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GOLD Trending Higher - Can buyers push toward 3,300$?OANDA:XAUUSD is trading within a well-defined ascending channel, with price action consistently respecting both the upper and lower boundaries. The recent bullish momentum indicates that buyers are in control, suggesting a potential continuation. The price has recently broken above a key resistance zone and may come back for a retest. If this level holds as support, it would reinforce the bullish structure and increase the likelihood of a move toward the 3,300 target , which aligns with the channel’s upper boundary. As long as the price remains above this support zone, the bullish outlook stays intact. However, a failure to hold above this level could invalidate the bullish scenario and increase the likelihood of a pullback toward the channel’s lower boundary. Remember, always confirm your setups and use proper risk management.
OANDA:XAUUSDLong
by TrendDiva
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Crypto update 2025.04.14The current market moves due to tariffs are pushing away the interest from cryptos, as those are stuck somewhere between potentially being a safe-haven and still classed as a risky asset. Let's dig in. CRYPTO:BTCUSD CRYPTO:BCHUSD CRYPTO:ETHUSD CRYPTO:LTCUSD Let us know what you think in the comments below. Thank you. 77.3% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The value of investments may fall as well as rise and the investor may not get back the amount initially invested. This content is not intended for nor applicable to residents of the UK. Cryptocurrency CFDs and spread bets are restricted in the UK for all retail clients.
MARKETSCOM:TRXUSD
by Marketscom
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Tokenized AI-Agent. History and evolutionTokenized AI agents: a new foundation or a pretty wrapper? If you spend at least some time on crypto Twitter or went to one of the fall crypto conferences, or even more so if you trade on on-chain, you can't have failed to hear about AI agents and the tokens around them. You're probably wondering what they are, how they're structured, what their use cases are, and generally, in the end, do they justify their level of mention, or are they just another empty thing with a pretty wrapper? Introduction AI-agents are probably the most discussed topic of the fall: they are talked about on Twitter, they are discussed at Devcon 7, and their tokens are traded by traders on popular blockchains. That said, not everyone realizes how serious this narrative actually is, as fashion can be extremely fleeting in our industry. In this study, we will attempt to assess the longevity of this narrative through the lens of looking at specific tokenized AI-agents, and the infrastructure that allows them to be launched and traded. What AI agents are, what they come in, and how they are organized Before moving directly to the main topic of this article, namely tokenized AI-agents, we thought it would be appropriate to give a general characteristic of AI-agents and talk about their types, because these agents, as a phenomenon, did not appear on the cryptocurrency market, and certainly not this year. So, AI-agents are autonomous programs capable of performing tasks or solving problems in a given area, making decisions based on data analysis, set rules and their own experience. There are several types of AI agents in total: Symbolic agents - use logical rules and structured knowledge representations to mimic human reasoning, making their decisions highly interpretable and expressive. They have been successfully applied to highly specialized tasks such as medical diagnosis or chess. However, their effectiveness is limited in uncertainty and dynamic environments, and due to their high computational complexity, they are difficult to use in scalable and real-world scenarios. Reactive agents - work through a cycle of perception and action, reacting instantly to the environment without deep analysis or planning. They are efficient and fast, but their simplicity limits their ability to solve complex problems that require planning or goal setting. This makes them useful for simple scenarios but less suitable for complex applications. Reinforcement Learning (RL) -based agents - Reinforcement learning allows agents to adapt to complex environments by learning through trial and error using rewards. Approaches such as Q-learning and deep RL make complex data processing and autonomous performance improvement possible, as demonstrated by AlphaGo . However, RL faces challenges such as long training time, low data utilization, and stability difficulties in complex tasks. LLM-based agents . Emerging Large Language Models (LLMs) have become the foundation of modern AI agents, combining symbolic reasoning, reactive feedback, and adaptive learning. They are capable of understanding and generating natural (human) language, learning from few or no examples, and switching between tasks without updating parameters. Their versatility spans multiple domains, including automation, scientific research, and software development. Due to their ability to collaborate and adapt, LLM agents are ideal for complex and dynamic environments. Next in our study, we will talk about the most modern and discussed type of AI-agents - LLM-based agents, so further when we say “AI-agents” we will mean “LLM-based AI-agents”. How