FX option expiries for 6 December 10am New York cut 0 (0)

There aren’t any significant expiries to take note of for the day, leaving the risk mood as the key driver of trading sentiment. Looking ahead to the rest of the week, there isn’t any one expiry level that stands out but we’ll see how things develop in the days ahead.For more information on

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Commodity currencies hold slight advance as risk mood breathes easier for now 0 (0)

It is shaping up to be a risk-on run to start the new week, as risk sentiment in general is faring better.
Equities are higher and Treasury yields are surging as well, helping with the mood. This in turn is keeping the likes of the aussie and loonie in particular buoyed as we get things going on the

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BTC, ETH Survived Key Levels After Saturday’s Shake-up 5 (1)

The cryptocurrency market experienced a shock shakeout on Saturday morning. Low trading activity and the relatively narrow previous trading range created a situation where stop orders were placed close to the market price. Outside forces, such as the stock market pressure on Friday, triggered a s

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Eurozone December Sentix investor confidence 13.5 vs 12.5 expected 0 (0)

Prior 18.3

Euro area investor morale fell in December to its lowest since April as virus fears are being reignited across the region. The surge in the number of cases adding to the omicron variant isn’t comforting as investors fear renewed restrictions amid a fourth virus wave. Sentix notes t

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AUDUSD moves toward swing lows from September/October 2020 0 (0)

Swing lows come in at 0.6991 to 0.7005
The AUD is the weakest currencies on the day, and the pair is pushing to a new 2021 low and moves toward the swing lows from October in September 2020.  Those levels come in between 0.6991 and 0.7005. The low price just reached 0.7013. A move below that floor area would increase the bearish bias

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BOE’s Saunders: Economic impact of omicron a key consideration for December meeting 0 (0)

Remarks by BOE policymaker, Michael Saunders
It sounded as if he’s taking a bit of a step back from his hawkish dissents in recent months but he is quick to clarify that any potential delays to tightening policy may be a misstep by the central bank in the bigger picture of things.

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