Category: Market News

February 15, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Gold prices touch a seven-month maximum

Oil WTI crude oil prices eased down from the seven-year maximums reached during the previous session. Tension between Russia and the West over the potential invasion of Ukraine, has been one of the main factors behind the recent increases in the price of the barrel, with traders pricing-in the increasing likelihood of an armed conflict…

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February 14, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Unease spreads in the markets over the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

GOLD Early Monday trading saw gold hedging down from the 2022 maximums reached on Friday, albeit not by much as geopolitical tension continues to build up. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is, according to several Western authorities, imminent, and the markets are reacting by seeking safe-haven assets, in a dynamic that strongly supports the precious metal.…

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February 01, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: BoE and NFP ahead

The 100% weekly Fibonacci retracement, i.e. full retracement of losses in Q1 2020, is the main technical reference here and still a very strong support. A clear break below this would probably need a new catalyst from the RBA on Tuesday or Thursday morning’s balance of trade. Usually, a single NFP is unlikely to have…

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January 10, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: inflation in view

$1,800 remains the main technical reference; the price is currently testing this zone. Based on TA, at least a temporary breakout is likely this week with ATR at about $15. Continuation upward is uncertain and probably looks unlikely for now given the presence of price within the value area between the fairly tightly bunched moving…

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January 05, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: packed week with NFP and FOMC’s minutes

From a technical point of view, a clear move back above $80 seems to be unlikely as of now given this area’s importance as a psychological resistance and buying saturation based on the slow stochastic. ATR of around $2.20 is now about half the peak in December, though, so a retest of $80 seems very…

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US GDP
December 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: US GDP ahead of the holidays

For the time being, the bias based on TA still seems to be towards the upside but a clear breakout above $1,800 might still be some way off. The latest attempt to move above this important psychological area was rejected on Friday, and with activity likely to drop in the runup to Christmas there probably…

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December 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: inflation and major central banks ahead

The current channel is narrow with $1,770 and $1,800 remaining in view as likely boundaries. The bias for gold based on fundamentals seems to be towards buying unless the Fed is very hawkish on Wednesday, but TA remains noncommittal. All three moving averages are above the price and momentum upon emergence from oversold (based on…

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Daily Market Commentary
December 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: Cautious optimism on Brent holds

‘The likely scenario as of now seems to be a sideways trend over the next few weeks,’ said Michael Stark, an analyst at Exness: ‘There’s obviously very strong buying demand in the area around $65, while there’s no clear fundamental driver for the price to retest recent highs. Traders are now looking for significant confirmed…

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December 01, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: ‘buying the dip’ ahead of the NFP

Even before large losses at the end of last week, it already seemed fairly unlikely that the cartel would significantly boost production. With most members seemingly content with prices of Brent around $75-85 and various countries including Japan having released their strategic reserves of crude, there had been no clear calls among OPEC for increasing…

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