This is a week to consider how much trading should be undertaken is one thing, but certain environments can detract from what might otherwise be high probability trades. This week happens to be the last of the month, so we can expect fund adjustments…… Read more…
This report was prepared ahead of Yellen’s latest offering Monday evening showing why we have to wait for major events before choosing out trades. But first lets take a look at last weeks events NFP strikes again and Yellen’s hawkish prose is put back…… Read more…
What is in the calendar for March can seriously affect your trading plan with the two big meetings ahead, the first on Thursday with the ECB stepping up to the plate…at least the market hopes so, and then the FOMC on 16th. We…… Read more…
We are all aware of just how difficult the current environment is to trade especially if you prefer the long trends and bigger time frames. It is what it is. Volatility can be a friend or an enemy but what is essential is to…… Read more…
It is not only climate change that is waking up the bears in winter these days, but a distinct smell of fear. The 2016 markets opened in style as the Chinese stock market losses triggered a shut down device that simply added to…… Read more…
The Santa Claus rally was not exactly impressive. In fact if you had started your holidays at the beginning of Christmas week, or attended the office party you probably missed it. The S and P 500 did break a level and it promoted a…… Read more…
Another rate cut and another currency appreciation. Following in the footsteps of the ECB and once again their decision anticipated by the market, the RBNZ cut their rate last week to 2.5% but the NZD did not fall as one might expect for two…… Read more…
One of the tweets I read on Friday following the drama the day before, and from a reputable analyst and author, John Netto, said that ‘Market Historians will come to know 2015 as the year of ‘’Misinterpretation of Central Banks’ As the post Draghi…… Read more…
Santa Claus may well be coming to town in three weeks but not before Mr.Drahi who hits the scene as soon as Thursday with his much anticipated monetary policy decision and another twelve eclectic individuals closing in on Austria’s Friday Opec meeting with their…… Read more…
I thought of just writing one paragraph this week. No-one knows what is going on! It would be about the lack of direction, the distortion of policy and economics by central banks across the globe, the inevitable growing mistrust of their opinions and the…… Read more…