💡 GOLD: Forecast January 17Gold tumbled on Tuesday, completely erasing last month's gains and inching closer than ever to the 50-day simple moving average, a key support indicator that sits slightly above the $2,010 area. The bulls must defend this technical zone; Failure to do so could trigger a move to $1,990, followed by $1,975.
On the other hand, if the buyers return and create a bullish reversal, resistance will appear at $2,045-$2,050. Removing this cap decisively may be difficult, but a breakout could create the right conditions for a rally to $2,085, the late December peak.
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Still a good arbitrage: Long Japan/ Short Chinawaiting for a short setup against China A50 and a long setup on Nikkei 225.
Let'see how it goes.
Traders who did the Long Japan/ Short China trades last year earned a lot. Will this combo still be the most beneficial trade for equity traders?
Currency
these 2 economies are gonna cut their rate.
The difference is China's gonna cut their rate regardless of fed's policy, while Japan will be released from the high interest difference between USD/JPY.
Economy
This part is tricky. Japan enjoyed 6% inflation since the "Big Inflation" during the post-Covid international inflation, which is the dream that Japanese authority chases for decades.
Price index and relative cheaper interest for leveraged capital is the 2 biggest Will it continues to grow
As for China, I will write a new article soon
Rising Star in Insurance: Kingstone Companies, Inc.Kingstone Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: KINS), an insurance company offering policies to small and mid-sized businesses and individuals, has experienced a notable increase in its stock price over the past year. The company's stock has soared by 27% in the last three months and climbed 55% in the last year. Despite this surge, it's important to consider various aspects of the company's performance and market position before making investment decisions.
Kingstone Companies operates in a competitive insurance industry and faces competition from several companies. However, it has managed to maintain a competitive position in the market. The company's profitability rank is moderate, with ROE, ROA, and ROIC figures suggesting profitability lower than the industry average. Nonetheless, the company has remained profitable for 7 out of the past 10 years.
The company's growth rank also indicates a moderate growth rate, with a mixed record in terms of revenue and earnings per share growth over the past few years. This suggests that while the company has potential, its growth has been inconsistent.
Kingstone Companies recently transitioned from making a loss to reporting a profit, which is a positive sign. However, the modest dividend yield might not be a significant factor in supporting the stock price. When evaluating the company's potential for investment, it is crucial to look beyond just the recent surge in stock price and consider the overall financial health and future prospects of the company.
In conclusion, while Kingstone Companies Inc. has shown promising stock price performance recently, investors should carefully assess the company's financials, market position, and growth prospects before adding it to their portfolio. The recent increase in stock price could be an indicator of potential, but a thorough analysis of the company's overall performance and market dynamics is essential for making informed investment decisions.
💡 EURUSD: Forecast January 16EURUSD continues to fluctuate in a narrow range, not creating new notable signals. However, the fact that the price has accumulated for too long around the lower border of the rising channel combined with the previous strong falling wave shows that the risk of breakdown is increasing. Bulls need to keep SL below 1.09 for existing long positions, guarding against the possibility of a price decline. If this happens, the short-term target for bears is around 1.075.
💡 XAUUSD: Reversal signalGold price suddenly dropped sharply in the last session when sellers returned around the 2060 resistance zone. Currently, the price has been forced to fall below the 2040 conversion price zone and is testing the previously broken down channel. Observing on the daily frame, we also see a very noticeable bearish engulfing pattern that has just appeared. The situation has changed, these price behaviors show that the buyers no longer control the market and the possibility that the price will decrease in the short term, you should temporarily suspend the buying strategy. Pay attention to the 2020 zone, if it is completely broken, the target that the bears aim for could be 1980.
💡 XAUUSD: Accumulation price compression phaseD1 gold increased yesterday, but the price bar created had a very narrow amplitude and was inside the previous price bar, creating a price action combo of inside bar + Narrow range bar, showing the cumulative price compression period. The gold D1 chart structure is still moving sideways.
