Author: FX

EUR/USD is attempting to stabilize after a sharp pullback from late-December highs. Momentum just flashed a classic “early turn” setup. The Stochastic is crossing higher from oversold territory, a condition that often precedes a rebound. This is the type of shift that often gets attention because it can develop before the price has made an obvious trend change. Welcome to “TA Alert of the Day.” Each day after the market close, MarketMilk scans for popular technical indicator alerts. We use these alerts as the basis for a mini-lesson, breaking down what each alert means, why it matters, and how traders…

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The U.S. Treasury auctions off $39 billion of 10 year notes at a high yield ofHigh yield 4.173% vs 4.169% last WI level at the time of the auction 4.181%Tail -0.7 basis points vs 6 month average of 0.1 basis points Bid to cover 2.55X vs 6 month average of 2.51XDirects 24.5% vs 6 month average of 20.6%Indirects 69.6% vs 6 month average of 69.5%Dealer 5.9% vs 6 month average of 9.9% AUCTION GRADE: B+The $39B 10-year Treasury auction showed solid, stress-free demand, with the issue stopping 0.7 bp through the WI, signaling buyers were willing to accept a lower…

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Silver (XAG/USD) rally extends for the second straight day on Monday, with buyers pushing prices to a new record high of $86.23 a troy ounce, posting daily gains of nearly 7.50%, courtesy of the US Department of Justice, which has indicted the Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell, over the renovations of the Fed’s buildings. At the time of writing, XAG/USD trades at $85.90.XAG/USD Price Forecast: Technical outlookSilver’s daily chart shows a parabolic move, further confirmed by the Relative Strength Index (RSI) turning overbought. Nevertheless, due to the strength of the uptrend, RSI’s most extreme overbought level would be the…

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Australia’s CPI reading fell short of estimates in November, as annual inflation slowed from 3.8% to 3.4% and briefly revived dovish RBA expectations. Which AUD strategies moved beyond the watchlist stage, and how did shifting overall market sentiment impact the outcomes? 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 our BabyPips Premium subscribe page to learn more!…

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For the past two decades, the US energy sector was stable and predictable. Electricity demand barely grew, which meant utilities could afford to slowly replace coal with natural gas and renewable energy at a leisurely pace. But today everything has changed. The sector is now facing something completely different. There’s a serious mismatch between the explosive power needs of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and the slow, complicated process for building new power plants. Data center power demand is growing 25% per year (compound annual growth rate or CAGR), while America’s aging electrical grid, weighed down by long…

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FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEWUSD:The greenback weakened across the board today following the news of the US Department of Justice subpoenaing the Federal Reserve in an unprecedented move that escalates the ongoing conflict between President Trump and Fed Chair Powell for not lowering interest rates faster. The official reason is that the DOJ is focusing on the Federal Reserve headquarters renovation to see whether Powell made misleading or false statements to the Senate Banking Committee regarding the scale, costs and luxury features of the project. In reality, everybody knows that this is just a political pretext to intimidate the Fed Chair and force…

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The Indian Rupee (INR) trades almost steady against its peers at the start of the week. The Indian Rupee stabilizes while rising oil prices and the continued outflow of foreign funds from the Indian stock market keep it broadly under pressure.Currencies from economies that rely heavily on oil imports to cater to their energy needs face heavy selling pressure in a high crude oil price environment.Global oil prices have rallied almost 6% since Thursday amid fears of supply disruption, following the civil unrest in Iran, which has resulted in the deaths of almost 500 civilians. “There have also been calls…

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The MT4 price action indicator strips away that complexity. Instead of calculating derivatives of price data, it highlights what actually matters: support and resistance zones, swing highs and lows, and candlestick patterns that institutional traders watch. This tool doesn’t predict the future. It simply organizes price structure so traders can make informed decisions based on what markets are doing right now. What the MT4 Price Action Indicator Actually Does Unlike oscillators that calculate mathematical formulas from closing prices, the MT4 price action indicator identifies and marks key price levels directly on the chart. Think of it as automated pattern recognition.…

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