On May 5th, the Bank of England hiked its interest rate from 0.75% up to 1.00%, which is the highest level in 13 years. In addition, the bank revealed how the monetary policy makers voted on the rate hike. Namely, six of the committee voted for a 0.25% hike, but three members wanted a 0.50% hike that would set the
On Thursday, comments made by the Head Economist of the ECB beat down the value of the EUR/USD, as it was revealed that the ECB is only preparing for rate hikes. By the start of the day's US trading hours, the EUR/USD had reached below the 1.0550 mark, where it encountered support. Economic Calendar Analysis On Friday, the US Dollar and the
On Wednesday, the comments made at the Federal Reserve press conference by the Chairman Jerome Powell caused a drop of the US Dollar's value. On gold price charts it resulted in a move above a resistance zone at 1,872.00/1,878.00 up to the 1,890.00 level. Economic Calendar Analysis On Friday, the US Dollar and the Canadian Dollar are set to react to the
On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 0.50%. Afterwards, the Chairman of the bank Jerome Powell hosted a press conference. Comments made by Powell that the bank is not considering 0.75% rate hikes caused a drop of the US Dollar. On the USD/JPY charts the event resulted in a sharp move below the 129.00 level and a
During the US Federal Reserve rate hike and the following press conference, the GBP/USD was highly volatile in the 1.2450/1.2550 range. As the head of the Federal Reserve stated that the Fed is not considering a 0.75% rate hike, the GBP/USD started to move upwards. Economic Calendar On Thursday, at 11:00 GMT, the Bank of England is scheduled to hike interest rates.
Throughout the week, the EUR/USD has been trading in a hundred base point range between a support zone at 1.0472/1.0491 and resistance at 1.0572/1.0593. The sideways trading was explained by the markets expecting the Federal Reserve Rate Hike on Wednesday at 18:00 GMT. As the rate hike occurred, the EUR/USD reacted with a 37 point move upwards, which hit the resistance
During April, the asking price for Dukascoin went down from the 1.6000 mark to the 1.4300 level. On April 21, the price found enough support in the 1.4300 level to start a recovery. By May 4, the price was back at 1.6000 Meanwhile, the bid price remained in the 1.4000/1.5000 range during the first half of the month. On April 16,
Due to the recent decline of the value of the US Dollar, the price for gold has surged. By the middle of Friday's GMT trading hours, the price had passed two hourly simple moving averages and the resistance zone near 1,910.00. In addition, the commodity has broken the channel down pattern, which guided it since the middle of April. Economic Calendar
On Friday morning, the retracement of the USD/JPY currency pair shortly pierced the 130.00 mark, before finding support in the weekly R1 simple pivot at 129.82. In the meantime, the pair had ignored the Thursday's mid-day low level zone at 130.18/130.30. Moreover, note that the 50-hour simple moving average was approaching the rate from below. Economic Calendar This week's notable events for
The US Dollar has recently declined against all other currencies and assets. On the GBP/USD chart is has resulted in a surge, which at mid-day on Friday was approaching the resistance zone at 1.2590/1.2600. The resistance zone marked the Tuesday and Wednesday high levels. In addition, the 100-hour simple moving average had reached the zone from above. Economic Calendar This week's notable
On Friday, the US Dollar retraced back down against all peer currencies. On the EUR/USD charts it resulted in a surge above various technical and psychological levels. By the middle of the day's trading, the exchange rate had almost reached the 1.0600 mark. Note that the 1.0600 level could be strengthened by the 100-hour simple moving average. Meanwhile, the Thursday's low
As the value of the US Dollar continues to grow, the price for Gold extends its decline. During Thursday's trading hours, the price shortly traded below the 1,880.00 level, before retracing to the resistance of the 50-hour simple moving average near 1,893.00. Economic Calendar Analysis This week's notable events for this pair are over. On Friday, macroeconomic traders might want to look
On Thursday morning, the USD/JPY pair was testing the resistance zone, which surrounds the 129.00 level. At 03:11 GMT, the Bank of Japan revealed that it would continue its monetary easing policy despite the low value of the Japanese Yen. The announcement resulted in a jump of the rate by 1.00%, which was followed by a surge to the 131.00
The GBP/USD decline has continued, as the pair has passed below 1.2500 and the weekly S3 simple pivot point at 1.2474. During the mid-day hours of Thursday's trading, the pair confirmed the pivot point as resistance and continued to decline. In the near term future, the pair was expected to look for support in the 1.2400 level and the lower
On Thursday, the EUR/USD passed below the 1.0500 level. Meanwhile, the rate had revealed that since April 21 the pair has been declining in a narrow channel down pattern. Economic Calendar Analysis This week's notable events for this pair are over. On Friday, macroeconomic traders might want to look at the Canadian GDP publication. Quiet week for macroeconomics EUR/USD hourly chart's review A continuation of
This week, the price for gold revealed that it has been declining in a channel down pattern. In addition, the commodity faces resistance at 1,907.50/1,911.30. During the second half of Wednesday's trading hours, the bullion had declined and traded below the 1,885.00 mark. Economic Calendar Analysis During the week, minor moves could be created by some data releases. Meanwhile, note that the
The 127.00 mark has provided enough support to the USD/JPY currency exchange rate for the pair to start a surge. By the middle of Wednesday's GMT trading hours, the USD/JPY had reached above the 128.00 level and technical levels, which surround it. Economic Calendar During the week, minor moves could be created by some data releases. Meanwhile, note that the whole financial
On Wednesday, it was marked on the GBP/USD charts that the currency pair has been declining in a channel down pattern since April 22. On that day, the rate plummeted due to the worse than expected UK monthly retail sales data. In addition, most recently, the 1.2600 level had acted as resistance. Economic Calendar During the week, minor moves could be created
By the middle of Wednesday's European trading hours, the EUR/USD currency exchange rate had reached below the 1.0600 and approached the weekly S3 simple pivot point at 1.0550. Economic Calendar Analysis During the week, minor moves could be created by some data releases. Meanwhile, note that the whole financial market continues to adjust to the latest comments made by the Federal Reserve
The situation on the chart for gold has not changed. Gold continues to find support in the 1,940.00 mark and resistance is provided by the 1,955.00 level and a zone above it. Previous analysis remains relevant. Economic Calendar Analysis There are no more notable events scheduled for this week. Next week's review is set to be published on Monday. XAU/USD short-term forecast In
The USD/JPY made three attempts at passing the resistance zone at 128.47/128.68. On Friday morning, the rate clearly bounced off the resistance zone, as it passed below the support of the 50 and 100-hour simple moving averages and the 128.00 mark. Economic Calendar There are no more notable events scheduled for this week. Next week's review is set to be published on
Since the middle of Thursday's trading up to the morning hours of Friday, the GBP/USD currency pair traded near the 1.3020 level. Due to that reason, the previous forecast scenarios remained relevant. Economic Calendar There are no more notable events scheduled for this week. Next week's review is set to be published on Monday. GBP/USD short-term review A decline of the Pound against the
The April high level zone at 1.0920/1.0938 provided resistance to the EUR/USD currency exchange rate. The event was followed with a decline to the weekly simple pivot point at the 1.0832 level. In the meantime, on Friday morning it was spotted that the rate was finding resistance in the 50-hour simple moving average. Economic Calendar Analysis On Friday, at 07:30 GMT, the
Gold continues to find support in the 1,940.00 mark and resistance is provided by the 1,955.00 level and a zone above it. Economic Calendar Analysis There are no more notable events scheduled for this week. Next week's review is set to be published on Monday. XAU/USD short-term forecast In the near term future, a potential decline of the price for gold might look