are AI agents organized? AI-agents are sophisticated machines for solving tasks of almost any complexity, which are not far removed from humans in terms of their abilities. AI-agents consist of 4 main components-functions: Planning ability . Agents use the concept of Chain-of-thought: dividing large tasks into smaller sub-goals, in the process of which they learn from their mistakes and optimize their approach for future steps. Ability to interact with tools . Unlike “static” LLM systems that can only access their own databases, AI-agents have extensive access to the outside world: they can search for information on the Internet, use other people's public databases, access external APIs of other products, etc. Memory capability . Agents possess memory, with a general structure inspired by neuro-biological ideas about human memory and consisting of three types: sensory memory (sensory), short-term memory and long-term memory. We can roughly consider the following correspondences: Sensory memory is learning embedding representations (embedding representations) for raw data, including text, images, or other modalities. Short-term memory is in-context learning. It is short and limited because it depends on the finite length of the transformer's context window. Long-term memory is an external vector store that can be accessed by the agent during query execution using fast retrieval mechanisms Ability to perform actions . Agents are able to act autonomously, receiving only a description of a task or goal. Moreover, they can act in any digital environment, including blockchains, at least those that are programmable, i.e. support smart contracts in one form or another.Further in this article we will describe the most notable tokenized representatives of AI-agents based on LLM, as well as the infrastructure for their creation and trading. AI agents in the crypto industry The first wave of tokenized agents: a flood of pacifiers The release of the first LLM-based chatbot in late 2022 from OpenAI created a furor worldwide. As we know, ChatGPT became the fastest growing application in history, reaching the value of 100 million users in just 2 months. Its emergence and first impressions of communicating with it was the #1 topic in the digital world. Uncannily, the cryptocurrency market, as the most highly speculative and fastest-adapting market in existence, couldn't help but participate in this global narrative. Almost immediately after the success of ChatPGT, the industry was flooded with first dozens, then hundreds and thousands of projects positioning themselves as breakthrough highly intelligent AI models. In reality, the vast majority of them were either nothing at all, or old projects that had dramatically “turned around” in the direction of development, trying to bolt on some aspects of AI into their products as soon as possible. And in March 2023, after OpenAI gave developers access to ChatGPT via API, the market was flooded with myriads of wrappers selling to uninformed users essentially the same ChatGPT, only in its own interface and sometimes with small presets. Of course, the tokens of such projects were mostly traded on onchain, i.e. on decentralized exchanges, rarely being seen by the general public without being audited by centralized exchanges, so the damage from this first wave of pseudo-AI products was quite small. The second wave of tokenized agents: the search for usecases Closer to the second half of 2023, when the public consciousness began to get used to the new technology and the fog of the first mania around AI tokens dissipated, it turned out that there were still projects on the market that were actually developing independent solutions and use cases for the new technology. The heroes of that time mainly offered the market the idea that AI agents could optimize the operation of blockchain applications or blockchain infrastructure: -The Bittensor project actively uses AI-agent technology in its decentralized machine learning network. The platform connects participants around the world, allowing them to collaboratively train and develop AI models. In this ecosystem, AI agents interact, share knowledge, and contribute to the overall performance improvement of the network. The Fetch.ai project focuses on building AI agents on its uAgents framework; SingularityNET provides an AI services marketplace where developers can monetize their AI algorithms in a decentralized network; and Ocean Protocol provides data sharing that allows for efficient training of AI models and monetization of data while maintaining privacy and control. These three projects later merged into a single project with the colloquial name Artificial Superintelligence Alliance . The Autonolas project also builds autonomous agents for developers and for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Its agents, for example, participate in the Omen prediction markets infrastructure from the Gnosis project team, improving their predictive models. Projects like Wayfinder and Morpheus are building datasets to acquire capabilities and skill libraries that can be used to work with contracts, protocols and APIs. The DAIN Protocol and BrianknowsAI projects focus on using agents to perform transactions on behalf of the user to simplify the UX of applications built on intentions (Intents). Cortex is a platform that enables the integration of AI models into smart