Dollar slips slightly ahead of Jackson Hole; euro gains

At the market open on Monday, 5 January, gold price (XAU/USD) formed a bullish gap. The sharp rise was driven by market reaction to confirmed reports of U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and a forced change of power in Caracas. News of the capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. special forces pushed gold prices up…

Cboe Global Markets has announced that Global President Dave Howson will step down from his role effective 1 August 2025, after three years.  The company revealed that Howson will step down to return to the United Kingdom to be closer to family. Following his departure, Cboe CEO Craig Donohue will assume the additional title of…

I’m seeing a simple retracement opportunity on the short-term chart of AUD/CAD ahead of Canada’s CPI release. Is the trend still our friend on this one? Expectations are for the July inflation figures to stay mostly unchanged on a year-over-year basis, possibly convincing folks over at the Bank of Canada (BOC) to…

The Alaskan Pip Assassin Mod MT4 Indicator is a custom technical analysis tool designed for the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) trading platform. While its exact origins remain shrouded in a bit of mystery (much like its namesake, perhaps?), the indicator appears to be a modification of the Off-Trend Indicator. This underlying concept forms the foundation upon…