It's month-end so it's no surprise to see month-end flows driving the forex market today. The US dollar strengthened ahead of the London fix today and then quickly gave it back.The timing of the move suggests it was flow-driven rather than fundamentally drive. If...
EURUSD bounces off 100 hour MA support target
EURUSD stalls @ 38.2% retracement at high & 100H MA at lowThe EURUSD rose in the late Asian/early European session, and in the process tested it 38.2% retracement of the move down from the December high. That level comes in at 1.0864. Recall from last week, that...
NZDUSD traders set up for RBNZ rate decision in the new trading day
The RBNZ will announce their rate decision at 8 PM ET later today (Wednesday in NZ) with the expectations of no change in policy. There was earlier expectations for a hike by some, but those views have been tempered more recently. Nevertheless, the RBNZ is likely to...
Atlanta Fed GDPNow Q1 estimate +3.2% vs +2.9% prior
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US February Dallas Fed services sector outlook -3.9 vs -9.3 prior
Prior was -9.3Services sector revenue outlook +5.2 vs -3.6 priorThis is a low-tier indicator.Comments in the report:Personal and laundry servicesOur 2023 revenue declined 15 percent, January 2024 revenue fell 7 percent, and February is currently on track to decline 9...
US February consumer confidence 106.7 vs 115.0 expected
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Richmond Fed February composite index -5 versus -15 prior
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USDCAD ceiling is well defined. Support is near 200 bar MAs. What next?
The USDCAD has a well-defined ceiling between 1.3526 and 1.3543 (in between is the 50% midpoint of the move down from the last 2023 high at 1.35378).On the downside, the 200-day moving average comes in at 1.3479. The 200 bar moving out on the 4- hour chart comes in at...
Mixed open for major indices today. Modest changes registered to start the trading day.
The US stock market is open and the major indices are mixed/modestly changed for the day. The Dow 30 is lower to start the trading day. The NASDAQ index is higher. The S&P is a little higher but near unchanged.The snapshot of the market currently shows:Dow...
The USDCHF technical story is being written from a few perspectives. What does that mean?
The USDCHF's technical story is being written from a few perspectives. Looking at the 4-hour chart, support is defined by the 50% midpoint at 0.8785, the 100 bar moving average on the 4-hour chart at 0.8784, and the 100-day moving average a little lower at 0.8774.The...
Fed’s Barr speaks about “counterfeit credit risk’
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US December Case-Shiller 20-city US house price index +0.2% vs +0.2% expected
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Kickstart your FX trading for Feb. 27, 2024 with a technical look at the three major pairs
In this video, I kickstart the FX trading day with a technical look at the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. Both the EURUSD and the GBPUSD are muddling along with up and down price action respecting close support and resistance in the process. Traders await the next shove,...
BOE’s Ramsden: Key indicators of inflation persistence remain elevated
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US January durable goods -6.1% vs -4.5% expected
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US January durable goods orders coming up next
The dominant feature of the Tuesday FX market so far is yen buying after a hotter Japanese CPI reading earlier.That could change after some US economic data today. We start off with durable goods orders at the bottom of the hour. The consensus is calling for a 4.5%...
USDCAD Technical Analysis – Another fakeout or a real breakout?
USDThe Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected at the last meeting while dropping the tightening bias in the statement but adding a slight pushback against a March rate cut.The US CPI beat expectations for the second consecutive month with the disinflationary...
ForexLive European FX news wrap: Currencies stay more muted, stocks creep a little higher
Headlines:Markets:JPY leads, GBP lags on the dayEuropean equities slightly higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.2%US 10-year yields down 3.1 bps to 4.267%Gold up 0.4% to $2,037.81WTI crude down 0.3% to $76.85Bitcoin up 4.9% to $57,333It was once again another quiet...
US Treasury secretary Yellen says global outlook is quite favourable
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Gold continues to stick to the latest technical script for now
After yesterday's slight drop, gold is back at it again as it looks to make it seven out of nine days of gains in trading today. The run higher in the last two weeks has been a rather technical one. That considering the rebound off the 100-day moving average (red...