The Trade Off is back this week! Blake and Chris will be dissecting the crazy markets again and looking at a wide range of asset classes, both fundamental and technical analyses and what you need to know about trading the current volatile conditions.
If trading is about gaining an edge - a positive expectancy - then that theoretically should be driven by a robust trading process or a plan. At the core of this process should be a strong consideration to changes in movement and volatility and one’s approach to managing risk should be dynamic to these changes.
Hedging flows from hedge and pension funds and...
EURGBP has dipped below the key technical level at 0.83. Will we decisively move beyond this zone or is it yet another tease like so many times previously? Watch to find out more.
Chris and Blake are back for another round of talking all things trading. Tune in for a lively chat on what's hot and not in global markets, FX, Commodities, Indices, Macro and more.
In this episode of ‘The Trade Off’, Blake and Chris Weston chat about the situation in the Ukraine and how it affects wider markets, the SPX, DAX, BTC, Crude, ARKK, Gold/Silver, EURNOK, Rates and Palladium. Join in and watch the show!
To many gold has come up firmly on the radar and is the flavour du jour – we see the triangle break targeting a move to $2060 – we see a pronounced cup and handle (best seen on the weekly), which now complete suggests an increased probability we see new all-time highs.
Price is testing the 1900 round number and sits up 5.6% for the month of February – the best...
Global Head of Research Chris Weston is back with As Good as Gold, taking us through the Gold market and it core influences. Get a holistic overview of where Gold is possibly headed with both fundamental and technical analysis. #macro #gold
Divergence between the BTP Bund spread (difference between Italian 10-year yield and German 10-year yield) and EURCHF has opened up. Have a watch to find out more.
Having liked AUDCAD longs as trade, the focus shifts away from here to how markets digest rates pricing – and notably that of US rates, where US swaps are pricing a 50% chance of a 50bp hike in the March FOMC meeting, and a small chance of an inter-meeting hike – something I feel is a very low probability.
Equity vol has kicked up and EM FX may start to look a...
