Earnings from big-name companies like Apple, Amazon, Facebook (Meta), and Google (Alphabet) have the power to move whole indexes like the S&P500. As these big-name stocks have a large weighting…
The bond market is the truth. So goes the old saying. It is also very helpful. Bond traders are often looking ahead and signs of stress in markets often appear…
One ratio that precious metal traders must know about is the gold/silver ratio. This ratio shows the price of silver relative to gold. When the gold/silver ratio is high it…
This is an art form and a way of trading at market extremes. By definition, trading contrary opinion is a way of trying to catch market turning points. Recently, when…
The Fed is widely expected to hike interest rates by 75bps this Wednesday. Short-term interest rate markets are seeing it as a 100% probability and the same markets have a…
Since the start of the month we have increasingly seen hopes of a Fed ‘soft landing’ gain traction as US stocks made another run higher. However, hopes of a soft…
Chinese equity traders have been increasing their inflows into Chinese stocks as hedge start to unwind according to Morgan Stanley (MS). In a Bloomberg piece, MS stated three reasons for…
The Directional Movement Index is a great technical tool that helps you see the direction of the market and whether the market is making gains or losses. That’s easy, you…
This week the BoC meets so it is a good time to see what’s been driving the CAD. Take a look at the CAD index and you can see that…
A trend is very simply a directional movement of price that remains in effect long enough to be identified and still be profitable. Recently there has been much debate over…