Gold (XAU/USD) climbs toward three-week highs on Wednesday after the United States and Iran reached a temporary two-week ceasefire agreement, offering relief to markets following days of escalating tensions. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading around $4,803, up nearly 2% on the day after touching an intraday high of $4,857. US-Iran ceasefire lifts market sentiment US President…
2026.04.08 2026.04.08 Aussie Set to Rise as Old Market Drivers Return. Forecast as of 08.04.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ Familiar factors like diverging monetary policies, a strong Chinese yuan, and global risk appetite are sparking fresh interest in the Australian dollar. Let’s discuss this topic and make a trading plan for the AUD/USD pair. The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways…
EUR/NZD sold off sharply on US-Iran ceasefire news, but can the longer-term trend still resume at these correction levels?
The U.S. dollar has been under pressure for a while now. For starters, the country’s fiscal situation just keeps getting worse — national debt has shot past $39 trillion, even though the original plan was to bring it down. So far, strong demand for U.S. Treasuries has kept things from spiraling, but investors are already asking for higher yields,…
EUR/JPY edges lower after two days of gains, trading around 185.00 during the European hours on Wednesday. The technical analysis of the daily chart suggests the currency cross is moving upwards within the ascending channel pattern, indicating bullish bias. The near-term bias stays mildly bullish as the EUR/JPY cross holds comfortably above the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA), while…
2026.04.08 2026.04.08 Short-Term Analysis for Oil, Gold, and EURUSD for 08.04.2026 Alex Rodionovhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/alex-rodionov/ Welcome, my fellow traders! I have prepared a price forecast for the USCrude, XAUUSD, and EURUSD using a combination of the margin zones method and technical analysis. Based on the market analysis, I suggest entry signals for intraday traders. The oil price has plummeted. The article…
The US-Iran ceasefire sent oil crashing 17%, stocks soaring, and gold sliding. Learn what “risk-on” means and why geopolitics moves forex markets.
UK house prices dipped a little in March, with the average property price now seen at £299,677. That also sees the annual house price growth slow to 0.8%, down from 1.2% in February. That shows the market has long some bounce going into the spring season but perhaps relative economic uncertainty from the events in the Middle East is…
USD/CAD continues to lose ground for the third successive day, trading around 1.3830 during the Asian hours on Wednesday. The pair depreciates as the US Dollar (USD) declines on decreased safe-haven demand after the United States (US) and Iran agreed on a two-week ceasefire. However, the downside of the USD/CAD pair could be restrained as the commodity-linked Canadian Dollar…
Will the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge show price pressures were already heating up before the Iran war struck?
