Let me start out by saying where you place a stop is more important than where you enter a trade. Understand this concept and you are on your way to changing the way you look at trading
Let’s see if this turns around the way you look at trading
Forward are selling on the outside contracts and buying on the nearby contracts for both UsdJpy and EurUsd. Dow Puts are being dominated by calls. Reflective of a slight risk on condition. Bear in mind there are often delayed reactions with relation to those elements and since the end result is mixed then if there is an unforeseen purst it is likely to be on the sell side in Euro if/when participating algorithms and fund managers etc begin to decide they should hedge risk.
A positive yield curve indicates that long-term debt interest rates are higher than short-term debt rates.
A positive yield curve can mean that the economy is expected to grow in the future. This is because a rational market will generally want more compensation for greater risk, and long-term securities are exposed to greater risk.(AI Overview)
GVI at 2:42 pm — It depends on the source for the worth. Human nature for sardines to want to know where the other sardines are in the water so maybe you have a chance of survival.
If it is a retail broker it has no worth to me. If it is institutional that says something. But institutional brokerages would lose their clients fast if they did that absent of a market-wide data output without someone being fired. Been there to see it.
With the slow bubble of risk off sentiment I am thinking 418 Dow has to survive for that to change in stocks. In these conditions a rule of thumb for me has been to wait for the European fix to consider countering that in Euro.
Reuters Pollsays 68 out of 75 economists see the ECB cutting the deposit rate by 25bps in October and December. Median show ECB to cut deposit rate to 2.0% by end 2025 (prev 2.50% in Sept poll)… Newsquawk.com.
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
World markets painted a messy picture on Tuesday, with recently pumped-up crude oil prices retreating sharply and disappointment surrounding China’s economic stimulus already setting in – knocking Hong Kong shares (.HSI), opens new tab back almost 10%.
The return of mainland Chinese markets after a week’s holiday there did see the CSI300 (.CSI300), opens new tab index play catch-up with another jump of about 6%. But the Hang Seng, which had remained open for much of the week and rallied significantly during that time, turned tail.
Since setting a record high 9 days ago, XAUUSD has traded either side of 2650 in the following 8 days.
This is clearly the pivotal level, especially if you view the current range at 2600-2700.
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GOLD has been aa disappointment in that it is not benefiting from safe haven flows but it remains to be seen if it is just biding its time, In any case, 2650 will eventually dictate whether the current move is just a pause or the start of a retracement,