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Markets displayed a cautiously optimistic tone on Monday, with equities extending their rally while traders parsed mixed signals from China’s economy and awaited resolution of both the U.S.-China trade standoff and the ongoing government shutdown. Risk appetite improved as corporate earnings continued to beat expectations and trade tensions showed tentative signs of cooling, though gold’s persistent strength suggested underlying concerns remained about policy uncertainty and fiscal sustainability. Check out the forex news and economic updates you may have missed in the latest trading session! Headlines & Data: Asia-Pacific Data: New Zealand Inflation Rate for September 30, 2025: 1.0% q/q (0.9%…
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In an inconclusive start to the week, the US Dollar (USD) alternated gains with losses as investors continued to gauge developments around the US government shutdown, prospects for further rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and renewed US credit risks.Here’s what to watch on Tuesday, October 21:The US Dollar Index (DXY) traded in a vacillating mood around the 98.50 zone and amid mixed US Treasury yields. The API’s weekly report on US crude oil inventories will be the only data release on the docket. In addition, the Fed’s Waller is due to speak.EUR/USD clocked marginal losses around 1.1640 against the…
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The U.K. jobs figures turned out to be a major disappointment early in the week, as the economy shed 25.8K positions in September while the jobless rate ticked higher from 4.7% to 4.8%. How did GBP react, and which among our watchlist setups yielded the best trading opportunity? Watchlists are price outlook & strategy discussions supported by both fundamental & technical analysis, a crucial step towards creating a high quality discretionary trade idea before working on a risk & trade management plan. If you’d like to follow our “Watchlist” picks right when they are published throughout the week, check out…
Summary Box for Ethereum Futures Today and This WeekBullish above: 3,968 Bearish below: 3,968 Orientation: Swing trade Bias: Bullish while above 3,968 Partial Profit Targets: 4,130; 4,295; 4,359; 4,422; 4,700; 5,000Ethereum Market Context and Directional BiasAfter Justin from our investingLive.com team reported how Bitcoin slumped to fresh four-month lows in his article Bitcoin slumps to fresh four-month lows as technical trouble continues to brew and even before that, I published a clear guide on how to join the Bitcoin short as bears regained control.Since then, the crypto market has been rebounding sharply, with both Bitcoin and Ethereum futures showing strong…
On April 8 2025 the USD/CNH exchange rate reached an all-time high touching a level of 7.4273. This was obviously a market reaction on the tit for that trade war escalation between the US and China, Rabobank’s macro analyst Teeuwe Mevissen reports. Yuan shows strength amidst escalated US tariffs”This initially resulted in the US imposing import tariffs as high as 145% with China imposing tariffs on US imports of 125%. However, soon the US and China agreed to implement a trade truce of 90-days which lowered tariffs to 50% for Chinese exports and 30% for US exports. This 90-day pause…
Trading psychology books and blogs often talk about the need to “remove” emotions from decisions to get more consistent trading results. But can you really remove emotions from decision making? University of Bergen’s Hans-Rüdiger Pfister and Gisela Böhm argue that emotions are NOT external forces that disrupt an otherwise non-emotional process of making a decision. In fact, they believe that decision making without emotional involvement is not optimal and maybe even impossible because emotions aid in four key functions in decision making: 1. Preference construction Any decision requires information and a trader’s emotional state about a decision’s possible consequences can…
As mentioned before, don’t hold your breath on meetings such as this one. It’s clear that China played this ace card as a way to control the narrative before the upcoming meeting between Trump and Xi in South Korea. That sets the tone for measured optimism and not for the Trump to bully his way out of this one.The EU and other countries are caught in the crossfire of it all and Beijing definitely knows that. However, that’s the price to pay as the trade conflict continues to brew between the US and China – no matter what “deal” they…
EUR/USD remains practically flat on Monday’s early European opening, trading at 1.1665 at the moment of writing. The pair bounced at 1.1650 earlier on the day, favoured by a somewhat brighter market mood, but weaker-than-expected German producer inflation data has crippled the pair’s frail upside attempts.Investors sighed with relief as US President Donald Trump acknowledged on Friday that raising tariffs on China to 100%, as he threatened two weeks ago, is unsustainable. Beyond that, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that same day that he will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng this week, which suggests that the world’s two…