Cautious risk tone ahead of reciprocal tariff updates on ‘Liberation Day’
Good morning USA traders, hope your day is off to a great start! Here are the top 6 things you need to know for today’s market.
6 Things You Need to Know
US “Liberation Day”: US President Trump to announce reciprocal tariffs at 16:00EDT/21:00BST on Wednesday; US Commerce Secretary Lutnick speaks at 08:30EDT/13:30BST
USTR has reportedly prepared “an across-the-board tariff on a subset of nations that likely would not be as high as the 20% universal tariff option”, according to WSJ.
Stocks move lower as markets await reciprocal tariff updates on “Liberation Day”.
USD steady, Antipodeans outperform whilst Havens lag a touch.
Bonds largely in a holding pattern as we await the Rose Garden speech.
Crude is incrementally lower whilst spot gold prices remain underpinned by haven demand.
… the dollar not surprisingly treading water ahead of the tariff announcement
What caught my eye is EURUSD PRINTING 1.08 FOR THE 9th DAY IN A ROW… the longer this pattern goes on the greater the risk of a directional move once it is broken
XAUUSD up after holding 3100 yesterday
Light data calendar… all that matters is Trump at 4PM EDT… stay on guard for any leaks beforehand
24 for hours from now…Same for all stock markets… it will be the reaction to news that matters.
In this regard, it will be a new ball game after the close of the cash market tomorrow when President Trump will announce details on reciprocal tariffs.
On the upside, NAS100 would need to regain above 19815-20050 to suggest the low is in, at least for now.
On the downside, what matters most is the low at 18793.
Very tight ranges, but we can expect lots of commotion once Tariffs hit the street.
Chart wise : this can turn both ways equally , so stay on small time frames if you feel like trading is must, and if not get some pop corns and sit back and relax.
Anybody remembers Fidel Castro? He was the ruler of Cuba… Legend has it that when Caribbean countries or any other countries faced natural disasters in that side of the world then first out from Cuba were teams of doctors and nurses and teachers, engineers etc … in many cases as soon as Castro would hear about the matter he himself would give the orders, in many cases he did not even “ask if help is required”, his men would make a call via diplomatic channels to advise that help is on the way and should reach in a few hours…