Frank – As long as the US Bank Index holds 3610 its all good. Millennial crypto fanatics all over the net are hoping it means, and are sure it will, mean the end of the US Dollar and in April when Bitcoin halves they believe it will double in price almost immediately. So they can tell mommy and daddy they are smarter than they were. So, of course I got rid of all of my US Dollars and have zero cash and only bitcoins. The problem is no one wants them when I want coffee. What to do.
Today is the day the bank term funding program expires. Some are talking about the impact that may (or may not have) on banks and liquidity. If it’s a problem most likely first signs will be in equities…. Especially overleveraged overvalued equities….
My overall sense is a bit like this – US tech stocks suffered the largest outflow on record in the week ending March 8 2024. Virtual confirmation that the Fed will drop govt lending rates in June, which speaks of a moderately slowing economy and inflation cooling due to demand slowing up. Demand for labor is slowing as well. Portfolio flows are reducing risk appetite and re-allocating into money market funds, gold, and other assets, including crypto and foreign exchange, so the areas where risk appetite is strong is adjusting gradually…economy should cool a bit in spots coming up.
This is one agonizing day if you trade EURUSD – it goes nowhere , for now…so sitting and watching as the grass grows…
I remember clearly the days when we could switch from USDDEM to DEMITL and just ride it….or from USDDEM long to USDFF short , holding Long USDDEM and take advantage from both sides.
This caught my attention in the Reuters Morning Bid report I posted earlier
Yet, the BOJ has made it clear that official rates will only be going to zero and there will not be a series of hikes, so the death of the carry trade is likely overstated.
Understand what you saying ….. I am in this business since 2001. and my intraday trading based on 5min, 15min and 1h …… daily, weekly and monthly using for the direction and support/resistance levels
BTC – I can see 50% retracement, and an ugly one – sharp and merciless.
But the problem is there is no enough data to support anything…
Problem with BTC is that people are seeing it as a currency , but it is really a merchandise of a kind…useless in my opinion- but who am I to judge it….millions of people are buying it like there is no tomorrow…without thinking that it is a Profit game and not lifelong investment.
Plus it is an open ended game , without firm rules and real backup of it’s value.
Someone makes and will make huge profits on it, but not the small fish…
The US political season has started earlier. Negative Trump comments about Meta (not the stock price but the company)_ in a CNBC interview are pushing the stock lower.
When Bitcoin first was created I called it a Ponzi scheme. While I have not changed my mind about cryptos I would be an idiot to trade on that view given this rocket to the moon.
BTC rose about 4% to a new record high before backing off a touch but maintaining above the former record high (blue AT line).
By contrast, EURUSD has traded a 19 pip range so far today.
For the record, I do not trade BTC and have no intention of doing so.
Knez, there is a huge difference in strategy when trading anything bellow 30 min chart.
With 30 min, I follow what’s happening on 4h and Daily, and decide on entry depending are we actually moving Up or Down.
On smaller time frames ( and I find 3min the ideal one ) I don’t care where are we moving…just follow signals that I am getting . Of course, everything is smaller – Profit but also S/L .
I do it last two decades, so I have kind of feeling for it, but wouldn’t recommend it to anyone without huge experience – it can easily drive you crazy 😀
p.s. had to add that last sentence because of other visitors .
Of interesting note: “All economic models are wrong, but some are useful,” Huw Pill concluded in a letter to lawmakers last June that laid out the limitations of prediction methods. “We should really be thinking of economic forecasts in terms of probability distributions,” said Stephen Millard, deputy director of Britain’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research, who spent more than 26 years at the BoE.