News of Regional Bank Credit Strains Inject Fresh Fears into the Marketplace October 17, 2025 The report of distressed loans by Zions Bancorp and Western Alliance Bancorp sent their share prices crashing 13.1% and 10.8% today and created an unsettling deja vu from 18 years ago. According to AI Overview, On August 8, 2007, the…
Bias of Monetary Stances Easing in Many Economies October 16, 2025 Money markets are becoming more confident that the Federal Reserve will cut its interest rates several times in coming months, as the risks of weakening labor market conditions outweigh perceived risks of excessive inflation. Yesterday’s published Beige Book yielded five districts recently experiencing flat…
Hello traders, In today’s session, I placed 2 trades using the Supply Demand EA ProBot: ✅ 1 SELL trade on EURJPY M15 ✅ 1 BUY trade on GOLD M15 The trades were executed based on supply and demand zones, aligned with higher timeframe price action. Each setup was clear, strong, and played out as expected. In…
Equities Well-Bid in Spite of Persistent Global Growth Concerns October 15, 2025 Today was the scheduled day for U.S. consumer price data to have been released, but that didn’t happen due to the continuing shutdown of the federal government. The Fed is left to assess growth and price trends from non-government sources, and such are…
Risk Aversion in Spite of Gaza Ceasefire and Trump’s “It Will All Be fine” Comment on Trade Tensions October 14, 2025 Equity markets and long-term sovereign debt yields faltered anew this Tuesday. China is lifting port fees against U.S. imports and accusing Trump of reigniting trade tensions between the two countries. In the middle east…
Dollar Mixed and U.S. Stocks Positioned to Trim Friday Losses October 13, 2025 (170) Today is a holiday in Japan (Health Sports Day) and a federal holiday in the United States (Columbus Day a.k.a. Indigenous People’s Day). While U.S. banks and thus Treasury market trading are closed, the U.S. stock market will observe its normal…
Listen to the audio episode: Get The Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist! How To Trade Your Way To The Top 1% In episode 529 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with trader and entrepreneur Jerremy Newsome, as he dives into what it really takes to reach the top…
AI in forex trading is transforming how traders understand, predict, and manage market volatility. In the world’s largest and most liquid financial market, where trillions move daily, precision and timing matter. Traders are turning to advanced technology to analyze trends and forecast fluctuations faster than ever before. AI in forex trading uses massive data analysis,…
Next Week’s Menu: October 11 – 17, 2025 October 10, 2025 Central Banks: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will release it semi-annual Monetary Policy Statement on Tuesday. Unlike most other central banks that target an interest rate, MAS orients monetary policy by targeting the weighted value of its currency. Three variables are targeted: the…
Larger-than-Expected Interest Rate Hike by National Bank of Kazakhstan October 10, 2025 Kazakhistan faces a far different inflationary situation than Peru, and officials at the National Bank of Kazakhstan today made a statement of serious intention to counter price pressures by hiking their reference interest rate to 18.0%, higher than such has been in over…