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EUR/USD Forecast Mar. 19-23 – Has Euro-zone Growth Peaked?

EUR/USD Forecast Mar. 19-23 – Has Euro-zone Growth Peaked?

EUR/USD traded in a narrow range and eventually ended the week lower once again. Will it extend its falls or bounce now? PMI data and business surveys stand out in a busy week. Here is an outlook for the highlights of this week and an updated technical analysis for EUR/USD. ECB President Mario Draghi called for patience […]
Looking Towards A Dovish Fed Meeting

Looking Towards A Dovish Fed Meeting

Last week was another week of up and down in the stock market that ended with the major market indices little changed. To sum it up, the market was treading water ahead of this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting as it digested the latest news emanating from Washington. Two weeks ago, we faced questions […]
Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – March 18

Forex Forecast: Pairs In Focus – March 18

In my previous piece last week, I saw the best possible trades for the coming week as long of the EUR/USD currency pair, and long of the Nasdaq U.S. stock market index. The EUR/USD currency pair fell by 0.13% while the NASDAQ fell by 1.30%, producing an average loss of 0.59%. Last week was relatively […]
FANG And Apple Now Account For A Quarter Of The Nasdaq, And Some Are Getting Worried

FANG And Apple Now Account For A Quarter Of The Nasdaq, And Some Are Getting Worried

While many parts of the market have experienced a rise in price volatility in recent months, it has largely been a one-way street for the tech darlings of Wall Street: Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, also known as FANG + Apple, have grown their collective market value by more than 40% in the past year to […]
Twitter: Big Winner With More Room To Run

Twitter: Big Winner With More Room To Run

Readers of nextbigtrade.com got alerted to a monster breakout in Twitter back on October 29, 2017 when it broke out of a Stage 1 base on a massive increase in volume. Let’s take a look at the technical action in the stock before and after that key event and highlight some important turning points. Source: Secrets […]
USD/CAD Weekly Analysis – Sunday, March 18

USD/CAD Weekly Analysis – Sunday, March 18

USD/CAD extended its upside movement from 1.2248 to as high as 1.3100. As long as the price is above the bullish trend line on the daily chart, the bullish move could be expected to continue and next target would be at 1.3200 area. The key support is at 1.2803, only a breakdown below this level […]
USD/JPY Forecast March 19-23: Consolidating Lower, Another Fall Coming?

USD/JPY Forecast March 19-23: Consolidating Lower, Another Fall Coming?

Dollar/yen traded in a narrow range and suffered from political issues in both Japan and the US as well as rising tensions towards the Fed decision. After this consolidation, is the pair ready for another downfall? The Fed is clearly in the limelight, but the Moritomo scandal in Japan, Mueller’s investigation and trade continue to play […]
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                        Market Briefing For Monday, March 19

E Market Briefing For Monday, March 19

Dismissing ‘liquidity’ as a concern  is so commonplace, that analysts celebrate the Senate trampling some banking reform rules that followed our projected ‘Epic Debacle‘ (financial crisis) beginning a decade ago. It is likely inappropriate (or naive) to remove stress tests and more, though of course temporarily that buttressed bank share performance (other of course than Wells Fargo […]
The Gold And Silver Bull Market Of 2018 About To Start

The Gold And Silver Bull Market Of 2018 About To Start

What a difference six months can make in the gold market. In October of last year we were looking at bearish gold price forecast for 2018. It was an assessment based on a deep analysis, not on emotions (pro vs anti gold) nor on a dogmatic belief like some permabears or permabulls. As always, we try […]
COT Report: Euro Bulls Ignore Waning Risk Sentiment

COT Report: Euro Bulls Ignore Waning Risk Sentiment

Looking at this week’s Commitments of Traders Report, notable changes include rising net positions in the USD index and the Swiss franc, and falling net positions in the Australian dollar and gold. Similar to last week, the only asset under our coverage that remains at an extreme is crude oil. The commodity is currently at […]