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USDCHF pair retraces as price level indicates a potential entry opportunity

The USD had a pullback in recent days as equities have rebounded allowing for other strong currencies such as the CHF to see   From a technical perspective the chart shows some interesting price action that may indicates an important inflection point for the price. On the weekly chart, the price has been in a long-term range between 0.87...

October 19, 2022
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Qantas shares price lift off, but Dividends on hold for FY22

Qantas Airways Limited (QAN:ASX) is the flagship carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size. The company has had a resurgence in 2022 and the share price has rebounded from the lows of the pandemic. The “Flying Kangaroo” as it’s known throughout the industry, said that it would report an underlying pre-tax profit ...

October 18, 2022
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US stocks rally, Dollar slides as markets turns risk on amid UK fiscal U-turn and positive US earnings

US stocks soared in Monday’s session in an epic short squeeze as markets turned risk-on after new UK Chancellor pivoted on proposed tax cuts that had roiled UK bond markets and Strong bank earnings from the US calmed recession fears. The Dow Jones finished the session up 1.86% , with the tech and growth heavy Nasdaq outperforming, up 3.43% und...

October 18, 2022
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Natural Gas – Technical Analysis

Natural gas has fallen roughly 30% since the start of September, and has now landed on a daily trend line. Taking a look at the last couple of weeks of price action, natural gas has been consolidating between $6.5 to $7.3 for the last 3 weeks as it decides on the next move. Analysing the area that natural gas is currently sitting on, there i...

October 18, 2022
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What is mean reversion?

Mean reversion strategies are some of the simplest trading strategy’s used by sophisticated traders. However, when most traders hear the term, they immediately get confused. So, what is mean reversion and why do traders use it as a strategy?   Mean reversion is the tendency for the price of an asset to move back to its long-term averag...

October 18, 2022
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The Week Ahead – Volatility set to continue with key inflation readings from UK, Canada, NZ, EU and Japan.

Volatility in markets is set to continue this week with a slew of inflation figures from Canada to New Zealand being released, along with Australian employment figure and the minutes from the last RBA meeting where they surprised markets with “dovish” rate hike. Last week saw the markets react violently to the hot CPI figure out of the US, w...

October 17, 2022
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AUD bounces strongly in line with US equity’s jump

The US indices pumped higher as holders of shorts had to close their positions which resulted in one of the strongest sessions in recent months. The US dollar finally dropped back down, and it gave the AUD some much needed relief and is showing some potential of a short-term reversal. The question remains, whether this bounce will hold, or whether ...

October 14, 2022
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US equities surge after shrugging off hot CPI figure in chaotic session

US stocks ripped higher after a hot CPI figure saw the S&P 500 open over 2% down from the previous close only to finish up 2.6%. This came despite an Inflation figure that was higher than analysts expectations (8.1% YoY)  at an 8.2% increase from September last year and a 40 year high. S&P 500: This is only the 5th time in histor...

October 14, 2022
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How to maximise your trading strategy using Relative Volume?

  For new traders, it can be difficult to know which indicators to use, the saturation of various moving averages, RSI’s, MACD’s and more can be overwhelming and counterproductive. However, utilising relative volume, as an indicator is one of the most important sources of information for technical traders.   What is Volume? Vo...

October 13, 2022
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US stocks end slightly lower in a choppy session after hot PPI data and mixed FOMC minutes.

US markets mostly tread water ahead of todays CPI figure, equities and the USD traded in a fairly tight range, a lack of expected chaos out of the UK and what were considered a mixed FOMC minutes saw markets in a holding pattern as traders await US inflation data. Though a modest drop as compared to recent times, it still marked the 6th down day...

October 13, 2022
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Bank of England gives Funds three days to get books in order

The Bank of England has seemingly turned its back on protecting UK Retirement funds, after initially bailing out these funds who were facing serious liquidity issues in relation to their exposure to Fixed income assets.   History   As a part of new UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss’s mini budget she outlined big tax breaks for mu...

October 12, 2022
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Aussie Dollar breaks through two year price lows

The Aussie dollar has been dropping on the back of global volatility and a lower-than-expected interest rate hike. The AUD has dropped to its two-year lows, and it doesn’t look there is an end in sight. With the AUD already being a risk on currency the fears and pressures from a potential recession are weighing heavily and accelerating the drop. ...

October 11, 2022
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Is Ethereum Deflationary? And is it a good thing?

What is a deflationary Cryptocurrency? A Deflationary Cryptocurrency is one that burns, (mints) its supply. This process lessens the number of coins or tokens on the market over a specific period (generally a year), which reduces supply and increases the price. In general terms, ensuring that there isn’t an oversupply of a currency can ...

October 11, 2022
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How to practically implement Long-Short strategies into your trading

Long and Short trading and investing strategies are often seen as advanced strategies only used for large hedge funds and large banks. However, retail traders can learn valuable lessons and ideas from this type of trading strategy that is usually reserved for institutional players.   What is a long-short strategy? A long-short strategy as...

October 10, 2022
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The week ahead – Big US data in the spotlight as the markets still dance to the Feds tune.

The first week of Q4 proved to be a volatile one in global markets. US equities got off the best start to a quarter since 2009 (Best start of Q4 since 2002) on Fed pivot hopes, only to decline sharply in the second half of the week as those hopes faded on the back of a blockbuster Non-Farm employment report before the market opened on Friday. &n...

October 10, 2022
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