Dollar-loonie is likely to be highly active later this week because of the respective countries’ job reports on Thursday and Friday. Since the NFP has consistently been higher than expected in 2023 so far, it wouldn’t be very surprising to see a stronger result on Friday with a kneejerk higher for USDCAD. That could provide…
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From the technical analysis perspective the price is currently trading around the $1.04800 price area above the 23.6% of the fibonacci retracement level. The US NFP release is expected to affect the fiber chart with the market expecting a decreased , yet positive, figure. This publication will most probably create volatility and might possibly give…
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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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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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Key data this week Bold indicates the most important releases for this symbol. Monday 3 August, 13.45 GMT: American Markit manufacturing PMI (final, July) - consensus 51.3, previous 49.8 Monday 3 August, 14.00 GMT: ISM manufacturing PMI (July) - consensus 53.6, previous 52.6 Wednesday 5 August, 12.30 GMT: American balance of trade (June) - consensus…
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Key data points Bold indicates the most important releases for this symbol. Wednesday 1 July, from 7.30 GMT: meeting of the Sveriges Riksbank Wednesday 1 July, 12.15 GMT: ADP employment change (June) - consensus 3 million, previous -2.76 million Thursday 2 July, 12.30 GMT: non-farm payrolls (June) - consensus 3.07 million, previous 2.51 million Thursday…
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From a technical point of view, Brent seems to have overextended this morning. Both the slow stochastic and Bollinger Bands print overbought signals. On the other hand, Bands have contracted quite sharply since the middle of last week, so it’s possible that price is building for a breakout upward. Moving averages continue to print a…
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Key data points Bold indicates the most important releases for this symbol. Monday 30 March, 23.30 GMT: Japanese unemployment rate (February) - consensus 2.4%, previous 2.4% Monday 30 March, 23.30 GMT: Japanese annual retail sales (February) - consensus -1.2%, previous -0.4% Tuesday 31 March, 23.50 GMT: Tankan Large Manufacturers’ Index - consensus -10, previous 0…
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The following article was submitted by Michael Stark, market analyst at Exness. The economic calendar has taken a backseat to events in the news for most CFD instruments so far this week. With most traders only just returning from holidays at Christmas and New Year, markets have become somewhat more active into the middle of this week.…
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The following article was submitted by Michael Stark, market analyst at Exness. Asian markets started the week on a fairly positive note as Chinese factories posted three-year record growth in November. Caixin manufacturing PMI came in at 51.8 in the early morning today, beating both the previous release and the consensus. Meanwhile data from Turkey was also…
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