The tariffs drama appeared to take a back seat at the start of this trading week, as traders turned their attention to geopolitical developments. Still, risk assets had a mixed run on Monday, with crypto pulling back from record highs and gold staying elevated on safe-haven support. Here are headlines you may have missed in the last trading sessions!…
The EURUSD and the GBPUSD have reversed lower in morning US trading, and in the process has moved back down to retest the 200 hour moving averages on both of those currency pairs. For the EURUSD, a cluster of support is in play, including an upward trendline, the 200-hour moving average, and the 61.8% retracement of the range since…
Gold bounces from $3,325 lows but remains trapped within the last few days’ range, A softer US Dollar is providing some support for Gold, but the positive risk sentiment keeps weighing on precious metals. XAU/USD should break resistances at $3,360 and $3,365 to hint at the end of the corrective phase. Gold (XAU/USD) is trading with a moderate positive…
2025.08.19 2025.08.19 Yen Surges on Hawkish BoJ Outlook. Forecast as of 19.08.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ The divergence in monetary policy between the Fed and the Bank of Japan has triggered a sell-off in the USDJPY pair. However, bulls may counterattack until the BoJ hikes the overnight rate and the Fed cuts the federal funds rate. Let’s discuss this topic and make…
After last month’s “hawkish cut” by the Bank of England, will the upcoming July inflation report settle the score for their next policy decision? Expectations are for slightly stronger price pressures for the month, possibly keeping pound traders on the lookout for another pause in easing. Here are the points you need to know when trading this…
I sense that both sides are ready for this conflict to end. Monday was optimistic, a great day. Plan to up tariffs on India over Russian oil buying. We’re pushing back on countries around the world on digital services taxes. Nvidia will require licence for any new China chip. There’s nothing new here as these are just token remarks….
European natural gas prices fell to fresh lows last week, with the TTF benchmark sliding more than 3% ahead of the Trump-Putin summit. The decline has widened the JKM premium over European prices, raising the likelihood of LNG cargoes being redirected to Asia, while Europe still faces the challenge of boosting storage from its current 74% level toward the…
2025.08.19 2025.08.19 Short-Term Analysis for Oil, Gold, and EURUSD for 19.08.2025 Alex Rodiоnovhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/alex-rodionov/ I welcome my fellow traders! I have made a price forecast for the USCrude, XAUUSD, and EURUSD using a combination of margin zones methodology and technical analysis. Based on the market analysis, I suggest entry signals for intraday traders. Oil’s short-term downtrend continues. The article covers…
We’re about to see the U.K.’s July CPI data! Our Event Guide for the July U.K. CPI release suggests that inflation may have cooled enough to tempt some traders into booking profits on Sterling’s recent run. But if the numbers come in hot enough to back the BOE’s gradual easing bias, the pound could still have more…
Eurostoxx +0.2% Germany DAX +0.1% France CAC 40 +0.2% UK FTSE +0.1% Spain IBEX +0.1% Italy FTSE MIB +0.3% It’s another sluggish day with traders and investors not having much to work with. US futures are down 0.2% after the more tepid showing yesterday, continuing to reflect some caution with all eyes on Fed chair Powell’s speech at Jackson…
