US 10-YR 4.30% +0.048 and “risk” uP
are incongruent.
One is and will be wrong.
It is early in the week and two tug-of-war elements will likely tug:
early tariff re-clarifications as trump and team “clarify” things and
players turning focus on last week’s FED’s stagflation bable and asessing related incoming reports this week.
Good morning USA traders, hope your day is off to a great start!
Here are the top 5 things you need to know for today’s market.
5 Things You Need to Know
US President Trump reportedly plans his tariff ‘Liberation Day’ with a more targeted push, according to Bloomberg over the weekend.
STOXX 600 began the week on a firmer footing before trimming opening gains after a mixed APAC handover; EZ Flash PMIs were mixed and largely highlighted trade uncertainty.
DXY is lower after some choppy price action in early European trade. The macro narrative for the US has kicked the week off with a focus on the trade agenda.
USTs are lower amid the encouraging risk environment on account of weekend reporting over the Trump tariff agenda.
Crude prices are choppy. Benchmarks were lacklustre overnight amid the subdued risk appetite in Asia before trending higher in European hours; Precious and base metals hold mild upward biases.
Chart still showing a downside risk that needs to take out 3038 to break the momentum… but only above 3047 would put the record 3057 high in play again
On the other side, the quick bounce Friday from 3000 suggests consolidation unless this level is taken out.
Range: 2999/3013 – 3038/3047/3057
For those that missed it, the following came out Friday and may have been a trigger for the XAUUSD sell off.
Robert “Bo” Hines, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, said that if the move to sell some of the gold in Fort Knox to buy Bitcoin remained budget-neutral, it could be considered.
This is 10am Nigerian time and GOLD (XAU/USD) is at price 3028.97 and from my understanding of Price Action theory this is a set buy bias. Market is goung on a buy to around price range of 3032.69. It is going to be a slow climb up.
Market dropped to a low at price 3020.71 which is the lowest point it got to after market opeend early this morning. This buy (Bullish) movement might not continue for long. Let us take a few pips. A word is enough for the wise. Let’s use tight TP/SL and not risk more than 1-5% of our capital. A word is enough for the wise.
… week starting out in a risk on mood after Trump’s reciprocal tariff comments… As I have noted, while markets may react to the latest headline actions speak louder than words (April 2 is the reciprocal tariff day).
… the dollar is trading weaker but off earlier lows… exception is USDJPY but remains below 150