Category Archive: 4.) Forex Live

Platinum Futures Technical Analysis: Looking Strong.

The World Platinum Investment Council forecasts that China will soon commence mass production of fuel cell electric cars, which is positive for the price of the white metal. Fuel cell electric cars (FCEVs) offer the zero-emission mobility that the world so sorely needs to help battle catastrophic climate change. China is set to become a dominant market for platinum-using fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), which provide the zero-emission...

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UK PM Truss resigns. What are the charts telling us

The UK PM Truss resigned and the GBPUSD initially moved higher before backing off. What is the chart in the GBPUSD telling us? A look at it and some of the other major currency pairs in the morning forex technical report for October 20, 2022

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Should I buy TSLA stock after earnings?

Tesla posted unimpressive earnings, and the stock is down over 6% after hours. It's almost $200. When a stock price is near a natural "magnet," it's more likely to be inspected. Stocks that underperform following results seldom recover quickly, if at all. It takes weeks to restart the stock's basic assumptions. The following piece of technical analysis shows how the stock is approaching the VAL (value area low) of the price range's...

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Are you ready for the Australian jobs report? What is video and you will be…

The September Australian jobs report will be released in the new trading day. Are you ready? Do you know the bias defining levels? Do you know the risks? Do you know the targets on a trend like move? In this video, I outline all the levels in play that will make you aware and prepared.

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FOREX QUICK: USDCHF trends higher but consolidates between target levels

Traders battle between 1.0020 and 1.0049 in the USDCHF

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The morning forex technical report for October 19, 2022

A technical look at the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD in the morning report. What are the technical bias, risk and targets that are driving the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD in early NA trading? Take a look at the video to confirm your current trade or prepare for your next one.

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Want to catch up to the technicals driving the forex markets today? Watch…

The technical report for October 18, 2022. In the morning forex report for October 18, 2022, I look at the EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCAD, AUDUSD and NZDUSD. Take less than 8 minutes and catch up to the market technicals driving the currency markets today.

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The USD is moving lower today extending that move in early NY trading

A look at the EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY and USDCHF to start the NY trading week. The USD is trading to new session lows to start the US trading session.  US stocks are higher and rebounding off of the sharp declines on Friday. Yields are lower. EURUSD: The EURUSD is moving above its 200 hour moving average for the 2nd time today. Buyers are making a play. Risk is a break back below the 200 hour moving average GBPUSD: The GBPOUSD moved away from...

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Bias. Risk. Targets. Why. Intrigued? The weekend forex trading video.

In the weekend forex report a breakopen how you should be looking at your trades and then outline the key techicals that are driving the major currency pairs. What is the bias? What is the risk? What are the targets? All of those help determine the "why" for your trades including getting in and getting out.   The first part of the video is a traders lesson. The second part of the video starting at 9:37, goes through the major...

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The morning FX technical report sets the parameters, the biases,the risks for your trading

Get ahead of the the game. Have your plan ready. The morning FX technical report sets the parameters, the biases, the risks for your trading TODAY.  Spend some time.  Take a look, and understand what levels are in play for your trading today and why.  Fast forward to your favorite currency pair: - EURUSD (0.48) - USDJPY (3:14) - GBPUSD (4:40) - USDCHF (6:52) - USDCAD (8:33)

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Why the markets made an incredible reversal today from a technical perspective

Adam clearly pointed out reasons for the incredible reversal today more from a fundamental perspective. Sentiment is horrible from Mom and Pop and from institutions too.  The UK is not imploding is another storyline that gave some support. You can read the post here. When looking at the price action and apply tools to it, that too told a story that said "the market is not doing what we all thought it should do".  In technical terms, the...

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The commodity currencies all moved to new lows vs the USD, but have seen rebounds. What next?

The commodity currency pairs - the USDCAD, AUDUSD and NZDUSD - all raced to new lows vs the stronger USD after the hotter than expected CPI data. However, there has been a bounce that now threatens that move in the short term at least.  IN this video, I look at the price action and show what would ruin the USD buying party vs these commodity pairs today and explain why.

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The USD has moved higher after the US CPI data came in hotter than expectations

What did the price action do to the technicals for the major currencies? One thing is it sent the dollar higher. The USD has moved sharply higher after the higher than expected CPI data. The expectations for the Fed increase by 25 basis points. The market is now targeting a terminal rate between 4.75% at 5.0%. US yields are higher with the 2 year up at 4.48%. The 10 year yield is back above the 4% level. For the US dollar, the greenback has moved...

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Do you have your CPI trading playbook ready for tomorrow’s big release?

In this video, I outline the bias, risk and targets through the key US CPI data tomorrow. The US CPI will be released tomorrow at 8:30 AM. Adam has put up a post outlining the expectations for that pivotal release. You can find it HERE. In addition to know the expectations, it is important for traders to understand the bias, the potential bias shifts (i.e. from bullish to bearish or bearish to bullish), the risks and the targets that you might...

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The morning forex technical report outlines the levels in play for some of the major pairs

The EURUSD, USDJPY, GBPUSD and USDCHF are outlined in the morning report today. The USD is mixed with declines into resistance for the GBP, and gains vs the JPY into new 2022 high territory for the USDJPY. The EURUSD is trading in a narrow range with the 100 hour MA above near 0.9740 as resistance and a swing area below with 0.9662 as a key support level below. The USDCHF is coiling with close support at the 100 hour MA at 0.9947 as support,...

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A number of major indices are testing key MA resistance/support level

Dollar selling pushes pairs toward key 100/200 hour MAs. There are a number of key currency pairs vs the US testing their 100/200 hour MAs as dollar selling pushes prices back toward those levels.    If the price can continue through the MAs, the bias would shift in the short/medium term. Conversely, if the MAs can not be broken, the dollar remains the dominant bias for each of the pairs. The EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDCHF, USDCAD and NZDUSD have all...

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NZDUSD tests topside swing area and 100 hour MA as buyers make a play.

Swing area between 0.56204 to 0.56274. 100 hour MA at 0.5641. The NZDUSD is making a run to the upside today after three days of declines for the pair. The price at the lows today stalled at an old trend line and bounced, the pair is now testing a swing area and the falling 100 hour MA. A break above each followed by the 200 hour MA would tilt the bias in the pair more to the upside at least in the short term.  Stay below and the sellers...

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The USD is seeing some downside. Looking to break 4 day of gains.

The USD is seeing a modest move to the downside. There is some reactionary moves off of high USD levels in some of major currencies. EURUSD: For the EURUSD the pair found support buyers against a swing area low going back to 2002 between 0.9662. The low got within 6-7 pips of that level USDJPY: The USDJPY got within 6-7 pips of the BOJ intervention high at 145.90 reachedon September 22 and moved to the downside GBPUSD: The GBPUSD reached a...

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USDCAD moves higher and away from 200 hour MA. What next?

The USDCAD moved above the 200 hour MA last Friday and after a test, bounced against the MA level. That MA is now close support. Stay above is more bullish.  The highs from September and early October loom above between 1.3807 to 1.3836. Above that and the 1.38548 will be the next target before moving into the 2020 extreme levels.

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AUDUSD trades to news lows for the year/low going back to April 2020. What now?

The AUDUSD fell to the lowest level since April 2020 today and outside an up and down swing area that had confined the pair over the last two or so weeks of trading.   What now? Sellers are in control. The pair is in a channel on the hourly chart that if broken to the upside might give some dip buyers more hope. However, it will still take a move above the 0.6363 low from September 28 and the 38.2% of the move down from the last high last week at...

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