It has to be said. If you want excitement, take $10,000 and go to Las Vegas for a day. Trading should not bring about the same level of excitement. I’m not saying, the entire process should be boring. In life and with the careers you choose, you have to love what you do. You have to keep the reward and vison in your mind, to drive you each morning. And you...
#Yield is moving well today. 1Yr is bouncing back better than 2 and 10Yr. $TNX is not bouncing as much but has not sold off as much as the others. The 10Yr is trading between 3.80 - 4.08. Did we see the top in short term #yields a few days ago? 10Yr on the other hand did not break the most recent high. Interesting to say the least. The last picture shows the...
The Australian dollar has taken investors on a roller-coaster ride this week, reflective of the gyrations we're seeing in the financial markets. In the North American session, AUD/USD is trading at 0.6656, up 0.56%. Australia's employment report for February was stronger than expected. The economy produced 64,600 news jobs, after a decline of 10,900 in January....
The past week’s selloff in banks has inflicted some punishment on the broader financial sector. But how severe is it? Will the crisis become an opportunity for patient buyers? Today’s chart of the SPDR Financial Select Sector Fund might help answer those questions. It uses weekly candles to help provide a long-term perspective. The main pattern with potential...
Here we are looking at BTCUSD on the 6hr TF… With the higher highs and lower lows that BTC has been putting in, I was able to find this potential reversal diamond pattern in the chart. If this structure is valid, there is still plenty of room left for chop in the coming weeks before a stronger move. For those of you who don’t know, reversal diamonds have a...
Preface and Disclaimer: I have a long term stake in Truist Financial Corp NYSE:TFC :( I wondered "why" Truist, company I have held for a very long time (when it was BB&T) would have been caught up in this contagion of small bank risk fears. An article by Seeking Alpha sheds some light on it: seekingalpha.com TL;DR, over the weekend analysis dug into their...
$25k has been the hard top in Bitcoin recently, with a nice floor being put in at $20k. $20k price support stems from the high set during the crypto bubble in 2017/18 and has historical value. $25k price resistance is coming in the form of the 200-wk average, an average that Bitcoin has never closed below let alone trended below before in the chartable price...
Shares in the banking sector have taken a hit amidst Silicon and Signature banking fiasco. In an attempt to recoup investors' confidence, the treasury secretary has ruled out any bailout plans. The fed chairman has also ensured that depositors would have access to their funds. Despite all the efforts, the market seems skeptical, and the regional banking crisis is...
In this video, I discuss my outlook on the market ($SPY) and a few trades that we, YS Stocks Investment Club, have jumped in. The past 10 months we have seen the market continue in its Declining phase but not before edging a bit higher in the month of October. Many investors expected the rally to begin in January but October began the bear market rally that took...
Hello traders, today we will talk about Trading Psychology The most famous book on trading psychology, “Tradingpsychologie” aptly remarks, ‘The greatest enemy of the trader is fear. He who is afraid loses!’. As a trader, you must have gone through emotions such as fear, greed, regret, hope, overconfidence, doubt, nervousness etc. While every trader goes...
The fallout of a bank's failure can have significant economic implications. Banks are important financial institutions that provide various services to the public and the business sector. The impact of a bank's failure can have severe consequences on the
A lot of talk on who is to blame for the SVB Financial collapse – this is the first big casualty of rapid rate hikes and tighter policy, but who is to blame and what are the next steps? -SVBs management – they invested short-term deposits in longer term fixed income assets – where a large % of its $120b securities portfolio lacked any kind of interest rate hedge...
Hey Traders, Lot of eyes are on USD Pairs. Local PA levels and lack of impetus VIA employment data have kept GBP where it is.. But there's more. And ya gotta plan for it. Watch on.
- CPI data tomorrow will likely determine if we can break that triple top on QQQ - money rotating around today to tech sectors no a complete FEAR day where money is leaving the market. - KRE / XLF ETF needs to bounce for SPY to bounce - 0.25bp current priced in at 62%, and a pause at 38% - if we break that triple, im looking for a daily bounce and would liking...
Many friends enjoy short-term trading, mostly due to the short holding time, quick results, and the thrill of the process. However, short-term trading is the most challenging among all trading methods and requires careful consideration. Today, I will share my early experience of short-term trading with you. Specific methods and strategies will be provided in the...
The S&P 500 Index (SPX) is a stock market index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. The index has been widely used as a gauge of the US equity market's performance, and it has been around since 1923. In 2008, the world witnessed one of the worst economic crises in history....
Key levels on the major currency pairs, gold and indices, as well as macro events to watch by our market analyst Fawad Razaqzada. NOT intended for U.S. audience
The situation at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is not particularly complicated. In short, they borrowed short and invested long, mismanaged their liquidity, and caused their own demise. The specific steps were as follows: low-interest deposit-taking, overzealous investment in Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), short-term liquidity gaps, forced selling of assets, and...