Market Overview

The US stock market couldn’t hold on to its snap-back rally in early trading on Tuesday, but Treasury yields posted a sharp U-turn yesterday (Aug. 25). For a day, at least, the notion that the...

The inability of the US stock market to sustain gains following the Chinese rate cut has left the market unsettled. Similarly, despite early gains, Chinese stocks finished lower, with the losing...

Giles Jewitt’s FX Derivatives Trader School (Wiley, 2015) is a first-rate book, intended for serious, numerate readers. (And by ‘numerate’ I don’t mean math Ph.D.s, only those...

EUR/USDCurrent level - 1.1482 The consolidation pattern below 1.1713 is still underway, do I favor another leg downwards, to 1.1296 support zone. Key resistance lies at...

Traders made a sharp U-turn as the PBoC cut the RRR and the lending rate to curb the sell-off in Chinese stock markets. Chinese stocks were better bid in Asia but gains remained contained as the...

Forex News and EventsJapan: inflation target set to be lowered (by Yann Quelenn) Against all odds, Japan’s PPI Services came in above expectations at 0.6% year-on-year for July. The move is very...

Talking Points:Yen, Euro Drop on China Stimulus But Risk Appetite Boost May Be Fleeting US Durables Data, Fed Commentary in Focus as Markets Look for Guidance The Japanese Yen and the Euro faced...

As equity markets go to hell in a hand basket, and capital markets react to the additional safe haven flows, analysts are left wondering if Asia is facing a repeat of the 1997 financial crisis.The...

Markets seemed to be unconvinced by China's easing measures announced yesterday. DJIA erased initial bounce and ended -204.91 pts, or -1.29%, down at 15666.44. S&P 500 dropped -25.6 pts, or...

• China’s new rate cut fails to calm the markets US stocks were initially encouraged by the new moves from the PBoC to free up liquidity into the markets, but then sharply reversed the...

The Three Types of Fear: The Gross-out: the sight of a severed head tumbling down a flight of stairs. It's when the lights go out and something green and slimy splatters against your arm. The Horror:...

My July 28 commentary was the last time I gave an update on my Hybrid Lindsay model (a hybrid approach to the work of the late technician, George Lindsay). In that commentary I mentioned my forecast...

Hourly On Tuesday the growth of American and European stock markets kept the situation stable on the currency market. The EUR/USD fell to 1.1396. The US indices came out up 2.5%.They didn’t...

A certain calm has descended on Asian markets today, allowing traders to catch a much-needed breath.It still feels as though volatility can break out at any time and a quick 1-2% move in US futures,...