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The Canadian dollar declined significantly to incur significant losses, surpassing the bearish target published in the previous report at 1.3510. It is now settling around its lowest level during today’s morning session 1.3370. Technically, and with a closer look at the chart, we find that the simple moving averages returned …

Oil, Crude, trading

As we expected during the previous technical report, US crude oil futures prices recovered, touching the required target at 71.20, recording a high of $71.77 per barrel. Technically, we find that oil prices have returned to stability above the support floor of the psychological barrier of 70.00, in addition to …

Gold prices gave up their recent gains last Friday to move away from the peak recently recorded at $2067, under pressure from the rise of the US dollar after the US jobs data, to record gold prices to their lowest level of $2016 per ounce. Technically, and by looking at …

Mixed trading dominated the movements of the euro-dollar pair, within a downward sloping path, affected by the US data that appeared last Friday, recording its lowest level at 1.0970. From a technical point of view, today, we find the pair’s intraday trading has returned to stability above 1.1000, accompanied by …

The Fed delivered as expected on Wednesday by raising interest rates by 25 basis points and signaling a pause. However, renewed banking developments stole the headlines from the Fed and triggered a fresh wave of risk aversion, as well as bets of rate cuts during the second half of the …

EUR/USD finished the week flat after the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, where the ECB raised rates as expected. The pair approached 1.1100 but then pulled back. Although the correction was limited, it continues to trade sideways in the short term around 1.1000. USD/JPY had its worst week since March, …

Following the publication of the US Nonfarm Payrolls data for April, the price of bitcoin corrected in the shape of a sizable bearish engulfing candle on the five-minute price chart. After the jobs news came in hotter than anticipated, the risk asset saw a knee-jerk reaction from market players who …

WTI oil recovers with a 3% rise, but fears about rate hikes are lurking, possibly casting a shadow over the oil market. An increase in US employment helps Wall Street recover and reduces the influence of the dollar on oil prices. Despite supply curbs from OPEC+, China’s declining manufacturing activity …

St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard, at a conference held by the Economic Club of Minnesota, supported the 25 basis point rate hike that the Fed took this week, calling it “a good next step.” Bullard also noted that there is a significant amount of inflation in the economy. …