The Global Update

If you’re a purely technical day trader, you might find the current economic environment to be rather confusing. On the positive side, the volatility we’ve been experiencing can make for a dynamic trading environment, as day traders need volatility to

In observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday, there are revised trading hours.  Please refer to the links below for detailed trading hours: CME Group Holiday Calendar 2022 ICE Exchange Holiday Schedule 2022 EUREX Holiday Regulations 2022 Please be aware that our

The price of an asset stays still when buyers and sellers are at an equilibrium. When this point of balance happens, it doesn’t last for very long. Buyers may overwhelm sellers and tip prices toward the upside, or vice versa.

  View Upcoming Government Reports & Holidays for the month. The Global Update blog features various blogs from throughout the month. Key Events That Moved the Market in the previous month are detailed. 

The timing of the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production back by 2 million barrels a day (beginning November) is going to have widespread ramifications. As you might already know, the price of crude oil affects more than just gasoline.

Andrew’s Pitchfork is one of those strange indicators that seem to pop up in many contexts, from trading platforms to trading blogs, yet remains an indicator that many traders don’t know how to use. As we’ll see below, there are

Prices moved, but are there more buyers or sellers? When the price of an asset moves, the volume of buying or selling driving it may vary. Certainly, it helps to know if buying or selling volume is beginning to fade

  View Upcoming Government Reports & Holidays for the month. The Global Update blog features various blogs from throughout the month. Key Events That Moved the Market in the previous month are detailed. 

It’s safe to say that gold has been one of the more confusing assets on Wall Street. A hedge against inflation, gold has been falling despite consumer prices rising. A hedge against the markets? That’s something we have yet to

Most traders are familiar with Fibonacci retracements and extensions. They’re commonly used, fairly easy to plot, and relatively intuitive to follow. Yet, they’re only one among a larger set of Fib tools you can use to analyze the market. Although