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The last days of Theresa May, more trade wars, worst week of oilThe previous week was tough for financial markets due to the escalation of the trade war between the USA and China, which, moreover, have taken new forms like US attacks on Chinese technology companies. At the same time, the White House is not planning to stop. The tariff epidemic will spread to other countries, primarily those of them whose currencies are artificially undervalued. Recall that the undervaluing of the national currency provides a powerful competitive advantage in international trade. In general, things rapidly get worse. We noted that this confrontation may become a new reality, in which it is worth getting used to living in now. Another key event was Theresa May’s resignation. The inability to provide Brexit provoked Theresa May's resignation. She will remain in office until June 7, when her successor will change her. Most likely Boris Johnson will be. The pound, as we announced in Friday’s review, has grown due to this news. That only confirms the loyalty of our vision and recommendations. So this week we will continue to look for points for buying of the pound, including the medium-term position. The previous week was the worst for oil for the entire 2019. The reason is the exodus of investors from risky and commodity assets amid fears of a sharp slowdown in the global economy. This scenario was viewed by us as a baseline, and from the very start of the last week we recommended oil sales. So those readers who followed our advice should have made very good money. On Thursday alone, oil lost about 6%. About the upcoming week, we note that its main events, perhaps, will be the announcement of the Bank of Canada decision on the parameters of monetary policy, as well as data on US GDP for the first quarter (revised). For the rest, the trade war will remain in focus. As for today, we are waiting for a thin market and potential spikes in volatility on level ground. So you should trade carefully. Our trading positions for the week did not change much: we will look for points for buying of the euro against the US dollar, sales of oil and the Russian ruble, as well as buying of gold and the Japanese yen. In addition, we begin to buy a pound.
Long
by Trade24Fx
Weak data from the USA, oil in danger and pound under pressureYesterday’s data on US retail sales could be described as weak only. Sales dropped 0.2% in April (with growth forecast at 0.2%) therefore the dollar has suffered sales. We recommended looking for points for selling the dollar yesterday because the afore-mentioned scenario was considered as fundamental one. Our position is unchanged – we short the dollar. First of all against the euro and the Japanese yen. Perhaps the Canadian dollar could be added. Inflation data came out. The reason to hope for less aggressive rhetoric from the Central Bank of Canada has been given by inflation data on Canada. Another data that came out yesterday was the statistics from China. The figures also frankly did not please: industrial production, retail sales and investment growth rates - all indicators appeared much worse than expected. That only assured investors that the world economy will slow down further, and the trade war is - a real evil. Meanwhile, the pound continues to be under pressure. The basic reason is the same - Brexit. The government is not able to get on well with Labor. This means that the vote on the updated Brexit plan, scheduled in the House of Commons for the first week of June, may fail once again. Our position is to refrain from buying the pound. By “goodbye” we mean the appearance of clarity in Brexit situation. Given that the potential of pound growth is measured in hundreds of points, it is better to receive less than 100-150 pounds of profit but to enter consciously and surely. Meanwhile, tectonic shifts are possible in the oil market in the near future. The point is that OPEC + is coming to an end. And the decision to extend it is still far from being made. This weekend will be held negotiations of OPEC +. According to rumors, Russia is ready to support the increase in oil production. Given that Saudi Arabia, in general, has similar desires, there is a reason to think that OPEC + will cease to exist, or at least, the size of production cuts will be revised to a significant decrease. For oil, this means one thing - a reason for a medium-term downtrend formation. So we recommend starting selling oil now, while it costs so much. Our trading plan for today: we will look for points for buying the euro and the Canadian dollar against the US dollar, sale oil, and the Russian ruble, buy gold and the Japanese yen.
by Trade24Fx
RY (RBC BANK) | Watch For Rejection and New DowntrendRY has filled a gap created back at the beginning of 2018 and we also see a potential large double top formation on the daily and weekly timeframes that is being formed by rejection. This is an opportunity to position short for a new downtrend on the lower timeframes, looking for support on the 8/1 Gann and as low as the 4/1 Gann. On the larger timeframe, don't forget Steve's trade (targets are my own though): PS. Some Index funds might be worth shorting as well.
