Technical picture dominates the YM emini as we wait for the FED
For the YM emini futures contract there is only one game in town at present from a technical perspective, and that’s the resistance level just […]
2015
What I said, this time last year
As regular readers will know, every year I write an end of year analysis, with a look forward to what the new year is likely […]
Currency futures settle down after Draghi
As we rush headlong towards the festive season, and the ECB bringing its own unique brand of drunken antics to the party with Draghi clearly […]
Dollar remains bullish ahead of FOMC
Ahead of next week’s pivotal FOMC meeting the monthly chart for the USD Index is certainly taking on increasing significance, not least given last week’s […]
Boom – WTI oil price crashes through the floor on rising volume
In my post of 5 days ago I highlighted how a confluence of factors had the potential to drive oil prices even lower, and down […]
Silver breaking up as technical fissures appear
Whilst the spotlight of the metals complex generally focuses on gold whose demise has been relentless, silver too is following the same path lower, and […]
Oil prices driven lower on fundamentals and technicals
These are interesting times for oil traders and speculators with Friday’s OPEC meeting in Vienna now on the horizon, and the question that will then […]
YM emini tip toes through key resistance
For US equity markets, and the YM emini in particular, it is the daily chart which has focused the mind over the last few weeks, […]
Currency majors mixed in quiet week
Last week in a relatively quiet week for the currency majors in the run up to Thanksgiving, it was the euro and the British pound […]
Notify the Queen… the US dollar index is 100
Here in the UK we have a very well established tradition whereby once any citizen reaches the venerable age of 100, they receive a personal […]
Gold drops again and takes out key level
For gold bugs, the second half of November had been one of hope. Hope the precious metal would finally find some much needed support, or […]
It’s business as usual for the VIX
For the VIX it has been business as usual with the reverberations of late summer calming as the index continues to edge ever lower and […]
Janet’s effort at the Fosbury flop!
We have all heard of the Fosbury flop which revolutionized the sporting world of high jumping, but sadly the same could not be said of […]
Sterling under pressure in the US forex session
By the time we came to our forex webinar for the start of the New York session, it was clear the heavily negative sentiment towards […]
EUR/GBP delivers in London forex session
Friday’s forex webinars, not only delivered some great trades, but also some excellent trading lessons which reinforced not only our volume price analysis methodology, but also […]
Swiss franc matrix as we approach the anniversary
15th January 2015 is a date etched into the memory of Swiss franc traders, and is the day the SNB removed the floor of support […]
Oil taking centre stage on FED decision
One of the many factors used to decide whether a central bank should or should not raise interest rates is inflation, of which energy is […]
Currency futures reflect on the FOMC minutes
Whilst yesterday’s FOMC minutes were flagged as a tier one item of news, the market reaction suggested that perhaps a tier three ranking would have […]