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...
USDC is systemically important in crypto and with the failure of Silvergate and Sillicon Valley Bank, the market fears a big hit to the reserves backing the stablecoin.
Short answer, Bitcoin.
About the same time last year the question was asked:
“Gold or Bitcoin - which is the better hedge for 2022?”
The idea is in the link below if interested. Suffice to say, there was Strong divergence, strong buy signals with study from multiply time frames. If you held Gold instead of Bitcoin you would now be in a position to have four...
The February non-farm payroll data in the United States remained robust, however, the unemployment rate and wage growth slowed, weakening market expectations of a Fed rate hike. The short-term direction of the gold price remains dependent on US economic data, with a focus on next week's CPI report. Technically, the gold price is expected to continue its rebound...
Financial stocks are taking a hit with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Is this a sign of contagion or a buying opportunity? Cryptocurrency is down across the board. Is this also a buying opportunity and if so, for how long?
Good morning fellow Traders!
I have been tracking the YENUSD pair with great interest in recent weeks as we have been rebounding from its local low. The pair has a beautiful long-term trend on the higher timeframes, setting the direction I have been looking to trade.
We are currently sitting in a sweet spot, the price has been consolidating around 130-137,...
XRP has been stuck trading in the same price range for the last 5 years. The real question is has it established its fair market value range or has it been just supressed by its pending law suit with the SEC. Personally I tend to lean more twords the later and expect real price discovery to occur after a decision has been reached on their status as a security. ...
📍 What is Drop Base Rally in Trading?
The drop base rally pattern in technical analysis is a chart pattern that appears when the market falls, then enters a period of sideways price action, and finally, shows explosive upward movements. Market makers open buy orders from demand zones to have a long position in trading. This is some kind of study for technical...
SVB Financial Group stock tumbled more than 42% in premarket trades Friday on fears of a run on the bank, as analysts downgraded the company and reports surfaced of funds advising clients to pull their money from the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank.
Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based venture-capital fund co-founded by Peter Thiel, has advised companies...
I begin each year with a macro assessment of what I refer to as the big four markets: Bonds, Equities, Commodities, and the Dollar index. Over the last six weeks we have examined monthly and weekly charts of the big four, and developed our thoughts around how the next year might unfold. Those more detailed pieces are linked below.
Late last year we presented a...
• BTC/USD falls on Silvergate
• Hawkish Powell has hurt everything include cryptos
• Not much support in sight below $21.4K
Bitcoin was down for the third day and week at the time of writing, pressing against key support around $21400. The momentum and negative sentiment towards the sector strongly suggest a breakdown could be on the cards towards $20K...
Before entering the market, we knew about the Pareto principle in the trading field. But after studying it for a while, you may enter the market with confidence, thinking that trading is not that difficult and that you are superior and can beat the so-called "housewives." This is the human tendency to overestimate oneself and be overconfident.
After entering the...
