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USDCHF tested the 100 day MA at highs. Looks toward the 200 day MA now.
USDCHF barometerThe USDCHF fell to its lowest level since December 12 yesterday before rebounding into the close. In today’s Asian session, buyers attempted to push higher but faced resistance near the 100-day moving average (0.89246), with the high reaching 0.89252...
Crude oil futures by TradeCompass
A Strategic Map for Crude Oil FuturesCurrent Price: 66.72Crude oil futures are currently trading within a tight range, and tradeCompass doesn’t tell you how to trade—it provides a precise map of strategic price levels where market participation is likely to increase....
market jitters: technology and consumer cyclicals under pressure
Stock heatmap by FinViz.com Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:46:06 GMTSector OverviewToday’s stock market heatmap paints a challenging picture, particularly for technology and consumer cyclical sectors. A wave of selling pressure hit the technology space, with semiconductor...
Trudeau: Canada is continuing to talk to the US. The goal is to get tariffs lifted
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Intraday USDCAD reversal: Key signal near 200 hour MA
USDCAD technicalsThe USDCAD fell below the 200-hour moving average (MA) yesterday (green line) and the 50% retracement of the February low-to-high move at 1.4345. However, it held above the 61.8% retracement at 1.4299 and the lower boundary of the recent consolidation...
Lagarde: Uncertainty is huge
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Q&A Lagarde: Moving to a more evolutionary approach
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Fed Harker: Economy generally looks okay, but there are threats
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ECB’s Lagarde: Consumer confidence is fragile, uncertainty to weigh on investment
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US international trade balance for January -131.4B vs -127.4B estimate
Prior month -$98.4BInternational trade balance (Goods and services) -$131.4B vs -$127.4B estimate. New record deficitGood trade balance for January -$155.57B vs -$153.2B preliminary. Last month -$122B. New record deficit. Details:January exports: $269.8B (+$3.3B from...
US initial jobless claims 221K vs 235K estimate
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US Q4 unit labor costs +2.2% vs +3.0% expected
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Canada January trade balance +3.97B vs +1.28B expected
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Gold Futures Analysis by tradeCompass
A Smarter Approach to Trading Gold FuturesCurrent Price: 2,910Gold traders are no strangers to price fluctuations, breakouts, and reversals. Many rely on candlestick patterns, moving averages, or momentum indicators—only to find that they often work less reliably than...
ECB cuts key rates by 25 bps in March monetary policy decision, as expected
Prior decisionDeposit facility rate 2.50% vs 2.50% expectedPrior 2.75%Main refinancing rate 2.65% vs 2.65% expectedPrior 2.90%Marginal lending facility 2.90%Prior 3.15%Monetary policy is becoming meaningfully less restrictiveRate cuts are making new borrowing less...
Kickstart the FX trading day for March 6 w/a technical look at the EURUSD, USDJPY & GBPUSD
The USD is mixed as North American traders enter for the day. The greenback is the weakest vs the JPY (-0.79%) and the CHF (-0.64%). It is higher vs the GBP (+0.03%), CAD (+0.22%) and AUD (+0.03%). In the video above, I talk to the current technicals that are guiding...
Big job cuts number raises the stakes for initial jobless claims and non-farm payrolls
initial jobless claimsThe Challenger Job Cuts number today showed 172K job cuts compared to 49K previously in a sign we could get a soft jobless claims number today and a poor non-farm payrolls number on Friday. It's the highest number of job cuts since 2020.That...
US February Challenger layoffs 172.02k vs 49.79k prior
Prior 49.79kThat's a big surge in US job cuts in February, with it being 245% higher than the same month last year. The 172, 017 layoffs announced last month is the highest since July 2020. But as always, the devil is in the details. Federal government layoffs...
Trump reportedly plans to disrupt Iran oil exports by halting vessels at sea
This continues his push to exert "maximum pressure" on Iran and to drive its oil exports to zero amid the ongoing geopolitical strife. Trump is said to be considering a plan to stop and inspect all Iranian oil tankers by looking at ways for allied countries to do so...