Final Full Trading Week of the Year Until Christmas As markets enter the last full trading week of the year, many traders treat it like business as usual. But seasoned professionals know that the pre-Christmas period follows its own playbook. Liquidity thins as the week winds on, real-money flows dominate, and market behavior becomes…
Technical vs. Fundamental Analysis Analytical Approach Analytical Approach Capital preservation is a key to longevity in the trading business. One reason is that markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. Nowhere is this truer than in leveraged trading, where a small account can control positions many times its size. When markets…
Dollar ended last week broadly lower, outperforming only the even more beleaguered Yen. That said, the technical deterioration in Dollar is still measured rather than decisive. For now, Dollar’s selling momentum reflects hesitation more than capitulation. Two key forces are shaping this fragile balance. The first is indecisive risk sentiment, which remains unsettled rather than…
Newsquawk Highlights include US NFP, CPI and Retail Sales, BoJ, BoE, ECB, UK Jobs, UK CPI, and Japan CPI US Debt Clock MON: Chinese Activity Data (Nov), EZ Industrial Production (Oct), Canadian CPI (Nov) TUE: NBH Announcement, UK Jobs Report (Oct), EZ/UK/US Flash PMIs (Dec), German ZEW Survey (Dec), Japanese Trade Balance (Nov), US Jobs…
Nasdaq filed a new rule on Friday that would allow the exchange to block IPOs even when companies meet all listing standards if it detects red flags that could make a company’s stock vulnerable to manipulation. The move underscores a push to tighten gatekeeping as firms from opaque jurisdictions look to tap public markets in…
Hello traders. As our members know we have had many profitable trading setups recently. In this technical article, we are going to talk about another Elliott Wave trading setup we got in E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures. Recently NQ_F made a clear three-wave correction. The pull back completed as Elliott Wave Double Three pattern and made a…
High Expectations How Markets Really React to News High Expectations Navigating financial markets around major news events can feel unpredictable even for experienced traders. Many hope for a simple formula: if this news happens, the market will do that. Unfortunately, trading doesn’t work that way. While news releases often spark quick volatility, the follow-through…
Current Interest Rates How the 2026 FOMC Shake-Up Could Reshape Federal Reserve Policy Current Interest Rates Just weeks ago, money markets were pricing in a 70% chance the Federal Reserve would not cut rates on December 10. In an abrupt shift, markets flipped, and rate-cut odds surged to 84%, strongly favoring a 25-basis-point…
Newsquawk Week Ahead: 8th-12th December 2025 Highlights include FOMC, RBA, BoC, SNB, UK GDP, Aussie Jobs, Chinese Trade and Inflation How does Inflation affect Interest rates MON: Chinese Trade Balance (Nov) TUE: RBA Announcement, EIA STEO, German Trade Balance (Oct), US JOLTS (Oct) WED: FOMC Announcement, BoC Announcement, Chinese Inflation (Nov), Swedish GDP (Oct),…
Dollar spent most of the week pinned to the bottom of the performance board, as a steady flow of data reinforced expectations for a Fed rate cut in December. Even though selling pressure eased slightly into Friday—thanks in part to a surprisingly firm rebound in longer-dated Treasury yields—the greenback still struggled to find a foothold….