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  • Hot-Chart: Engulfing & Unconfirmed ابتلاع وغير مؤكد

    by Ashraf Laidi | May 24, 2024 15:22
    The left-hand side chart below shows bearish engulfing candles on the Daily....Yesterday's case followed a down-candle, which usually has more bearish....It may take as many as 2 or 3 days before the next drop emerges...nbsp;....The right-hand side chart below shows how none of the Magnificent 7 stocks has....NVIDIA emerged as the exception, being the sole Mag7 member hitting a new high....Such lack of confirmation may raise questions, thus close monitoring about....nbsp;....All of these points will be explained in close detail to the WhatsApp Broadcast....nbsp;Monday will be Bank Holiday in the US and UK so tune in for Tuesday's....nbsp;..

  • Intraday Market Thought: Before & After the Fed قبل وبعد

    by Ashraf Laidi | Jan 30, 2025 11:07
    Before & After the Fed قبل وبعد Chart نغطي أهم أجزاء قرار الاحتياطي الفيدرالي والمؤتمر الصحفي لجاي باول وتأثيره على....Analysis ahead and after the Federal Reserve announcement and the impact of..

  • Intraday Market Thought: Gold Keeps H&S Pattern الذهب يحافظ على نموذجه

    by Ashraf Laidi | Jun 21, 2024 20:20
    Gold Keeps H&S Pattern الذهب يحافظ على نموذجه Chart كيف مفاجآة مؤشر البي أم آي أسرعت هبوط الذهب و أين تنتهي صلاحية نموذج الكتفين و....Strong PMI accelerated Gold's pullback & what's needed from..

  • Intraday Market Thought: Savings Watch from Central Banks

    by Adam Button | Jan 21, 2021 23:47
    Savings Watch from Central Banks Chart USD weakness extended anew as the ECB leaned towards guarded optimism in....ECB policy makers continue to be more pre-occupied with the deflationary....Earlier this week, policy makers at the BOE and BoC highlighted that the fate of....On Wednesday, Ashraf posted the below chart to the WhatsApp Broadcast Group,....Stay alert...nbsp;....The combination of stay-at-home orders and government handouts has left many....In normal times, you would expect that to lead to a boom in consumer spending....Surely there will be some celebrating when it's all over and travel will....It's possible the pandemic leaves consumers more cautious but it's....Where exactly that level of spending falls was highlighted as the key post-....It's still far too early but in a few months, we will start to closely....Another spot to watch closely will be Israel, which is on track to be the....How consumers behave there will be a strong clue on what's coming....Lagging behind in the recovery will be the eurozone, in part due to a slow....The statement from the central bank was essentially unchanged and Lagarde....She also offered jawboning by saying the rising euro is a drag on inflation...The press conference helped to stall the euro's rally but the scope for....The next big question will be who tapers first.

  • Intraday Market Thought: Powell's Challenge

    by Ashraf Laidi | Dec 13, 2023 12:55
    Powell's Challenge Chart At today's FOMC decision, Fed chair Powell's primary intention and....Powell's ability to convince markets will primarily depend on the interplay....nbsp;....New vs September DotPlot for 2024 ....The current median of Fed members' FedFunds expectations issued in....1%, meaning policymakers were pricing about one rate cut for 2024...Today's meeting is expected by economists and strategists not the....9%, meaning two rate cuts of 25-bps by end of 2024...nbsp; Again, the market (fed funds futures) are currently pricing between....nbsp;What to Watch....The initial market reaction at 2:00 pm Eastern (7pm GMT, 11 pm Dubai) will....Anything between 4...8% and 5...0% (two rate cuts) is expected by the consensus of strategists and economists....Anything between 4...6% and 4...7% (three to four rate cuts) would be deemed dovish, particularly dovish....6%....nbsp;....Subsequent market reaction will shift to SEPs on growth and inflation, with each....Once again, Powell's challenge will be to push back against aggressive....nbsp;....About the Above Chart...The chart above shows the non-surprising relationship between the probability of....The current -0...45% -- indicating a 45% chance of a 25-bp cut-- is much less than the 75%....Watching the real-time development of this probability pricing will be crucial....nbsp;....Another thing (not on the chart) is that Bitcoin also peaked at the bottom of....nbsp;....Good luck to eveyone, and dont forget Thursday's BoE decision, especially....Once that's done, we move to the unimportant ECB decision before next....nbsp;....nbsp;..