TSX:RYShort
by Trader6127
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Draghi departure & fate of euro, CB of Canada & Japan decisionThe main event on the foreign exchange market yesterday was the announcement of the outcome of the Bank of Canada meeting. For the fourth time, the Central Bank did not raise the rate. The decision is predictable and has been accounted for in the Canadian dollar price. But what was not considered? The fact that the Bank of Canada completely removed the mention of the possibility of a rate hike in the future from its statement. This was a surprise. For the Canadian dollar surprises with a “minus sign”. So, its sales could be called logical. The rest of the Wednesday was a rather quiet day. Dollar growth has stalled. In the absence of additional drivers for growth. However, today a surge of volatility in dollar pairs might occur after the publication of data on orders for durable goods in the United States. Well, almost certainly not avoid a “roller coaster” on Friday, when data on US GDP for the first quarter will be published. In relation to relatively calm news background, investors and traders decided to attend to promising events. In particular, what will happen with the euro after the Mario Draghi departure from the post of President of the ECB? According to analysts at UBS, the euro is waiting for its growth regardless of who takes the chair. Motivation - a new president - is a reason to start tightening monetary policy in the Eurozone. That is a positive factor for the euro anyway. So those who are engaged in long-term trading should pay attention to buying euros, which is quite cheap lately. Another important Central Bank’s meeting this time in Japan was held today. Traditionally, the Bank of Japan did not adjust the country's monetary policy. But at the same time, Central Bank made it clear that the ultra-soft monetary policy will continue until at least 2020. In addition, the Central Bank lowered its forecasts for inflation and GDP in Japan. In general, this is quite a sickening blow to the yen, so its sales remain relevant. So, we are continuing to recommend to buy USDJPY. According to the US Department of Energy, oil reserves in the United States have risen sharply over the past week (+5.479 million with a forecast of +1.0 million). Despite this clearly bearish signal, oil did not decline. This once again confirms the current situation in the oil market: buyers dominate. This means that it is necessary to continue to look for points for buying on the intraday basis. As for our other positions, today we are continuing to look for points for selling the dollar against the euro, pound, and also the franc. In addition, we return to the gold buying on the intraday basis.
by Trade24Fx
Thursday's retail sales day and Friday is a day offThe latest news on Thursday. About the publication of the United States retail sales data. Unexpectedly, for most people the data turned out to be much better than forecasts (+ 1.6% m / m with the forecast of + 1.0% m / m). Recently, the US is not very pleased with macroeconomic statistics. So, everything is completely mixed up and it is difficult to say what is really happening with the US economy. However, the Dollar Index is too close to local maxima to buy a dollar. So we continue to look for points for its sales on the intraday basis. Canada posted quite good retail sales data (+ 0.8% m / m with a forecast of + 0.4% m / m). But in the battle of two dollars, the American turned out to be stronger than the Canadian. The UK decided not to lag behind and also showed growth in retail sales (+ 1.1% m / m with a forecast of -0.3% m / m). However, this did not help the pound much, and together with the dollar, it set off to storm the support of 1.30. Another reason for selling the euro has been provided by Germany. The PMI index in the manufacturing sector in Germany was worse than expected and well below 50 (44.5, with a forecast of 45.0), which is a negative signal for both the largest economy in the Eurozone and for the European single currency. Meanwhile, in the United States the number of active rigs has dropped sharply again. According to Baker Hughes, the number of oil installations for the week decreased by 8 to 825 pieces. Such news has supported oil. However, it is still at the local top. Recall that while oil (WTI brand) is below 64.50, we will look for opportunities to sell the asset on the intraday basis. Today will be almost a “day off”. US, UK and German markets will be closed. This means a low level of liquidity and a “thin” market. Accordingly, the probability of sharp and unpredictable price fluctuations sharply increases. Therefore, it is worth being extremely cautious in order not to run into another flash crash.