H1 gold, after breaking out of the upper border of the lower price frame, is slowing down and cannot continue its upward trend because it has not yet created a higher price peak. Today the expectation is to continue waiting to buy H1 gold from the support zone below. If the price falls deeper, you can switch to waiting to sell gold because it is a sign of weakness.
NZDCAD - Range BreakoutNZDCAD has been ranging since December 2023. More specifically, this range formed in early December (of 2023) when price failed to form a new higher high.
I've been monitoring this pair on and off. While I have observed previous fake breakouts, or fakeouts, I would say the confidence level that this latest breakout holds is much higher.
This comes down to one simple reason - today's close. The bearish bar was strong and cleanly closed below the lower range boundary.
EURJPY - READY FOR THE BULL TO CONTINUE?!EJ has some amazing bullish momentum behind it- and I am looking to continue to ride this trend and long it!
I am waiting for at least a 50% retracement and price coming into the daily fair value gap (this is a must for my system!)- then we look for market structure shift on the hourly and attack!
This is looking like a very yummy LONG!
Follow and Stay tuned my friends ;)
Trends to finish this week and into next weekStill sitting short at 4805, at the time of recording I was slightly in the negative, but since we have pulled back down as expected and I'm in a profit zone. The trends are well explained in the video, but most important takeaway is that a new 4hr downtrend coming in below 4808 will signal a lower low, as will a 6hr downtrend coming in below 4759. These two movements would open us up, in accordance with trends, to further movement down.
Trends are as follows;
Last Macro Trend Signal Spots (ES Contract)
30m - 4817 Uptrend (1/12/2024) Higher High
1Hr - 4807 Downtrend (1/11/2024) Higher Low
2Hr - 4790 Downtrend (1/11/2024) Lower Low
3Hr - 4790 Downtrend (1/11/2024) Lower Low
4Hr - 4770 Uptrend (1/8/2024) Lower High
6Hr - 4797 Uptrend (1/8/2024) Higher High
12Hr - 4762 Downtrend (1/3/2024) Higher Low
Daily - 4378 Uptrend (11/3/2023) Higher High
Weekly - 4769 Uptrend (12/11/2023) Higher High
Economic Data;
PPI is today, I don't see it have a major weight into the market though as we had CPI, which weighs more heavily, yesterday.
Geopolitical;
US and British forces hit Houthi targets, furthering tensions in the Middle East. This is why Oil has rocketed up 4% thus far on the day. The higher oil goes, the more that price could bleed into inflation, and also the tension could cause some concern for supply-chain issues.
Side Note;
I did go Long on two ZMZ24 (Soybean Meal for December maturity) contracts yesterday at 360. I plan to hold until around 370 and evaluate further to see if they will reach the 'predicted' target of 401. I do not trade Soybean products often, it is more of a oversold historically position than a knowledge of how Soybeans work.
My sentiment going forward in the ES Futures Market is;
Shorter Term - Bearish
Short Term - Bearish
Medium Term - Bearish/Neutral
Long Term - Bullish
Safe trading, and as always, remember your risk management plan.
💡 EURUSD: Forecast January 15EURUSD still cannot escape the narrow range around the edge of the rising price channel. The bullish structure still exists and we still have long positions targeting around 1.1200. However, it should be noted that accumulation around the lower border of the price channel for too long is an unfavorable signal for sellers, especially when there has previously been a strong downward wave. You can hold the position but need to set SL below the 1.0900 zone to prevent the price from reversing and falling.
💡 XAUUSD: Predict the next actionAs feared, gold prices increased sharply in the last session of the week, confirming the creation of a bottom at the support area around the 2020 level with a double-bottom model and the breaking of the short-term falling channel. This price behavior shows the possibility that the price may return to an upward trend. The short-term target will be around the old peak around the 2080 resistance level. Those who catch a short-term reversal can consider buying.
💡 GBPUSD: Forecast January 12GBPUSD hit resistance around 1.2780 but there is no sell signal yet. If so, everyone can consider trading. The upward momentum weakens when approaching this resistance area, so you can sell it.
But if in case the price increases strongly and breaks the resistance, it is possible that the peak area will also be broken, then the trend will return to an uptrend, our trading strategy at that time will also switch to buying up.
