Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) remain under pressure on Friday as the broader cryptocurrency market extends its losses over 4%, 2.5% and 5%, respectively, this week. BTC trades below $77,000, while ETH faces rejection near a key resistance level and XRP breaks below its 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), signaling a weakening near-term technical outlook for these…
With the Bank of Canada (BOC) leaning hawkish in their latest policy decision, will the upcoming CPI release tip the scale closer to tightening in their next meeting?
PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.7743 (vs. estimate at 6.7174) !“#$%&‘()*+,–./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}
Ethereum price today: $2,440 Ethereum held above $2,400 as markets increasingly price in a Fed rate hike next week after higher-than-expected PPI data. US spot Ethereum ETFs attracted $34.7 million Wednesday, recovering from $24 million in outflows during Tuesday’s trading session. ETH is testing the 20-day EMA support. Ethereum (ETH) is down 0.7% on Thursday as the second-largest cryptocurrency…
AUD/NZD triggers a bearish Stochastic crossover after a strong rally into overbought territory! Is the uptrend starting to lose steam?
USD/JPY:154.00 US$2.86bn153.00 US$2.74bn152.00 US$1.66bn EUR/USD:1.1575 EUR1.44bn1.1600 EUR996.2mn1.1500 EUR947mn AUD/USD:0.7150 AUD657.4mn0.7250 AUD622.1mn0.7110 AUD543.5mn USD/CAD:1.3900 US$693.8mn1.3800 US$535mn1.3950 US$319.7mn GBP/USD:1.3630 GBP565.4mn1.3500 GBP540mn Q&A: FX option expiries What exactly is an FX option expiry?An FX option gives its holder the right, though not the requirement, to buy or sell one currency for another at an agreed rate, called the strike, on or before…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude Oil benchmark, rises more than 7% as attacks in the Middle East intensify, driving WTI above the $ 100-per-barrel barrier for the first time since May 2026. At the time of writing, WTI trades at $103.86 after bouncing off lows of $95.37. Crude surges as Middle East supply threats meet renewed Chinese…
2026.09.10 2026.09.10 Euro Faces ECB Reality Check. Forecast as of 10.09.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ Will the ECB follow the US Treasury’s lead? The Treasury’s announcement of a $6 billion Treasury buyback disappointed the bond market and triggered a pullback in the EUR/USD. Now, attention turns to the European Central Bank. Let’s examine the situation and develop a trading plan. The…
A hawkish ECB flipped EUR/CHF’s triangle higher. We score two hypothetical entries — chasing the breakout versus waiting for the retest — on risk, reward, and trade-offs.
The next Treasury buyback is Sept 24. I wouldn’t read too much into this result because it’s the first one in the series so the market might be feeling it out. That said, the market was disappointed this week at only $6 billion and $5.187 billion is even lower than that. US 10-year yields hit the highs of the…