  • Intraday Market Thought: 3 Faces of $2000 Gold

    by Ashraf Laidi | Mar 24, 2023 16:38
    3 Faces of $2000 Gold Chart As gold regains $2000/oz for the third time over the past three years, it's....There are endless combinations of metrics to be used in comparing August....I will use the DXY, gold/silver ratio, Fed Funds rate and the Fed's Balance....AUGUST 2020 : Gold's first print of $2000/oz occurred on 28th Jul....The dynamics were plenty and ideal...The +$10 trillion governmental stimulus response to combat Covid-19 was three....Any signs of USD-liquidity crisis was swiftly suppressed...The Fed crushed interest rates back to zero and sent its balance sheet doubling....2 trillion in under five months...nbsp;....The combination of exploding financial liquidity, force majeure fears and....Gold bugs did not blink, hitting a new record of $2075 on Friday, August 7th....nbsp;....MARCH 2022: Gold's ascent to $2000 in March 2022 was the product of an....Unlike the central bank liquidity creation and government stimuli of 2020,....It was the first time in over four decades, when the classic macro....nbsp;....How we called Gold's peak 1 day before the $2075 Top of 2020 Watch Video...MARCH 2023: Gold's rally of late 2022 emerged on the Fed's slowing....Growing signs of stress in US treasury markets, coupled with the 2nd biggest US....And if that keeps inflation above 3...0%, then it's a new normal for gold bulls...nbsp;....For the first time since March 2020, the Fed Funds rate is now above Fed's....Emerging signs of real positive rates and unflattening of the US yield curve....nbsp;....Regardless of whether SVB's was a case of poor asset-duration mismatch, or....Add to it the Fed's attempt to keep some semblance of quantitaive tightening....That's how it was in summer 2019 and that's how it will be late this....nbsp;....nbsp;..

  • Intraday Market Thought: BOC To Set the Tone Again

    by Adam Button | Jun 9, 2021 14:18
    BOC To Set the Tone Again Chart The April Bank of Canada decision kicked off a round of speculation about....GBP is weakest currency of the lot and the only decliner vs USD amid....Yesterday's Premium trade is already +30 pips in the green...The Bank of Canada interest rate decision is at 1400 GMT (10 am ET)....There's universal consensus that the overnight rate will be left at 0...25% and there is no press conference afterwards...The only communication we will be getting is the press release and given....The main reason none expects another hawkish surprise is due to the fact that....Both the market and the BOC will want to see how the economy looks in the....One portion of the statement that could reverberate is on inflation...The latest BOC statement said “inflation is expected to rise....rdquo;....The world 'around' gives them some leeway but the April number was....4% y/y and prices have continued to rise so the BOC could alter that slightly to....They could simultaneously neutralize that shift by continuing to emphasized....The overall message would the be dovish as they underline temporary inflation....That's the same message the bond market is sending with US 10-year yields....6 bps on Tuesday to 1...53% -- the lowest close since mid-March...Thursday's US CPI report will be another big challenge but if the market..

  • Intraday Market Thought: GBP & Anti-Consensus PM Play

    by Ashraf Laidi | May 24, 2019 17:07
    What will change in GBP after PM Theresa May's resignation announcement? Why....Article.

  • Intraday Market Thought: Everybody Loves Silver

    by Ashraf Laidi | Jul 19, 2019 10:56
    Gold and silver are unsurprisngly getting much attention now, and....Here's an FT piece quoting me about the "Mint Ratio" from a while....Useful to compare & contrast with today's case...Link..

  • Intraday Market Thought: Ashraf & Adam on the Markets

    by Ashraf Laidi | Nov 13, 2019 21:47
    Ashraf Laidi and Adam Button met in London, discussing a few topics, ranging....Full video.
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