💡 GBPUSD: Waiting for new signalAlthough down, last Friday's D1 GBPUSD bar has the form of a bullish pinbar pattern, showing buying pressure from below. Right in front is also a bullish pinbar. Although it is moving sideways and accumulating in the inside bar model, GBPUSD D1 is putting pressure on the upper border, easily leading to a break to the upside.
The accumulation structure with upward sloping price bottoms and sideways price peaks creates upward price pressure for GBPUSD H1, which is the reason for continuing to choose buying ideas for GBPUSD today.
#Oil possible more bearish moveThe bearish move that we see in this chart, which started on September 28th, has formed two bearish channels, preventing the price from going higher seven times so far.
As you can see on Friday, January 12th, with the geopolitical news from the Red Sea conflict, the price attempted to form a bullish breakout of the smaller channel but got rejected from the larger channel.
As a result of this rejection, not only did the price form a daily shooting star candlestick pattern , but also the bullish breakout now seems like a false breakout, signaling the potential for further bearish movement in oil.
We can also see that we have a bearish trendline on Stochastic oscillator which also bring more selling pressure on this commodity.
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💡 EURUSD: Forecast January 12EURUSD's price action did not change much, yesterday's price dropped sharply in the European session and turned up in the US session. Basically, the price action of the H4 frame does not have much impact, so our trading strategy remains unchanged. Continue to observe the resistance area around 1.1020. If the price approaches this area and forms a sell signal, you can consider trading.
💡 XAUUSD: Unpredictable fluctuationsInternational gold prices remained stable, hovering above $2,000 per ounce, as they did not experience an increase. This stability is attributed to the impact of a report revealing that the number of US workers applying for unemployment benefits last week was lower than anticipated.
This development serves as evidence that the US economy is in a recovery phase, with inflation being effectively managed. Consequently, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has opted to postpone any interest rate cuts. This decision has caused gold to lose its competitive edge when compared to alternative investment avenues.
According to the CME Fedwatch tool, the likelihood of a 25 percentage point rate cut in March decreased from 69.6% to 63.6%. Gold expert Jim Wyckoff from Kitco commented that gold is unlikely to experience an uptick by the week's end, given the ongoing recovery of the US dollar and the increase in US Government bond yields observed in the previous week.
Tim Waterer, a market analyst at KCM Trade, pointed out that the stability of the US dollar and bond yields is exerting pressure on the gold market.
Gold - Weekly Outlook at 2,035 LevelGold, or XAUUSD depending on which ticker you go by is playing around an interesting weekly level.
The 2,035 level has been touched four times since 2020.
August 2020: first touch and then sold off
July 2022: second touch and then had a stronger selloff
January 2023: third touch and then followed by a weaker selloff
November 2023: fourth touch and no selloff reaction
Depending on how price reacts around the 2,035 level for the week ahead, this will be very interesting to observe for the week ahead.
CADJPY - One of Three Yen Trend TradesCADJPY is one of three Japanese yen pairs that I held through the weekend. the other two pairs are EURJPY and SGDJPY as they share very similar price action patterns.
The selloff in December 2023 seemed short-lived to me so I found an opportunity to enter long earlier this month. My best guess for the selloff is the collective premature anticipation of interest rate cuts in 2024.
From a price action standpoint, I quickly developed another sentiment. High level summary below:
After a retracement, price failed to push to a new lower low.
The relative low forms a new range boundary.
Price breaks above the upper range boundary and holds, which signals further upside momentum.
I'm not the biggest fan of how this pair, along with EURJPY and SGDJPY, closed last week. Seeing two down days certainly poses a risk that this uptrend may not continue for the week ahead.
💡 GBPUSD: Forecast January 11GBPUSD increased slightly in the previous session and is cautiously heading towards the peak of 1.28. Although the buyers have not yet shown dominance again, the prolonged accumulation price range in a main uptrend is a good sign for bullish bets. Brothers continue to hold existing long positions, targeting around 1.30 and SL below 1.26.