• Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 02/10/2023

    Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 02/10/2023

    • October 1, 2023

    XJO WEEKLY Price structure: Remains Bullish The small weekly range indicates the market has moved into balance during the last week of the Quarter. Strong support is indicated between the 7000 and 7070 midpoint from the March impulsive range. Historically, October remains a bullish month, with a closing price over this current inside range (IPd)

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  • Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 25/09/2023

    Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 25/09/2023

    • September 24, 2023

    XJO WEEKLY Price structure: Overall, the view remains Bullish An expanding range to the downside with the test below the 7000 level finding buyers willing to lift the index back towards the 7070 midpoint level. Consolidation continues with the sellers unable to take the market lower and buyers not willing to take the market higher.

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  • Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 18/09/2023

    Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 18/09/2023

    • September 17, 2023

    XJO WEEKLY Price structure: Overall, the view remains Bullish A bullish reversal last week will set the stage for a further move higher; the first resistance level of 7370 may provide some initial resistance and will remain the first support level should the market move over this level. The second key observation is the current

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  • Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 11/09/2023

    Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 11/09/2023

    • September 10, 2023

    XJO WEEKLY Price structure: Overall view remains Bullish Last week saw a higher low and higher high than the previous week; however, the solid close below the 7200 level is a further bearish signal with extended consolidation remaining in the overall technical view. With the closing value in the lower 20% of the overall range,

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  • Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 25/09/2023

    Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 25/09/2023

    • September 3, 2023

    XJO WEEKLY Price structure: Overall view remains Bullish The small range mentioned last week has become the market consolidation point, with last week posting a strong range low to high and, importantly, closing over the 7200 level, a very bullish signal for further gains. Although the closing price remains midway in the consolidation range of

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  • Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 21/08/2023

    Index and Commodities Trading Week Beginning 21/08/2023

    • August 19, 2023

    XJO WEEKLY Price structure: Remains Bullish A solid trading range lower without moving over the important 7370 level has set up the retest of the trendline. This week, only a trading range and next Friday’s close back over the 7200 level would confirm a breakout higher. This type of Weekly range is often a precursor

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  • The Pattern Pulse—17 August 2023

    The Pattern Pulse—17 August 2023

    • August 17, 2023

    Your weekly outlook of technical patterns and structure delivered directly to your inbox. The Research Team scans the financial markets for you, highlighting clear and actionable technical structures. Forex: US Dollar Index Exploring Space North of Trendline Resistance Daily Timeframe – Following the release of Wednesday’s FOMC minutes, the US dollar was bid. This helped

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  • Currency Point: It was a few weeks before Christmas and rate rises are here

    Currency Point: It was a few weeks before Christmas and rate rises are here

    • December 12, 2022

    ECB MEETINGS OF 2020 SHOULD REALLY BE CALLED ECB ‘STRATEGY REVIEWS’.
    Newly minted Chair Christine Lagarde clearly wanted to give herself ‘room’ having ordered a review to consider all aspects of its mandates, targets specifically inflation, performance, operational tools, communication and policy setting, plus others. It clearly leaves the ECB in a holding pattern, but that holding pattern means its highly unconventional policies setting won’t change until the Strategy Review is complete.

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  • Currency Point: What if the market is wrong?

    Currency Point: What if the market is wrong?

    • November 29, 2022

    ECB MEETINGS OF 2020 SHOULD REALLY BE CALLED ECB ‘STRATEGY REVIEWS’.
    Newly minted Chair Christine Lagarde clearly wanted to give herself ‘room’ having ordered a review to consider all aspects of its mandates, targets specifically inflation, performance, operational tools, communication and policy setting, plus others. It clearly leaves the ECB in a holding pattern, but that holding pattern means its highly unconventional policies setting won’t change until the Strategy Review is complete.

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  • Currency Point: They better roll it back

    Currency Point: They better roll it back

    • November 21, 2022

    ECB MEETINGS OF 2020 SHOULD REALLY BE CALLED ECB ‘STRATEGY REVIEWS’.
    Newly minted Chair Christine Lagarde clearly wanted to give herself ‘room’ having ordered a review to consider all aspects of its mandates, targets specifically inflation, performance, operational tools, communication and policy setting, plus others. It clearly leaves the ECB in a holding pattern, but that holding pattern means its highly unconventional policies setting won’t change until the Strategy Review is complete.

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  • Currency point: The slaying of the Dollar king?

    Currency point: The slaying of the Dollar king?

    • November 11, 2022

    ECB MEETINGS OF 2020 SHOULD REALLY BE CALLED ECB ‘STRATEGY REVIEWS’.
    Newly minted Chair Christine Lagarde clearly wanted to give herself ‘room’ having ordered a review to consider all aspects of its mandates, targets specifically inflation, performance, operational tools, communication and policy setting, plus others. It clearly leaves the ECB in a holding pattern, but that holding pattern means its highly unconventional policies setting won’t change until the Strategy Review is complete.

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  • Currency Point: Slowing isn’t stopping

    Currency Point: Slowing isn’t stopping

    • October 31, 2022

    ECB MEETINGS OF 2020 SHOULD REALLY BE CALLED ECB ‘STRATEGY REVIEWS’.
    Newly minted Chair Christine Lagarde clearly wanted to give herself ‘room’ having ordered a review to consider all aspects of its mandates, targets specifically inflation, performance, operational tools, communication and policy setting, plus others. It clearly leaves the ECB in a holding pattern, but that holding pattern means its highly unconventional policies setting won’t change until the Strategy Review is complete.

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