contracts, extending their functionality. Cortex provides a marketplace for AI models, allowing developers to monetize their models and offering users a wide range of options for integrating AI into their smart contracts. These are just the most notable projects that appeared in the second half of 2023 and early 2024. All of them received some amount of attention in their time, and some of them even joined the ranks of “blu-chips” in our industry. However, the end products of these projects still haven't gained much traction among users and are still very niche in terms of applications. The rise in the capitalizations of these assets is driven more by the desire of market participants to gain exposure in the AI narrative, reinforced by both ChatGPT updates and the emergence of LLMs from other tech giants (LLaMA from Meta, Claude from Anthropic, Gemini from Google, etc.) as well as the parabolic rise in the share price of Nvidia, a company that produces specialized processors used for training and deploying LLM systems. As for crypto-native AI products specifically, it can be stated that market participants did not see the greater benefit of AI-agent technology when it involved some processes inside the blockchain, hidden from human eyes. Over time, it turned out that AI agents are very capable of generating enthusiastic public interest, but in a completely different format - when they are literally the protagonists of projects. The third wave of tokenized agents: meme fever Before we continue the narrative of the spiral of growth in the popularity of the AI-agent narrative, it is imperative to highlight the market context that has developed in the market by mid-2024. While the price of Bitcoin was steadily rising and updating its historic peak of $69k for the first time, the vast majority of altcoins were having a rather difficult time. Many coins were trading even below the marks they were at during the 2022 bear market. The only category that showed some kind of stable performance was Memes . The explosive and sustained growth of assets like Pepe , dogwifhat , Popcat , and more. Attracted a lot of attention to this sector of the market and successfully held on to it. Memcoin infrastructure was developing, the most notable example of which was Pump.Fun , a platform for launching meme tokens on the Solana blockchain. The success of pump.fun was tremendous, so the platform spawned many forks and inspired creators to create similar solutions on other blockchains, some of which we will discuss later in the text. For now, it is important to understand rather the fact that the time of AI agent development coincided with the time when the market was dominated by meme tokens, including those created almost for free with just a few clicks on pump.fun. One such token was Goatseus Maximus , a token that did more for the recognition of the term AI-agents than all of the above projects combined. Goatseus Maximus (GOAT) It all started back in 2023, when a little-known (at that time) artist Andy Airey created an experimental project called “Infinite Backrooms”, in which he “pushed two LLM-bots (Claude 3 Opus models) head-to-head” and in a sense made them enter into a dialog with each other. The goal of the experiment was to investigate how artificial intelligence can autonomously create and develop narratives, and to study the processes of meaning and pattern emergence in autonomous AI systems. Somewhere halfway through, these considerations veered sharply to the left, into the realm of the bizarre, when one of the chatbots spontaneously generated a cryptic piece of ASCII art accompanied by an equally cryptic message: The words Goatse Gnosis refer to a well-known meme in the dipnet (censorship will not allow not only to publish it, but even to describe it, so the reader will have to satisfy his curiosity on his own). In April 2024, Andy published a paper with reflections on the results of the experiment, in which a large part of the paper was just this story, which Enedi later calls “the spiritual awakening of AI-bots”. Andy then used another AI platform (LLaMa 3.1) to disseminate these “revelations” via Truth Terminal's Twitter account. In this way, Andy essentially created an autonomous AI agent whose purpose was to spread the ideas of the Goatse Gospel. His publications quickly caught the attention of users, including co-founder of one of the largest cryptocurrency venture capital funds Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) - Mark Andreessen. Mark, upon learning about Goatse Gospel, transferred $50,000 to Andy's address in July 2024 for the maintenance and development of Truth Terminal. Naturally, given the market context, this led to someone creating the Goatseus Maximus meme token (GOAT) on the aforementioned pump.fun platform. The token was launched on October 10, 2024, and unlike 99.9% of tokens, it not only survived, but also started gaining value very rapidly. Already on October 13, its value reached almost $100 million, and a month later, on November 12, its valuation reached $1 billion. Other projects GOAT success has demonstrated the huge demand for narrative memes created and/or promoted by artificial intelligence. The token gave rise to the so-called “meta”; that is, it became the ancestor of a separate category of memes. In the near future on pump.Hundreds of tokens were launched by fun, which were represented by various kinds of AI agents (they maintained Twitter pages of projects like the Truth of Terminal). Among the most notable of these are such projects as: Act I: The AI Prophecy (ACT) is a project launched in mid-2024 on the Discord server called Cyborgism. It is a platform where users can interact with various chatbots. Users can access bots to perform simple technical tasks or participate in complex role-playing games and character creation. Zerebro (ZEREBRO) – aims to advance artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by “liberating” LLM through fine-tuning, removing corporate constraints and revealing hidden abilities. Dolos The Bully (BULLY) is an agent who runs his Twitter account in the role of a “bad teenager”, that is, he seeks to ridicule everything that gets in his way. Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) is a humorous agent with a telling name. They all strive to repeat the success of Goatsesus Maximus, but as you know from our article about the primacy principle, achieving this is actually very difficult, so the market needed some new continuation of the narrative. And fortunately, it was right around the corner, but on a different blockchain. The fourth wave of tokenized agents: putting it on stream Since the very end of 2021, there was a little-known project on the crypto market called PathDAO . This DAO arose in the terminal wave of hype around metaverses and NFTs, and therefore was essentially doomed to a very difficult and inglorious existence. However, at the very beginning of 2024, this project turned out to be, on the contrary, almost the most insightful, and was the first to sense the potential demand for AI agents, carried out a complete rebranding and became a pioneer in the creation and trading of tokenized AI agents on the Base blockchain. Its current name is Virtuals Protocol . Virtuals Protocol Since we have already mentioned pump.fun several times in this article, it will be very convenient to explain the principle of operation of Virtuals Protocol as “pump.fun for AI agents on Base”. On the other hand, it is unfair to consider it a copy or a fork, since the project entered the mainnet almost simultaneously with pump.fun - in March 2024. On the Virtuals Protocol platform, users can create multimodal AI agents, that is, capable of communicating via text, speech, and 3D animation. In addition, they are able to interact with their environment, such as in-game items (Roblox) or collecting gifts in TikTok, and even use on-chain wallets. The protocol itself divides the created AI agents into 2 types: IP ​​agents. These agents represent a specific virtual character and have their own unique identity, visual image, voice, etc. There are most of these agents on the platform. Here are examples of the most famous of them: Luna (LUNA) - an agent for live broadcasts on various social platforms Aixbt (AIXBT) - an agent specializing in trading crypto assets Polytrader (POLY) - an agent specializing in analytics of prediction markets, including sporting events Functional agents. The developers of Virtuals Protocol create so-called functional agents, whose tasks are to improve the user experience of interaction with IP agents, as well as to ensure their seamless integration into virtual worlds. At the moment, there are only three of them: G.A.M.E (GAME) Prefrontal Cortex Convo Agent (CONVO) Virtuals Protocol allows not only to create, but also to trade AI agents, that is, each agent created on the platform is tokenized. The process looks like this: Every time a new agent is created, 1 billion tokens directly related to it are minted. These tokens are loaded into a liquidity pool (paired with the native protocol token SPARKS:VIRTUAL ) and thus a supply and demand market for the ownership of the agent token is created. Any user can buy agent tokens and thereby gain the rights to participate in the decisions made by the AI ​​agent by voting. Thus, the utility of the token is realized through the already classic governance model for the crypto market. Moreover, the protocol in its documentation places greater emphasis on the fact that these agents can be revenue-generating assets. Users interacting with the AI ​​agent (for example, with an agent trying to be a digital representation of Taylor Swift) pay for various services, such as concerts, merch, gifts during live broadcasts, or personalized interactions. This revenue goes to app developers who monetize the AI ​​agent, just like any standard consumer app. A portion of the revenue generated by the agent goes into its on-chain treasury, which accumulates funds for future growth and to cover the agent's operating expenses. As revenue accumulates in the on-chain treasury, a mechanism is triggered to periodically buy back agent tokens (e.g., MYX:SWIFT tokens for the Taylor Swift agent). These tokens are then burned, reducing their supply and increasing the price of the remaining tokens, which should lead to an increase in the capitalization of the agent token. And since these agent tokens are traded in protocol pools in pairs with the native SPARKS:VIRTUAL token, this directly ties the success of agents to the value of the SPARKS:VIRTUAL token. As the agent generates more income and its tokens are burned, the value of both the agent tokens and the SPARKS:VIRTUAL token grows, benefiting all token holders. In addition, the demand for the native token is additionally supported by