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Inflation growth slows for the Australian Economy
The Australian Consumer Price Index (CPI) y/y was released at 6.3%, lower than the market forecast of 6.5% and from the previous data of 6.8%. With inflation growth on a clear downtrend following its peak of 8.4% in January 2023, this is likely to reduce the need for further rate increases from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Australian...
April 26, 2023
Read More > Asian Session Update – AUD, NZD continue decline, Hot Japan CPI sees Yen strength
Major Asian stock indexes are following the lead from Wall St where US stocks finished broadly lower in a choppy, low volume session as economic news disappointed, Fed talking heads remained hawkish and a mixed batch of earnings. The ASX200 and Nikkei down around 0.24% while the Hang Seng down just over 0.5 a % FX Markets Have mostly c...
April 21, 2023
Read More > Market Analysis 17-21 April 2023 – TH
XAUUSD Analysis 17 – 21 April 2023 The gold price outlook is positive in the medium term. As last week's closing of the buying bar was above the 1960 support or the latest high in price on the Weekly timeframe, it indicates the continued buying momentum that will allow the price of gold to continue. It can rise further to test the 2070...
April 18, 2023
Read More > AUD and NZD under pressure on rising US and EU yield expectations
AUD and NZD, being cyclical currencies (cyclical currencies being ones that are extra sensitive to global risk sentiment) took a big hit in Fridays session , dropping 1.1% and 1.3% respectively against the USD and remain under pressure today. Weak retail sales out of the US on Friday didn’t help risk sentiment, but the rout really started when...
April 17, 2023
Read More > GO Markets named the Best Global Forex Broker 2023 – Mauritius for all-inclusive international trading services
GO Markets has been announced as one of the top global Forex brands, for its consistent world-class customer support and innovative services. GO Markets Pty Ltd, the global online trading provider, has been judged as the ‘Best Global Forex Broker 2023 - Mauritius’ by World Business Outlook. Since 2006, GO Markets has been the globally recogn...
April 17, 2023
Read More > GO Markets named as Compare Forex Brokers’ Best Liquidity Broker, Lowest Commission Forex Broker and Best Forex Broker in Singapore 2023
A 2023 Compare Forex Brokers’ comparison of the top global forex brokers named GO Markets as the top broker in multiple categories, including: Best Liquidity Broker 2023 Lowest Commission Forex Broker 2023 Best Singapore Forex Broker 2023 Justin Grossbard at Compare ForexBrokers said, “In our testing, GO Markets rated well w...
April 17, 2023
Read More > Market Analysis 10-14 April 2023
XAUUSD Analysis 10 – 14 April 2023 The gold price outlook is positive in the medium term. As last week's closing of the buying bar was above the 1960 support or the latest high in price on the Weekly timeframe, it indicates continued buying momentum that will allow the price of gold to recover. It can rise further to test the 2070 resistan...
April 11, 2023
Read More > FX analysis – USDJPY – Yield differentials pushing this pair higher
USDJPY The USDJPY is on the march higher again after a better than expected Non-Farm payroll figure on Friday saw sentiment shift hawkishly toward Fed monetary policy with Fed fund futures now pricing in a 70% chance of a 25bp hike at the FOMC May meeting, up from around a 50-50 split earlier in the week. The policy divergence in the US and J...
April 11, 2023
Read More > USDJPY loses ground with Risk-On sentiment
The overall risk appetite in the market has increased this week following the news that the banking sector’s issues appear to have been resolved. As a result, the Japanese Yen’s status as a safe haven currency may have been hurt in this risk-on market environment. Paired with the renewed recovery in strength in the DXY, this has led to the U...
March 31, 2023
Read More > AUDUSD ahead of the RBA Cash Rate decision
This week, the Australian Consumer Price Index (CPI) y/y data was released at 6.8% (Forecast: 7.2% Previous: 7.4%) which signals a slowdown in inflation growth. In addition, the consecutive release of lower-than-expected CPI data highlights the possibility of a new trend of decreasing inflation for the Australian economy. With the view that infl...
March 31, 2023
Read More > NZDUSD forms a bullish divergence
As the banking crisis subside slightly with the news of First Citizens bank’s acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the DXY has reversed from the 103.50 price area, resuming the previous downtrend and currently trades at 102.60. This move lower on the DXY has resulted in the major currencies reversing on the lost ground to gain briefly agains...
March 28, 2023
Read More > Gold at the $2000 level
Gold had been trading strongly to the upside since the beginning of March, rising from the 1810 price area to reach the 2000 price area which was last tested in April 2022. However, after reaching the resistance area, Gold retraced lower to test the 1937.50 support area which coincides with the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level and the bullish tren...
March 27, 2023
Read More > The DXY post-FOMC Decision
On Thursday last week, the US Federal Reserve met general market expectations by hiking rates by 25bps, taking interest rates in the US to 5.00%. While there was some speculation over a possible slowdown in the rate hikes due to the banking crisis, the decision by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to hike rates for the ninth consecutive time...
March 27, 2023
Read More > Market Analysis 27-31 March 2023
XAUUSD Analysis 27 – 31 March 2023 The gold price trend can be viewed both positively and negatively in the short and medium term. As the close of last week's Doji bar indicates hesitation in the market. Although the previous three weeks, gold has had strong and consistent buying momentum since the beginning of March. But even so, the g...
March 27, 2023
Read More > Bollinger Bands – what are they and how can you use them in FX day trading
Bollinger Bands are one of the most popular indicators that FX and CFD traders use, invented in the 1980’s they are a technical analysis tool that are widely used by short and long term traders. The main uses for Bollinger Bands is determining turning points in the market at oversold and overbought levels and also as a trend following indicato...
March 24, 2023
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