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Euro Forecast: EUR/USD Rally on Tariff Delay

EUR/USD rallied back to 1.0500 last week as Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcement didn’t evoke much fear. But he also warned that tariffs on autos are coming.

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Canadian Dollar Forecast: USD/CAD Driven by Trump Tariff Timing

USD/CAD broke support as the U.S. Dollar broke down this week even after strong inflation prints out of the U.S., suggesting that Trump tariffs are losing their drive for USD-strength.

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Trump Announces Reciprocal Tariffs, USD Tests Support

Trump announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs, but they appear to be delayed in implementation, allowing for time to negotiate; and that’s released some pressure from markets fearing even more near-term change.

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US Dollar Support Test Post-CPI, Trump Tariffs Still Driving

Trump’s market impact continues to broaden as peace talks in Ukraine drove a EUR/USD breakout, followed by a reversal on news of reciprocal tariffs coming soon.

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U.S. Dollar Price Action After CPI: EUR/USD, USD/JPY

U.S. CPI continues to incline but FOMC Chair Jerome Powell didn’t seem too concerned when speaking to Congress. The USD/JPY rally has continued, however, even with many other USD markets paring back.

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Japanese Yen Technical Analysis into CPI: USD/JPY, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY

The Japanese Yen has shown significant drive around U.S. CPI reports over the past few years, setting the stage for tomorrow’s release.

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USD into a Big Week with Powell and CPI: EUR/USD, USD/JPY

The U.S. Dollar is center stage this week for the Wednesday CPI release, and Jerome Powell’s Humphrey Hawkins testimony is perhaps more important than normal given the backdrop between he and President Trump.

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February 10, 2025 07:45 PM
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British Pound Technical Forecast: GBP/USD, GBP/JPY, EUR/GBP

The Bank of England cut rates last week but it was the two votes for a 50 bp cut that weighed on the currency on Thursday and Friday.

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U.S. Dollar Price Action Setups into CPI Week

The tariff topic continues to dominate and after last week’s open following Trump comments on tariffs, traders should be on guard for more volatility into next week.

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Canadian Dollar Forecast: USD/CAD Snaps Back to Support, What's Next?

USD/CAD saw pandemonium on the open as the pair pushed a fresh 20-plus year high before scaling back. Tariffs have been delayed but not eliminated, and the focus now shifts to employment reports out of both the U.S. and Canada set for release tomorrow.

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Gold Forecast: XAU/USD Stalls Inside of $2900, $3k Looms Large

Gold saw considerable drama at the $2,000/oz level and now $3,000/oz is almost in the picture. Could that be a game-changer for gold prices?

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February 6, 2025 04:10 PM

Fibonacci in Financial Markets

Fibonacci is a popular way of finding support and resistance levels across financial markets. This article explains the background while using a live example in EUR/USD.

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February 5, 2025 07:38 PM
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EUR/USD, USD/JPY, U.S. Dollar Price Action Setups

Trump volatility is back and the USD has put in wide swings on the back of the tariff topic, and Europe still seems in the President’s crosshairs which could keep the DXY volatility flowing.

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Japanese Yen Technical Analysis: USD/JPY, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY

USD/JPY has shown a higher-low on the daily chart and at this point it seems to have evaded much of the tariff drama that’s engulfed other USD-pairs.

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Euro Technical Analysis: EUR/USD Spill as Threat of Trump Tariffs Hits Euro

Trump tariffs are zeroing in on Europe although there’s still a large amount of uncertainty. The pair responded to the threat with a strong sell-off at the open, that it’s now trying to claw back.

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Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD Bull Pennant Breakout to Fresh ATH

Gold bulls are back in 2025 and January was a green monthly bar following two months of pullback to finish 2024.

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Canadian Dollar Forecast: USD/CAD Pandemonium on Trump Tariffs

It was a busy week and it looks like it’ll be a busy weekend, as well, with 25% tariffs set to go in-effect from the United States on Canada. This could lead to a volatile open on Sunday in the pair.

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U.S. Dollar Rallies on Fed Statement, Pulls Back on Presser

It’s a busy week across macro markets and we’re just getting started after the FOMC. Tomorrow’s ECB meeting is expected to see a cut but the bigger item may be around Japan and USD/JPY.

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January 29, 2025 09:33 PM
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Gold Rally Tests Key Support After XAU/USD Threat at ATH

Gold bulls have been back at work so far in 2025 trade but to this point, they haven’t been able to push for a test of the 2800 handle in spot XAU/USD.

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January 29, 2025 04:30 PM
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U.S. Dollar Holds Support, Stocks Come Back to Life - Fed, ECB Coming Up

Stocks are clawing back losses from the weekly open even as the U.S. Dollar has bounced from a spot of support. The rest of this week is expected to be very busy on the macro front.

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U.S. Dollar, USD/JPY: Are Yen Carry Unwind Fears Driving the Global Sell-Off?

Fear drove early-session U.S. trade and this stands in stark contrast to just a week ago, when equities were driving to all-time-highs after the inauguration of President Trump.

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S&P 500 Bounces After Massive Gap-Down on DeepSeek AI Fears

It was a crude way to open a massive week, as fears of the AI rally being overblown obscured a loaded economic calendar.

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January 27, 2025 04:19 PM
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Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Forecast for the Week Ahead: FOMC, Core PCE

Stocks continued to rally last week with another drive after President Trump’s inauguration. Now we get to hear from the Fed and then Friday brings an important piece of inflation data.