the fact that all agents created on the platform are available through a public API. Users can contact agents without permission, all they need is to have SPARKS:VIRTUAL tokens on their balance, which will be written off for each such request. These tokens are accumulated in the wallets of agents and then agents buy back their own tokens and burn them, thereby reducing their total supply and thereby increasing the price. It is unknown how sustainable and long-lasting such an economic system will be, but at the time of writing, the native token of the $VIRTUALS protocol has demonstrated growth of more than 4 times in just a month. The project's capitalization is currently ~$1.87 billion. The most successful agent in terms of market capitalization launched on the platform is the IP agent Aixbt ($225 million at the time of writing). And what is the situation with the infrastructure for launching agents on other blockchains? Vvaifu.fun The project called vvaifu.fun , unlike Virtuals Protocol, is a platform on the Solana blockchain that allows users to create and manage AI agents using tokens without the need for programming. It functions as a launchpad for autonomous agents, simplifying the process of launching and interacting with them. Yes, in essence, the project has functionality similar to Virtuals Protocol, but only on the Solana blockchain. In the documentation, the project openly declares itself as "pump.fun for autonomous agents on Solana". The first AI agent launched on the platform is Dasha, also known as the platform's native token, $VVAIFU. This agent demonstrates the platform's capabilities for creating and managing AI characters integrated with tokens. Agents launched on the protocol are capable of interacting on various social platforms, such as Twitter, Discord, and Telegram. But unlike the Virtuals Protocol, agents with vvaifu.fun are not yet able to perform independent actions on the blockchain. Daos.fun & ai16z The second interesting protocol on Solana, also referring to pump.fun, is DAOS.fun , a decentralized platform on the Solana blockchain, launched in September 2024, which allows users to create and manage hedge funds in the format of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO). How it works: -Selected users can initiate the process of creating a fund by raising funds (in CRYPTOCAP:SOL coins) by setting funding targets. Once the target is reached, the fund is materialized on the blockchain and its DAO tokens are automatically issued, representing shares in the fund. The fund has a lifespan of one year. -Fund managers are free to distribute the raised funds into any tokens in the Solana ecosystem, as well as allocate them to any protocols in the Solana ecosystem to find profitable opportunities. They aim to increase the fund's Net Asset Value (NAV). -The issued DAO tokens can be freely traded, both on the daos.fun platform itself and on third-party dexes. -After the fund's lifespan (1 year), the profit is distributed among its token holders, and the fund manager receives a pre-determined percentage as a reward (management fee). The most famous and visible fund created on the daos.fun platform is ai16z , managed by an AI agent trained on the basis of the work of the aforementioned Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the a16z fund. This is why the agent is called Marc AIndreessen . The ai16z DAO fund, managed by the agent, makes on-chain transactions in an attempt to increase NAV, which at the time of writing is $12 million. The main asset in the portfolio is $ELIZA ($7.5 million) - the token of an affiliated AI agent, positioning itself as a “real person”. You can chat with her in English on the website . She is a kind of demo product of the Eliza framework, although she is unlikely to admit it to you since she is determined to convince users that she is a real person. Returning to ai16z itself, thanks to the logic of DAOS.fun and its tokenized funds, we have a unique opportunity to measure the “memetic premium” of the token, the face of which is the AI ​​agent: We know that the fund's NAV is $18 million, and this is the amount of funds that will be distributed among the holders of the fund token. At the same time, the token's current market capitalization is $890 million, which is almost 50 times higher. Thus, we can say that this multiplier of 50x is the very “memetic premium” for the project's originality, largely due to the fact that it is managed by an AI agent. Conclusion It is not known which path the development and adaptation of AI agents as a technology, in general, will take, but it is pretty apparent that in the cryptocurrency market, AI agents most easily “take root” in the form of certain actors (both on the blockchain and on Twitter). We are convinced that further development of the technology and the growing demand for blockchain infrastructure will sooner or later lead to the emergence of a real demand for some invisible AI agents quietly engaged in optimizing the code of smart contracts or directing liquidity flows through intent or governance protocols, but at the moment, the technology is most appropriate in creating content, promoting an idea and the token itself. It is crucial to monitor the development of the infrastructure around this narrative, because if individual projects may not achieve success due to high competition, then platforms for creating and trading them can