Currency futures closed lower on Friday as the dollar rose. The US dollar increased due to statistics showing that US inflation increased in March. At its monetary policy meeting next week, the Fed is still on track to raise interest rates. The Bank of Japan announced it would retain its ultra-low interest rates as anticipated. Read More…
The gap The gap at 0.0073 has now been filled in the Yen futures contract. We have been waiting for this to happen for over 3 weeks now, but the time has arrived. The chart is still bearish, but the bulls may begin to accumulate any day now with the expectation of a rally just Read More…
On Thursday, gold reversed course and fell as the dollar rose. Poor US economic data did not alter expectations of another interest rate hike. This is because inflation remained high. Data showed that the US gross domestic product expanded slightly slower than expected in the most recent quarter. The US government released a preliminary estimate Read More…
Recap The last time we looked at RTY was back on March 28th. There was a support band that formed at the $1,738 level, which is close to the 78% Fib level too. Price did rally out of the support zone by 200 points and has now retraced back into it. Let’s take a look at Read More…
Oil fell by about 4% on Wednesday as concerns about the world’s largest economy’s impending recession deepened. Oil fell even after a survey revealed that US crude stocks decreased more than anticipated. Energy Information Administration data showed that US oil stockpiles declined by 5.1 million barrels last week to 460.9 million. It was above analyst Read More…
Overview Crude Oil has been an interesting one to watch this year as we see prices bounce around within the $70 and $80 range. Range-bound traders have been able to capitalize on these moves while trend traders have been struggling. Technical analysis The gap has been filled that we mentioned last week. The bears have taken Read More…
