The FOMC announced another 50bps (0.50%) Interest Rate increase to 4.50% which has lead to short term downside for gold as an initial reaction.
The question for many remains.
Why does gold drop when interest rates rise?
There are a number of reasons, but here are the top 5…
#1: Investors look elsewhere
Higher interest rates can make other investments, such...
Hey traders,
Yet again, the OFA script clearly show we should not be meddling with the affairs of the bears, side fully in control of the price action in the Gold market.
Let the flows, identified via the formation of fractal-based structures, determine the path of least resistance. As usual, credit where is due (Bill Williams). The script simply makes it...
Today we will take a look at XAUUSD. I really like this asset to trade because of the consistent trends it provides, which are great for swing traders.
When you are executing a swing strategy , the main thing is avoiding choppy conditions and increasing the odds of developing setups on situations where you may observe clean trends from point A to point B.
In...
Today we prepared for you 3rd part of our paper on asset classes for beginners. Purpose of this paper is to concisely detail futures contracts, forwards, swaps and options.
Asset Classes - Part 1 and 2 - For beginners
Feel welcome to read part 1 and part 2 if you have not yet.
Derivative
Derivative is a type of financial asset which derives its value from...
Required add-on (free): NEXT Regressive VWAP
Target market: COMEX:GC1! 10R chart
Strategy Overview:
- Long when price crosses upper band (green)
- Short when price crosses lower band (red)
- Do not initiate trades in the buffer zone (between the bands) - that is our filter
Setting Alerts:
Here is how to set price (close) crossing band alerts: open a...
It all started with gold prices falling in 2018, and after a while, I started looking for potential opportunities in Gold. What followed was a long time friend by the same namesake suddenly popped up to ask for my opinion specifically about gold... and this was two years ago today, short of a few days, in mid-August 2018 (see chart by zooming out).
Since then, the...
On TradingView, hotkeys and shortcuts will help you chart faster and navigate markets in lightening-speed. Draw a Trendline or a Fibonacci Retracement by pressing one or two keys on your keyboard. In this video, we want to show you every hotkey and shortcut available.
Press Alt / ⌥ + T to quickly draw a Trendline.
Or press Alt / ⌥ + F to quickly draw a...
Gold has been on a very aggressive rise since it broke the 1,380 long term 1W Resistance. Recently it made contact with the Higher High trend line of its 1M Channel Up (RSI = 73.372, MACD = 46.760, Highs/Lows = 196.7521). Undoubtedly we have entered a new long term multi year Bull Cycle but that doesn't mean that the uptrend won't be without lows. Long term...
This is a classic change of market stages - after an impulse down there is a deep corrective pullback.
The Bear Flag pattern is in the making.
Another drop to follow once the price breaks below the pattern.