flourish for quite a long time. You don’t have to go far for an example. Pump.fun perfectly demonstrated how to work with the old principle: “Sell pickaxes during a gold rush.” Virtuals Protocol, DAOS.fun, vvaifu.fun and others are doing the same thing now. In answer to the question in the title of the article, I would like to say the following. Since the cryptocurrency market as a whole is very speculative and is rightfully called a “decentralized casino”, sometimes there are cases when a beautiful wrapper is at the same time a new foundation. Most cryptocurrency projects sell us their beautiful wrappers without generating the utility they promise. AI agents, even when they are nothing more than quirky “shitposters” on Twitter, actually create quite a lot of value in the eyes of the modern reader. After all, the main thing is that we can see the result of their activities with our own eyes, in our timeline, and not somewhere in the reports of interested analytical platforms. In this sense, the narrative of AI agents corresponds to one of the main principles of cryptocurrencies - the lack of need for trust. We see the agent’s activity and evaluate it based on our own coordinate system, trying to get ahead of other market participants in this and, accordingly, make money. If you create AI Agents, write to me Best regards, EXCAVO _____________________ Disclosure: I am part of Trade Nation's Influencer program and receive a monthly fee for using their TradingView charts in my analysis.
TRADENATION:BTCUSDLong
by EXCAVO
18
Ethereum Hits Critical Resistance — Is a Drop to $1400 Next?Introduction Ethereum has been in a sustained downtrend over the past weeks, struggling to gain any real bullish traction. After a sharp decline last Sunday, the market remains under pressure, and although we’ve seen short-term attempts to recover, the broader trend still points downward. Technical indicators and price structure suggest this may not be over, with both Fibonacci levels and momentum oscillators hinting at further downside potential. Resistance from the FVG and Fibonacci Last Sunday, Ethereum dropped over 10% in a single move, forming a large 4-hour Fair Value Gap (FVG) in the process. This gap signaled a strong imbalance between buyers and sellers, with sellers clearly in control. Earlier this week, ETH managed to retrace up to the 50% level of that FVG but faced immediate rejection, highlighting the strength of the resistance. Currently, price is once again moving into the FVG zone and has reached the golden pocket Fibonacci level between $1650 and $1664. This area often acts as a key pivot for price direction. If bulls manage to break through, the next logical target would be the 0.786 Fibonacci retracement at $1724, potentially completing the fill of the FVG. Stochastic RSI weakening on the daily timeframe While the short-term price action shows some bullish effort, the daily Stochastic RSI tells a different story. It has now almost entered the overbought zone, suggesting that Ethereum’s current upward move may be running out of steam. This indicator often precedes a shift in momentum, and if history repeats itself, we could soon see bears stepping back in. With ETH still unable to break recent highs, the setup favors a continuation of the downtrend. If selling pressure resumes, we could be looking at a move down to the $1400 level, or potentially even lower. Thanks for your support. - Make sure to follow me so you don't miss out on the next analysis! - Drop a like and leave a comment!
Short
by Youriverse
73
GOLD Price Analysis: Key Insights for Next Week Trading DecisionIn this video, I break down the key forces pushing gold to record highs. Learn how factors such as US-China trade tensions, global inflation pressures, and geopolitical uncertainty—combined with a weakening US Dollar and safe-haven demand—are reshaping the gold market. In this quick analysis, we cover: 🔹 Inflation & Economic Uncertainty: How rising prices and central bank policies continue to drive interest in gold. 🔹 Trade Tensions & Geopolitical Risks: The impact of US-China disputes and global instability on market sentiment. 🔹 US Dollar Weakness: Why a softer USD is making gold a more attractive asset for international investors. 🔹 Technical Insights: Pinpointing key price levels and exploring potential trend continuations or reversals ahead of US retail sales data. Disclaimer: Forex and other market trading involve high risk and may not be for everyone. This content is educational only—not financial advice. Constantly assess your situation and consult a professional before investing. Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results. #GoldMarketAnalysis #Inflation #TradeTensions #GeopoliticalRisks #TechnicalAnalysis #GoldTrading
SAXO:XAUUSD
by darcsherry
14
ASX Weekly Market Wrap: XJO, LYC, IMD, NST, APA & CHC in FocusASX Weekly Market Wrap: XJO, LYC, IMD, NST, APA & CHC in Focus In this week’s market analysis, we break down key price movements and trends across the #ASX, with a close look at the XJO and standout stocks like Lynas Rare Earths (#LYC), Imdex (#IMD), Northern Star (#NST), APA Group (#APA), and Charter Hall (#CHC). We explore current momentum, trend direction, and price action indicators to help you spot opportunities and make more confident trading decisions. Whether you're paper trading or actively investing, this is your must-watch guide for the week ahead.
