USDCAD Trading Idea for the week of 25 September 2017

USDCAD Trading Idea for the week of 25 September 2017

Technical Analysis USDCAD is currently at a level where it has retested the massive uptrend line that had been recently broken. After the retest the pair actually has retreated a little bit. We can also see that the price is capped by a downtrend line which has been tested and seemingly respected. Fundamental Analysis Bank of Canada is likely to continue to be aggressive given that the economic numbers coming out of Canada continues to be good in general. Unless price of crude oil rolls over to the downside, Canadian…

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Jamie Dimon warns that Governments will close down bitcoin and cryptocurrencies if they get too big

Jamie Dimon warns that Governments will close down bitcoin and cryptocurrencies if they get too big

Eventually governments will close down cryptocurrencies: JPMorgan CEO Eventually governments will close down cryptocurrencies: JPMorgan CEO JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has laid into bitcoin and digital currencies once again, warning that governments will shut them down if they grow too large. “Right now these crypto things are kind of a novelty. People think they’re kind of neat. But the bigger they get, the more governments are going to close them down,” Dimon said during an interview with CNBC-TV18 in New Delhi on Friday. Dimon was concerned that with…

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AUDUSD looks like it is headed towards 0.7870

AUDUSD looks like it is headed towards 0.7870

The AUD/USD pair fell to its lowest in three weeks, reaching as low as 0.7916.  The Australian Dollar was hit by comments from RBA’s Lowe, who repeated that that rises in global rates do not have automatic implications for Australia, somehow indicating that the current on-hold stance will be extended. Also, affecting the commodity-linked currency were gold prices, which has now broken the support at 1300. In the short-term, the pair is set to extend its slide, with the next relevant support being 0.7870, the low set on August 31st….

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Gold Trading idea for 21 September 2017

Gold Trading idea for 21 September 2017

Price of gold has broken down below 1300 support level. Spot Gold hit new low at $1293 today, in extension of Wednesday’s fall after Fed signaled possible additional rate hike this year. Trading idea. Since it has broken down the important support level of 1300, and the fed is seen as hawkish, we expect the price of gold to drop to the levels of 1282.

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Gold Trading Idea for the week of 18 September 2017

Gold Trading Idea for the week of 18 September 2017

Price of gold fell last week due to the risk-off sentiment and a modest recovery of US Dollar. Even though things have calmed down, they are not over yet. Any escalation of the situation with North Korea will change the risk sentiment in the market. Having said that, we can see that Gold fell, slicing through $1330 level. Trading idea What we suggest is to wait until a supportive candle forms on the daily or the h4 chart around the blue trendline or even stronger yet if the supportive candle…

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GBPUSD Trading idea for the week of 18 September 2017

GBPUSD Trading idea for the week of 18 September 2017

GBPUSD continued with its strong upward momentum that that had been the case for the past few weeks, and in fact it exploded to the upside last week. The fall of GBP since mid year 2016 had been mainly due to worries around the uncertainties of Brexit. However, this fear had subsided for now and inflation has become the main focus. As a result of that BoE had become more hawkish in their meeting last week. The result of this was the explosion to the upside last week. Trading idea…

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USDCAD trading idea for the week of 11 September 2017

USDCAD trading idea for the week of 11 September 2017

Bank of Canada surprised the markets on Wednesday, 6 September. As a result of that USDCAD sliced down through an established weekly uptrend line. At this point, selling the rallies is the way to go. Any exhaustive candle formed after a rally is an opportunity to sell, unless the pair can go back above the mentioned uptrend line again, which is far fetched at this moment. 1.20 is a psychological support level, a break below it could send the pair further down to 1.18 level and even to 1.15 level.

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EURUSD Forecast and Trading Idea for the week of 11 September 2017

EURUSD Forecast and Trading Idea for the week of 11 September 2017

Fundamental & Technical Analysis The EUR/USD pair broke out to the upside last week, it broke above the top of the shooting star from the previous week. Even though it pulled back a bit  it was able to close above the 1.20 level. Therefore the traders would most likely buy on dips to gain value. The market is a bit overbought, but the interest rate expectations out of the Federal Reserve are diminishing at the moment, and that should continue to favour the EUR. Ultimately though, we are overbought, so…

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Gold Price forecast for the week of 4-September 2017

Gold Price forecast for the week of 4-September 2017

Technical Analysis Gold price broke out of the consolidation area, to the upside of 1300 level. This level had been a massive resistance area for quite sometime. By closing the weekly candle clearly well above 1300 indicates that it is trying to continue to the upside. At this point, short-term pullbacks can offer value as 1300 level will now be that strong support. Fundamental Analysis Price of Gold needed a push strong enough to drive it to the upside. Many attempts failed before it finally broke to the upside last…

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EURUSD could face some headwinds through the round figure 1.2000

EURUSD could face some headwinds through the round figure 1.2000

As expected, the EURUSD pair continued to move higher due to dollar weakness that was carried over from Friday. This weakness in the dollar has been due to the failure of Yellen to address monetary policy during her speech on Friday and also due to the fact that Draghi also did not choose the address to talk anything about the strong euro in his speech as well. In the past, European officials have been known to talk down the Euro if they see it appreciating too much. Draghi also spoke…

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