The last two weeks were different like night and day for USDJPY traders. The pair fell from 108.47 to 106.48 during the first three days of October and eventually closed the week in negative territory. The last five trading days, on the other hand, told a much different story. Last week, USDJPY rose from 106.66…
Gold Traders Better Off Ignoring the News
In our previous article about the precious metal readers saw how the Elliott Wave principle put us ahead of gold ‘s $72-decline from $1531 to $1459. In short, the hourly chart made us think a three-wave decline from $1555 was still in progress. Hence, the bears remained in charge and more weakness could be expected.…
The Bears Rule Over Ethereum Under $225
We last wrote about Ethereum on August 9th. The second largest cryptocurrency had plunged by 42% in less than two months and was hovering around $210. Unfortunately, our Elliott Wave analysis of the decline from $363 pointed to more weakness ahead. See the chart below to refresh your memory. This chart was included in our…
Explaining Gold ‘s Weakness With Elliott Wave Logic
Gold bulls suffered in four of the last five daily trading sessions. A week ago, on September 24th, the price of gold briefly exceeded $1535. Earlier today, it touched $1459 before recovering to $1466 as of this writing. In the meantime, global economic growth is slowing and several recession indicators are flashing red; In what…
Staying Two Weeks Ahead of Bitcoin ‘s Crash to $8000
The price of Bitcoin has been slowly losing ground since late-June when it touched $13 880. The bulls have been relying on the support near $9000 for over two months. They no longer have that luxury. BTCUSD was still gravitating around $10 000 on September 23rd. The next day, it plunged to $7998. While the…
A Pattern + Drone Attacks Equals an Oil Price Spike
The price of WTI crude oil spiked at the open on Monday, following drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend that practically cut the kingdom’s output in half. How long will it take for output to be restored and is the situation going to escalate from here remains to be seen. The…
EURUSD Absorbs Economic, Trade War and G-7 News
EURUSD made a new low last week. The pair fell to as low as 1.0963 on Friday adding to the downtrend it has been trading in since February 2018. The last time the European currency traded this low against the greenback was in May 2017. The last few months have been characterized by new lows,…
Bitcoin Fulfills Yesterday’s Bearish Elliott Wave Setup
The price of Bitcoin plunged sharply on Wednesday and keeps falling early Thursday. BTCUSD reached an intraday high of $10 280, before crashing to as low as $9555 yesterday. Today, the bears are still in charge and managed to drag the price to $9320 so far. To sum it up, Bitcoin lost almost $1000 per…
Ethereum Made a Decision the Bulls Won’t Like
A month and a half ago, Ethereum was hovering in the vicinity of $340 a coin. The bulls seemed unstoppable after lifting the price by over 320% in six months. Unfortunately, an invisible threat was brewing under the surface. Instead of simply extrapolating the recent uptrend into the future, we thought it appropriate to take…
How Bitcoin Almost Collapsed Last Month
The price of Bitcoin returned above the $12 000 mark two days ago. As of this writing, the biggest cryptocurrency is still trading in the vicinity of $12k and the larger uptrend appears to be still in progress. Less than two weeks ago, things were not looking so rosy. BTCUSD was hovering around $9500 in…
Trump Didn’t Drag USDJPY Down. Elliott Wave Did
USDJPY plunged sharply last week after President Trump’s latest China tariff threats. The pair reached a high of 109.32 on Wednesday, July 31st, but finished the week below 106.60 on Friday. However, just because something happens after something else, it doesn’t mean there is causation between the two. In USDJPY’s case, the stage was set…
Crude Oil Bears Needed a Spark. Trump Threw a Bomb
The price of crude oil recorded its biggest daily decline in four years Thursday after President Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods. The U.S.-China trade war has been unfolding during most of Trump’s presidency. With the 2020 elections approaching, many thought a trade deal might be in the…
Famous Pattern Put Gold Traders Ahead of the Curve
Last week, gold finally broke out of the consolidation it has been locked in for almost a month. The price fell to $1400 before rising to $1453 on Friday, July 19th. But instead of maintaining the positive momentum, the bulls lost steam and allowed the bears to close the weekly session at $1425.66. Fortunately, a…
Crude Oil Bears Needed a Week… And Mike Pompeo
The price of crude oil has been marching upward since early June, when it bottomed at $50.59. By July 11th, a barrel cost $60.91. Unfortunately for the bulls, the rally came to a halt after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated Iran was willing to negotiate on its ballistic missile program. To the oil market,…
Elliott Wave Setup Helps Crude Add 8.4% in a Week
The price of crude oil is approaching the $61 mark helped by U.S.-Iran tensions and a 9.5-million barrel decrease in US inventories. A rally in oil prices might seem easy to explain now, but it wasn’t so obvious a week ago. On July 3rd, crude was barely holding above $56 a barrel after a decline…