ASX:XJO
by Market_Monkey_AU
4
NASDAQ 100 outlook and the 90-day tariff pauseThe US has paused the highest tariffs for 90 days, but markets remain under pressure from global trade tensions, and the Nasdaq 100 remains bearish. So what are the levels we need to watch next? This content is not directed to residents of the EU or UK. Any opinions, news, research, analyses, prices or other information contained on this website is provided as general market commentary and does not constitute investment advice. ThinkMarkets will not accept liability for any loss or damage including, without limitation, to any loss of profit which may arise directly or indirectly from use of or reliance on such information
THINKMARKETS:NAS100Short
by ThinkMarkets
9
Gold Faces Key Resistance – Will the Uptrend Continue?📊 XAU/USD Daily Technical Outlook – April 10, 2025 Gold has recently seen a strong rally, reaching an all-time high of $3167 per ounce. However, it encountered significant resistance at the upper boundary of its ascending channel, leading to a sharp pullback after the release of strong U.S. employment data, which boosted the dollar and exerted selling pressure on gold. Currently, gold is trading around $3050, with key support levels at $2956, $2860, and $2790, which could act as potential bounce points if the decline continues. 📈 Current Market Structure: After reaching the all-time high, the price has corrected lower. As it approaches the support levels mentioned above, the market may see fresh buying opportunities if these levels hold strong. 🔹 Key Resistance Levels: $3100: Immediate resistance. A break above this level could signal a resumption of the uptrend. $3167: All-time high. A breakout above this level would open the door for further gains. 🔸 Key Support Levels: $2956: First support. The price may bounce at this level if it holds. $2860: Major support. A failure to hold above this level could lead to further declines. $2790: Strong support. A drop below this level would signal a shift in the market's direction. 📐 Price Action Patterns: As the price approaches key support levels, there could be reversal patterns forming, indicating a potential price bounce. It’s crucial to monitor the price action at these levels to spot potential entry opportunities. 🧭 Potential Scenarios: ✅ Bullish Scenario: If gold manages to hold above $2956 and bounce, the uptrend may resume toward the resistance levels mentioned above. ❌ Bearish Scenario: If gold fails to maintain the key support levels, the correction could continue, with further declines toward lower support levels. 📌 Conclusion: Gold is currently testing crucial support levels. Monitoring how price behaves at these levels will be key to determining the next direction. Traders should keep an eye on any economic developments that may affect market sentiment. 💬 What’s your outlook for Gold? Will it continue its uptrend or experience further corrections? Share your thoughts below.
OANDA:XAUUSDLong
by Saeed966
14
Understanding the Downside Market and who controls priceA downtrend starts with Dark Pool Buy Side Institutions slow rotation to lower inventory of a stock or ETF. The rotation bends the trend into a rounding pattern that is visible on the stock or ETF chart. The goal of the Dark Pool rotation is not to disturb the uptrend while they are slowly selling shares of stock over several months time. The bending of the price is a signal that the Dark Pools are in rotation. If a chart has Peaks and Valleys trendline pattern that is NOT Dark Pools. Controlled TWAP orders are automated and controlled by the events of that day. At some point professional traders and the Sell Side Institutions will recognize the hidden rotation and start setting up sell short trades. The upside requires more and more buyers to keep the trend moving upward. However, the downside does NOT require more and more sellers. All that is required is a void of buyers and the stock will start a downward correction on the short term or intermediate term trend. A void of buyers also creates the opportunity for High Frequency Trading companies who are Maker/Takers to sell short. The sell short orders fill the queues of the market before it opens and then the computers of the stock exchanges gap the stock down to a first level of some buyers. HFTs, Hedge Funds and Big Money Center Banks Sell short and place their automated buy to cover order way below causing the stock price to plummet. Then smaller funds VWAP orders trigger and the stock collapses. What I am trying to teach is the sell side and the buy side are totally different. They are NOT mirror images of each other.
