’s Fed’s interest rate decision and quarterly earnings reports. Data showed that the US manufacturing sector recovered from a three-year low in April as new orders and employment increased. However, the sector’s activity remained weak due to Read More…
T-Bond Futures (ZB) bears take control
Introduction ZB futures have been in a steady downtrend since 2020 as investors buy more and more bonds. The sentiment remains that more buying will continue meaning we can expect yields to continue to drop, and that provides us with some useful opportunities we can take advantage of. Technical analysis There is a resistance zone Read More…