In Asian equities, the Japanese Nikkei 225 and Topix indices managed to extend yesterday’s gains though their advancing was subdued; the Nikkei added 0.2% and the Topix 0.1%. Both benchmarks rose by more than 1% earlier in the day, before retreating to stand only slightly higher on the day. Moreover, they are both lower on […]
The dollar opened weaker on Friday in Asia on news that several officials from Trump’s campaign were subpoenaed for Russia-linked documents despite markets relief on the US tax story after lawmakers approved the tax plan in the House of Representatives. Consequently, investors turned risk-averse during the session, pushing the safe-haven assets higher. According to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, […]
USDCAD has been in a consolidation phase during the last two weeks. The market is soft and is trapped between the 50 and 200-day moving averages. Trend signals are weak and momentum is neutral. The recent bullish bounce found resistance at the 50% Fibonacci of the decline from 1.3793 to 1.2061. Prices are currently pivoting […]
Major currencies were moving sideways during the European session on Thursday as investors were widely anticipating whether Republicans would pass their tax code in the House of Representatives later today. Economic releases out of the Eurozone, the US, the UK, and Canada were also in focus but had a moderate impact on the markets. The […]
EURAUD has posted a strong rally over the week, flying from 1.5081 to a five-month high of 1.5605 (+3.50%) on early Wednesday. However, the pair paused its steep uptrend soon after as the market became overbought, retracing the 23.6% Fibonacci level of the aforementioned upleg at 1.5480. The short-term bias in the four-hour chart remains bullish given that EURAUD is […]
NZDUSD has a bias that is tilted to the downside during the past week, with trend indicators supporting this view. A bearish crossover of the 20 with the 50-period moving average on the 4-hour chart and an RSI below 50 are indicators of weakness in the market. Looking at the broader picture, NZDUSD is in […]
In Asia, major benchmarks were posting gains for the most part during today’s trading, putting a halt to losses from previous sessions. The Japanese Nikkei 225 and Topix indices added 1.5% and 1.0% respectively. All but one industry sector – energy – finished higher in the Topix, Japan’s broader gauge of equity performance. Hong Kong’s […]
Weakened prospects on the US tax reforms continued restricting the dollar’s gains in Asia despite Wednesday’s encouraging data cementing a third-rate hike this year, while a mixed employment report in Australia did little to support the aussie. On Wednesday, two Senate Republicans expressed their opposition to the tax plan, claiming that they would not support a plan which favours […]
USDJPY is in a broad neutral trend as the market remains trapped in a range between 108–114 during the past 8 months. In the short-term, the pair rose towards the upper end of the range but has found strong resistance and reversed back down from a high of 114.73. The bullish phase from 107.31 has […]
Following a disappointing report on Australian wage growth on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to give an outline on the state of the labor market at 0030GMT on Thursday. Unlike wage forecasts which projected a rise in earnings, analysts anticipate the economy to create fewer jobs in October, maintaining the unemployment and participation rates steady at their previous levels. If the […]
Markets remained in risk-off mode in European trading on Wednesday, with risk assets coming under pressure while safe-havens flourished. The US dollar extended its losses against the yen despite another batch of solid data out of the United States today. The euro rallied to a one-month high against the greenback, but the pound remained range-bound. […]
Inflation readings on Tuesday suggested that British pockets will remain squeezed ahead of the Christmas shopping season, as consumer prices continued growing steadily by 3.0% in October, potentially flagging another disappointing month for retailers. With Brexit negotiations trapped in a deadlock and British real wage growth showing no signs of a significant rise, annual retail sales in October are […]
EURJPY is neutral in the medium term but in a shorter time frame the pair is in a bullish phase. The market has been consolidating gains made after a rally took EURJPY to the mid-134 handle, the highest level since November 2015. Since the end of September, prices have been moving sideways in a range with […]
On 9th December, XM will be hosting a seminar with free participation in Athens, Greece, where we look forward to welcoming online investors interested in learning about CFD trading on the MT5 platform. All those who join our seminar will receive a joint presentation of Avramis Despotis and Charalambos Spyridis on the concept and practical […]
Major Asian indices extended yesterday’s decline during today’s trading with some of them recording sizable losses. In Japan, The Nikkei 225 and the Topix fell by 1.6% and 2.0% respectively, further distancing themselves from last week’s multi-decade high closes. The Topix, which more broadly gauges Japanese equity performance, slid for the fifth straight day for […]
