August 14, 2020
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August 6, 2020
Trading Currencies: Red Flags and Falling Knifes
July 23, 2020
Trading Currencies: New Outbreaks
July 2, 2020
Trading Currencies: USD and XAU
Gold (XAU/USD) continues to shift to new yearly highs, at above US$1,800oz there is little sign of it breaking back below the US$1,652oz support level that would have seen a bearish signal, and every chance it will test the resistance band at US$1,830oz.
June 24, 2020
Trading Currencies: Risk Wants to ‘Win’
Markets are showing us that they just want to ‘buy risk’ and anything that supports this thesis is brought up with glee. This is despite the risk of a second wave becoming ever more prevalent and the growing risk of a harder lockdown being put in place.
June 19, 2020
Trading Currencies: Second Wave Right to DXY
Texas, Florida, some smaller mid-west U.S. states and now parts of China are starting to see larger daily increases of virus case. The second wave is now a real possibility.
June 5, 2020
Trading Currencies: Riding the Wave Momentum
The momentum in the AUD/USD has now become something different altogether and something we want to flesh out further as there are signs that the wave AUD is riding could be sustained for the rest of 2020.
May 21, 2020
Trading Currencies: The Thrust for Hope Drives a Dive into Risk
News that the US biomedical firm Moderna has created an immune-system response to fend off Covid-19 from its experimental vaccine was met with ‘absolute glee’ by the markets and FX.
May 14, 2020
Trading Currencies: The USD and the ‘Second Wave’
What is concerning for FX and equities is the US’ reopening ‘style’ and speed. It appears to be early and without regulations, which lead to the US’ Head of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warning a Senate at his testimony that easing restrictions too early could: ‘trigger an outbreak …
May 11, 2020
Trading Currencies: Position Reviews at the ‘Bottom’
April 30, 2020
Trading Currencies: G10’s Unlikely ‘Star Performer’
The AUD’s performance over the past 3 weeks has been nothing short of ‘astounding’. The largest government stimulus in history coupled with the most accommodative central bank policy setting in history have basically ‘backstopped’ the AUD’s rapid decline seen in late-March when AUD/USD hit $0.58 and AUD/NZD was basically at parity.
April 23, 2020
Getting Sucked Into the Oil Vortex…Or Not?
The movements in oil, specifically WTI, is the most mesmerising scenario to have materialised in the COVID-19 era; like deer in the headlights mesmerising.
April 21, 2020
Trading Currencies: Taking Stock of FX Levers in the COVID-19 World
In a trading environment where direction and momentum are being dictated by volatility, it is still imperative to evaluate other FX inputs.
April 9, 2020
Trading Markets: How to Trade with Volatility
We continue to see question after question from traders about how to trade with volatility. It is no surprise that we are getting these questions as the VIX index remains at unprecedented levels.Here are a few stats around the current volatility in the S&P 500.
April 2, 2020
Trading Markets: Understanding the Landscape to Understand Trade
US markets have just logged their worst first quarter on record, while the ASX and Europe have seen theirs in the first three months in over 30 years and since 2002 respectively.
