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High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. Educate yourself on the risks associated with foreign exchange trading and seek advice from an independent financial or tax advisor if you have any questions. Advisory warning: FOREXLIVE™ is not an investment advisor, FOREXLIVE™ provides references and…

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I highlighted the fall into the opening gap earlier today and now it’s entirely closed. The index was down by 0.5% at the lows a few minutes ago and is now trading at +0.3%.SPX 10 minsThe question in the market is whether ‘reciprocal but not reciprocal’ tariffs will go into effect at midnight along with 50% tariffs on China and there were many betting Trump would back off. There is no evidence of that yet.I would argue that even if we go back to 10% across-the-board tariffs, then we still have a problem in the economy, likely retaliation and too…

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UNH stock rose more than 7% on Tuesday.CMS raised its proposed Medicare Advantage rate by more than 5%.UnitedHealth is the largest administer of Medicare Advantage plans.Dow Jones, other indices rise 3% on hints of tariff negotiations.UnitedHealth Group (UNH) stock shot up 7% on Tuesday after the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a significant increase in 2026 Medicare Advantage payments. CMS, the agency run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., confirmed a rate hike more than double the level initially proposed.The 5.06% average rate hike is much higher than the 2.23% initially proposed and could mean an additional…

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High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. Educate yourself on the risks associated with foreign exchange trading and seek advice from an independent financial or tax advisor if you have any questions. Advisory warning: FOREXLIVE™ is not an investment advisor, FOREXLIVE™ provides references and…

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The Gold price was unable to escape the sell-off on the commodity and financial markets and also fell significantly, Commerzbank’s commodity analyst Carsten Fritsch notes. Gold struggles amid market turmoil”This may sound strange, but it has happened several times in periods of heightened risk aversion, as market participants have to sell Gold positions to offset losses elsewhere, e.g. in equities. As such, the world’s largest Gold ETF has recorded outflows of 9.4 tons in the last two trading days. This is probably one of the reasons why Gold has fallen by up to 5% since Friday.” “Yesterday, the price slipped…

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The R-squared (R²) indicator is a statistical measure that helps traders assess the strength of a market trend. It measures the degree of correlation between price movements and a linear regression line. The R-squared value ranges from 0 to 1, with a value closer to 1 indicating a stronger correlation. In trading, this means that the market is moving in a predictable direction. When the R-squared value is high, traders can be more confident that the trend will continue. This allows traders to make more precise predictions about future price movements. The Linear Regression indicator, on the other hand, plots…

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S&P 500 futures +1.4%Nasdaq futures +1.1%Dow futures +1.7%While there is a suggestion that market players are holding out some optimism for Trump to start making deals, the threat of him just letting the world burn in the meantime is still very much alive. There’s only 24 hours left before the tariffs come into effect and by the look of things, it is only Japan that is likely to settle upon something – at least for now.As for the rest of the world, there will be at the minimum some short-term mess and pain to deal with from Trump’s tariffs. At…

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