Commodities

Can you be too stupid to trade and the answer is obviously yes. If you are defeated by how your toaster works then trading is not for you, nor is anything else probably. However, my observation over the decades has been that despite what the industry would have you believe trading is not that hard. […]

HSBC stock (LSE:HSBA) is currently pulling back. The market trended sluggishly upwards within the months of November 2016 to February 2017, but it is now being corrected. Price has gone below the EMA 21; while the Williams’ % period 20 Range period 20 is in the overbought region. This mean that price is currently weak. […]

Oil prices dropped by 10% last week, with the news of the North American production being stronger than expected. This news triggered the oil market’s price volatility. The volatility of the international oil markets fell from September 2016 to January 2017. The expected output cuts from OPEC countries including Russia caused the expectancy of crude […]

Since the FEDs increase in benchmark rate by 25 basis points last week, the gold prices have reached near the highest level of more than two weeks. In other words, the fall of the US dollar has led to further strength in gold prices. The spot gold fell 0.2% to $1.232.41 per ounce at 3pm […]

One of the frustrating things about being a trend follower is that it takes time to overcome the inertia of a new system, particularly if that system is based upon slightly longer time periods such as weekly data. Part of the frustration that traders encounter is based upon the simple mechanics of how systems work. […]

GOLD (XAUUSD) Dominant Bias: Bullish Gold trended upwards in January and February 2017. Price topped at 1263.61 on February 27 and then began to pull back. The pullback is significant, (about 4,600-pip movement to the south), but it is not strong enough to override the extant bullish outlook on the market, unless price pulls back […]

AUS200 Dominant bias: Bullish While this market went bearish in January, it went bullish in February. In the context of an uptrend, price was corrected last week, and then started March on a bullish note. The outlook on the market is bullish, and there is a possibility that the resistance lines at 5775.00 and 5800.00 […]

Here’s the market ouatlook for the week: EURUSD Dominant bias: Bearish This pair went south last week, testing the support line at 1.0500, and then bouncing upwards on Thursday and Friday. The upwards bounce would turn out to be a good selling opportunity because price is expected to trend further downwards this week, reaching the […]

As we already know, the OPEC members have finally agreed to cut production in November; followed with the non-OPEC countries in December 2016. For the moment, the deal is valid for six months but there is more supply in the world than the oil itself, evidently effecting the oil prices. For this reason, the agreement […]

FTSE 250 stock (FTSE:MCX) is a bull market. In fact, price has been going upwards since December 2016, following the trendless and choppy market conditions that were witnessed in the months before December 2016. Price is currently above the EMA 21, which has been sloping upwards since December, supporting a clean bullish outlook on the […]