Gold (XAU/USD) Consolidates After Flight-to-Safety Surge, 200-dma Now in Play

Gold (XAU/USD) Analysis, Prices, and Charts Macro backdrop remains supportive for gold. The 200-day simple moving average is now in play. Recommended by Nick Cawley How to Trade Gold According to a range of media reports, US President Joe Biden and Israel’s government have agreed to a relief plan that ‘minimizes civilian casualties and enables

S&P 500 Under Threat from Soaring Yields, US dollar; Trendline Support in Play

S&P 500 OUTLOOK: S&P 500 falls towards trendline support at 4,300 amid rising U.S. rates. U.S. Treasury yields blast higher, pushing the U.S. dollar to its strongest level since November 2022 and sparking risk off sentiment. This article looks at key technical levels worth watching on the S&P 500 in the coming days. Trade Smarter

Play of the Day Recaps: Sept. 18 – 21, 2023

It was an incredibly challenging week for forex playas with an extremely busy calendar on hand, laced with four major central bank statements! Despite the difficulty of anticipating price in that environment, our strategists did a pretty good job of anticipating the correct directional biases. And they pointed out several significant chart patterns to watch

BoJ’s Dovishness Puts USD/JPY Channel Breakout in Play

USD/JPY FORECAST: Monetary policy divergences between the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan will continue to weigh on the outlook for the Japanese yen The U.S. dollar retains a constructive profile for now This article looks at USD/JPY key levels to watch in the coming days Trade Smarter – Sign up for the DailyFX

Play of the Day Recaps: Sept. 11 – 14, 2023

It was a fantastic week for our forex strategists as four out of four discussions played out favorably relative to our biases and expectations. Check out the recaps below to see how using fundamental analysis helped our efforts to anticipate price action, which can hopefully help you understand this part of the trading process better

NZDUSD Technical Analysis – Key levels in play

US: The Fed hiked by 25 bps as expected and kept everything unchanged at the last meeting. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed their data dependency and kept all the options on the table. Inflation measures since then showed further disinflation. The labour market displayed signs of softening although it remains fairly solid. Overall, the economic data