On Wednesday, the dollar performed poorly relative to its major counterparts in Asia, failing to recover on the back of a stronger euro and on continued concerns on the future of the US tax overhaul. Its Australian peer, however, was the worst performer during the session, as wage growth readings out of the country missed expectations. The […]
AUDUSD is in a bearish phase as it extends its decline from the multi-year peak of 0.8124. The pair is now testing its lowest level since July. The bearish outlook was strengthened after prices fell below the 200-day moving average. Key support failed at the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level (0.7630) of the upleg from 0.7328 […]
The euro enjoyed its strongest daily gain in a month as upbeat GDP numbers out of Europe lifted sentiment for the region. The pound came under pressure though after UK inflation missed expectations, while the US dollar remained below session highs despite US producer prices rising more than anticipated. Stronger-than-expected growth in Europe’s largest economy […]
The past one week has been a really busy one for the XM team on tour in Australia. So far we have concluded two successful seminars in Melbourne and in Sydney, where we were pleased to meet with a great number of our existing clients and welcome many new clients interested in developing their trading […]
A run of strong economic indicators in the United States in recent weeks has left investors in no doubt that the Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates for a third time this year at its December policy meeting. Inflation data due on Wednesday is unlikely to shift those expectations much even if […]
Japanese third quarter GDP figures are due on Tuesday, November 14 at 2350 GMT. Quarter-on-quarter, the economy is expected to have grown by 0.3%, while on an annualized basis, economic activity is projected to have expanded by 1.3%. Should the figures come out as anticipated, then they would reflect a slowdown relative to the second quarter’s 0.6% q/q and […]
WTI oil futures have paused after a strong rally from 49.07 to 57.89. The market reached overbought levels on the 4-hour chart, as indicated by RSI rising above 70, and consequently, prices corrected lower and fell below the key 57.00 level. A falling RSI is tilting immediate risk to the downside. A dip in the […]
Major benchmarks in Asia finished the day in the red today. The Nikkei 225 finished flat after gaining as much as 0.7% and losing as much as 0.3% during the day. Japan’s broader gauge of equity performance, the Topix, lost 0.3%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed 0.1% down, while the Shanghai Composite fell by 0.5%. […]
Ahead of a busy day in terms of economic data out of the UK, the US and the Eurozone, the pound moved lower as doubts over May’s leadership continued weighing on the currency, while markets were also cautious whether British lawmakers would approve the government’s Brexit bill. The aussie was the biggest winner of the session, gaining on business […]
Our summer-autumn seminar road trip across Malaysia reached the city of Kuantan on 11th November, welcoming online investors to the free XM seminar titled Confluence Techniques in Forex Trading. Since the beginning of 2017, XM has been extensively engaged in organizing forex trading seminars in various Malaysian cities with the goal to educate novice online […]
GBPUSD is neutral in the short-term and trading in a range between 1.3026 and 1.3337 following a decline from 1.3656. The RSI and MACD are neutral as momentum has weakened, suggesting the consolidation phase is expected to continue in the near term. Risk it tilted to the downside as gains have stalled in the past […]
Following encouraging evidence on Britain’s industrial output on Friday, the upcoming data on consumer prices on Tuesday are expected to show that British inflation continues to grow above the BOE’s target and likely pushing the pound higher. However, inflation drivers are not demand-led but a result of exchange rate weakness, challenging the BOE Governor, Mark […]
In the absence of major economic releases during today’s European session trading, forex markets were focused on upcoming data, a central banking conference set to take place tomorrow and developments on the political front, in particular Brexit and the US tax reform. Sterling was the worst performing major currency. The dollar’s index against a basket […]
Gold has been maintaining a neutral bias for just over a month now after entering a consolidation phase. The downtrend from a multi-month high at 1357.47 has not shown signs of reversal yet as the market remains well below the mid-point of this decline to 1260.59. Prices are currently trapped below the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement […]
In Asian equities, the Japanese Nikkei 225 and Topix indices finished the day lower by 1.3% and 0.9% respectively, further distancing themselves from the multi-decade highs recorded last week. The Nikkei recorded its worst daily performance since May. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.2% to finish at its highest in almost ten years and the […]
