Senior Market Specialist
Russell Shor joined FXCM in October 2017 as a Senior Market Specialist. He is a certified FMVA® and has an Honours Degree in Economics from the University of South Africa. Russell is a full member of the Society of Technical Analysts in the United Kingdom. With over 20 years of financial markets experience, his analysis is of a high standard and quality.
In a previous article we suggested that the US 10-year real rate was topping out and had charted a head and shoulders top. This pattern is still evident but is yet to breakdown. Rather the real yield has found support near the 2.09% (green horizontal arrow). In fact, the real yield has bounced slightly since hitting support and is now trading near 2.20%. FXCM’s USDOLLAR has continued to chart a…
The SPX monthly chart has charted a higher trough (HT) followed by a higher peak (HP). This denotes that the SPX500’s primary trend is an uptrend. With only 3 days left until the end of the month, the SPX 500 is up over 8.8% for November. This has resulted in a large blue monthly candle (candle 1). Candle 2 is a bullish reference candle i.e. it has the lowest low…
Copper is trading at a down sloping green trendline on its weekly chart at 1. It is also facing the challenge of overcoming its black 30-week EMA (2). The base metal’s RSI has popped above 50 at 3, which is the bullish side of the indicator. It will be interesting to see if it can hold above 50 because below has been the norm since April (blue rectangle). If it…
Gold is currently trading around $1,990. The $2,000 level (red horizontal) is proving to be a significant psychological resistance level for XAUUSD. However, there are signs that the precious metal is preparing to break above this.
Bitcoin declined yesterday by 4.57% following the shock news that Binance Holding’s CEO Changpeng Zhao pled guilty to anti-money-laundering violations and will step down from the crypto exchange. Binance, which is owned by Zhao, has also pled guilty and will pay $4.3 billion in fines, with Zhao agreeing to pay $50 million. Moreover, Zhao may face an 18-month prison term as federal guidelines.
Tesla (TSLA.us) is trading around $241. This is around 40% lower than its all-time high of $414 reached in November 2021. However, the Tesla (TSLA.us) weekly chart is showing interesting potential.
The daily charts do suggest that a near term correction may be a risk.
Oil is moving higher today, following an up day on Friday. This follows a report in the Financial Times suggesting that Saudi Arabia will extend its current output restrictions until the spring, whilst other OPEC members consider further cuts. The FT article, citing unidentified people familiar with the discussions, submits that OPEC is unhappy about the current trend of declining oil prices and the humanitarian conditions in Gaza. OPEC is…
There is backlash regarding Elon Musk’s endorsement of anti-Semitic rhetoric on his social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). In response, advertisers such as Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, the European Commission, and others have suspended their business at the social media company. Moreover, Tesla (TSLA.us) shareholders are questioning his leadership of that company.
The SPX500 is up over 7.5% for November, with almost two weeks left of the month. A good portion of the appreciation came on Tuesday, 14 November, when the CPI data was released, coming in better than expected. This has led to thinking that the current Fed hiking cycle has likely peaked.
Amazon (AMZN.us) announced yesterday that it will sell vehicles online from 2024. The first brand to be offered will be Hyundai, which named Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud-computing provider for online sales.
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