Short
by Trade24Fx
Data from China and the US, world trade is at crisis pointThe statistics from China was the main news event of yesterday. It seems that government measures to stimulate the economy have taken effect. Retail sales and industrial production were much higher than analysts' forecasts of 8.7% and 8.5%. As a result, GDP growth was also pleasantly surprised: 6.4% quarterly growth, with market expectations of 6.3%. The progress in the negotiations between the US and China the result is the decline in gold and the Japanese yen and it looked quite logical and reasonable. But we are still not in a hurry to sell gold. At least today. Moreover, the negotiations are rumors, and the facts are that in the fourth quarter of 2018, world trade fell by 1.8% q / q, which was a record value in the last ten years since the global financial crisis. According to The Telegraph, the recent downturn in world trade is similar to the dot-com bubble collapsed in 2001. Over the past almost 20 years, things were worse only in 2007–2008, when the volume of world trade fell by 12.7%. The dollar “received support” from data on the US trade balance. The deficit turned out to be less than experts had expected: - $ 49.4 billion with the forecast - $ 53.4 billion. We were pleased with the markets and data on the trade balance of Canada, which also came out better than expected. So the main beneficiary of the news of yesterday was the Canadian dollar, which strengthened well, although at the end of the day lost most of the gains. Recall that for the Canadian dollar, which is a typical commodity currency, positive news from China, coupled with positive macroeconomic statistics and high oil prices create almost perfect conditions for growth. Yesterday's news background is generally favorable for commodity markets. But oil was not able to take advantage of this and dropped at the end of the day. We consider this as a signal that the market correction has already matured. Accordingly, while asset quotes are at the local top, we decided to roll over from buying to sales. However, if oil resumes its growth (it will be able to consolidate above 64.50). So today we sell oil with stops above 64.50.
by Trade24Fx
USDCAD UPDATE 2 Our Short Setups still remain as explained in our related idea (See links below). However, this post is to explain how the stop loss can be extended to 1.35200 in case of high volatility on the back end of NFP. We will seek bearish PA confirmation around 1.33950 - 1.34500, ideally 1.3400. As this will probably be traded pre-NFP we need space for some volatility. Therefore, trade half the usual lot size and extend your stop loss to 1.35200. However, these points will be clarified as we get closer to NFP and on bearish Confirmation.
Short
by SERGENAYTUG94
USDCADClearly, the dollar is gaining against the Canadian dollar and long USDCAD is a bit crowded at the moment. Moreover, we have upcoming Canadian economic growth (GDP) coming out this week which is expected to be stronger than the previous period at 1.5 percent from 1.1. percent. That is still pretty weak though, it doesn't come out until Friday, and there is plenty of other pressures, event risks, and themes that will likely play into trading this week. Overall, a weekly trend trader should go long while one expecting worse news in the global growth slowdown story to short. For those a bit cautious, just stay put however my general assessment is short. If you want to find more of my charts and analysis, please check out my content at www.anthonylaurence.wordpress.com
by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot3
Getting long USDCADThose who have been following the current USDCAD call (see attached: "Oil weighing heavy on CAD") will know we are already positioned in longs here. So what we are trying to do is add another position on a "sell the fact leg" in oil after cuts on the supply side are fully cooked in ... (so time to start working the sell-side again there.) The dollar is also approaching buy levels and as a result buying the retrace leg here in USDCAD is a good opportunity. Lets see how it plays out (For those wondering red fib is from a previous swing and can be ignored I am publishing this on the way back to the office)
Long
by ridethepig
USDCAD_Long/Mid_term_forecastUSDCAD long to mid term forecast indicates a bullish trend. Current expectations are that US factory output is going to experience a slowdown; however I am not sure whether the data set on March 19 is going to reveal that. Regarding the Canadian inflation data, definitely expect to see inflation come down. Overall, I feel that the Canadian economy is going to come out weaker - falling home sales, no oil pipeline and reduced resource demand along with heightened trade and political tensions with US and China is going to affect the economy negatively propelling it down a recessionary path in the mid term. As a long term investor I am bullish on the USDCAD. In the short term I expect the support to be tested in the near future before continuing upward through the ascending channel.
Long
by advisacorp