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GBPUSD May 08, 2024

Tuesday finally saw a clear rejection from the trend line following through on the long daily wicks for Friday and Monday. It appears traders may be getting out of longs prior to the Bank of England’s Policy Meeting at 1130GMT. Note that we risk the BoE signalling its readiness for cutting rates soon as inflation…

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Technical Analysis Oil

Oil (Brent) May 08, 2024

The fundamental narrative for oil remains unchange, absent an actual attack on supply lines the main concern for the market has been a question of demand. China the worlds biggest oil importer remains weighed by a sluggish recover which is fast turning into a potentially wider structural malaise even as other markets also has industrial…

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Technical Analysis Gold

XAUUSD May 08, 2024

Gold has been on a range play ever since seeing a new historic high at April 12. Global tensions have not quite lead to a big flare up though the potential remains keeping prices elevated. Demand from central banks diversifying off fiat currency has also been a reason for this years rally but if everyone…

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Bitcoin (BTCUSD) May 08, 2024

Bitcoin’s bounce have once again failed to generate momentum disappointing many over the, thus far lack of rally following the recent bitcoin halving. In theory bitcoin halving should have an inflationary effect on prices as it makes generating bitcoins that much harder reducing production but it is also true that historically the effect is not…

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Technical Analysis Index

AUDUSD May 08, 2024

We do not normally cover the Australian Dollar for technical analysis but the combination of an RBA Monetary Policy Statement and Daily Level Resistances is very tempting. Note that market is disappointed that despite signalling a concern over housing prices the RBA views current interest rates at 4.35% as appropriate with Governor Michele Bullock indicating…

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EURUSD May 08, 2024

A lack of fresh catalyst has meant Euro spent much of the day in consolidation before eventually easing off in late New York trade. For now the lack of big economic data and bank holiday’s in the major markets will likely see us with this cautious tone and technical imperatives driving the market. Resistance Support…

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Technical Analysis Oil

Oil (Brent) May 07, 2024

Nothing is ever easy. Brent Crude saw a whipsaw in US Trading Monday though ranges were limited effectively telling us this remains an indecisive market. Geopolitics continues to take a back seat for Oil even as Hamas has accepted the Israeli ceasefire proposal. With abundant supplies in the US and global demand still weak there…

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USDJPY May 07, 2024

Dollar Yen and the Crosses have pulled back sharply over the past week or so easing back to the prior month long consolidation zone. Across the three pairs we have seen prices already coming off the 50D Moving Average though absent any compelling reason for a rally we do not expect to see a test…

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Technical Analysis

EURUSD May 07, 2024

Euro saw limited ranges given multiple holidays Monday, and the lack of fresh incentive to take action. It is telling though that we have another long wick in the daily charts, this time with a substantially limited body. With very few data of note that directly impacts EURUSD we fall back to charts with the…

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