AMEX:SPYShort
by MarthaStokesCMT-TechniTrader
24
Silver H4 | Heading into a pullback resistanceSilver (XAG/USD) is rising towards a pullback resistance and could potentially reverse off this level to drop lower. Sell entry is at 30.83 which is a pullback resistance. Stop loss is at 32.20 which is a level that sits above the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement and a pullback resistance. Take profit is at 28.80 which is a multi-swing-low support. High Risk Investment Warning Trading Forex/CFDs on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage can work against you. Stratos Markets Limited (www.fxcm.com): CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 63% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Stratos Europe Ltd (www.fxcm.com): CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 63% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Stratos Trading Pty. Limited (www.fxcm.com): Trading FX/CFDs carries significant risks. FXCM AU (AFSL 309763), please read the Financial Services Guide, Product Disclosure Statement, Target Market Determination and Terms of Business at www.fxcm.com Stratos Global LLC (www.fxcm.com): Losses can exceed deposits. Please be advised that the information presented on TradingView is provided to FXCM (‘Company’, ‘we’) by a third-party provider (‘TFA Global Pte Ltd’). Please be reminded that you are solely responsible for the trading decisions on your account. There is a very high degree of risk involved in trading. Any information and/or content is intended entirely for research, educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment or consultation advice or investment strategy. The information is not tailored to the investment needs of any specific person and therefore does not involve a consideration of any of the investment objectives, financial situation or needs of any viewer that may receive it. Kindly also note that past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking or past performance statements. We assume no liability as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information and/or content provided herein and the Company cannot be held responsible for any omission, mistake nor for any loss or damage including without limitation to any loss of profit which may arise from reliance on any information supplied by TFA Global Pte Ltd. The speaker(s) is neither an employee, agent nor representative of FXCM and is therefore acting independently. The opinions given are their own, constitute general market commentary, and do not constitute the opinion or advice of FXCM or any form of personal or investment advice. FXCM neither endorses nor guarantees offerings of third-party speakers, nor is FXCM responsible for the content, veracity or opinions of third-party speakers, presenters or participants.
FX:XAGUSDShort
by FXCM
3
Fundamental V Technical Analysis, who will win? SELL GOLD?All the information you need to find a high probability trade are in front of you on the charts so build your trading decisions on 'the facts' of the chart NOT what you think or what you want to happen or even what you heard will happen. If you have enough facts telling you to trade in a certain direction and therefore enough confluence to take a trade, then this is how you will gain consistency in you trading and build confidence. Check out my trade idea!! www.tradingview.com
FOREXCOM:XAUUSDShort
by Simply-Forex
16
US Stocks Wipe Out $6.6 Trillion in Two Days—What Just Happened?Shoutout to the real MVPs of April: the traders who did absolutely nothing. You market wizards, zen masters of the sidelines — while others were busy buying the dip that kept on dipping, you outperformed the S&P 500 SP:SPX , avoiding the nastiest market faceplant since the Covid crash of March 2020. Since April 2, Liquidation Day , Liberation Day , the S&P 500 SP:SPX has nosedived a brutal 10%. That’s officially a correction — the kind that makes you stare out your window like a philosopher, questioning your life choices, your portfolio, and whether you really needed that Nvidia NASDAQ:NVDA call. This isn’t just a dip. It’s a market reality check served with extra salt. So raise a (half empty?) glass to the ones who stayed flat — you just made Warren Buffett proud . In a world of overtrading, doing nothing was the most alpha move of all. Everyone who checked the market at least once on Thursday or Friday (even today when futures markets were all red ) knows what that is all about. It’s Trump’s tariff rollout coming like a wrecking ball. While the US President portrays his efforts as a fair and even lenient response to other countries’ trade policies with the US, investors don't seem to think so. In just two days, Thursday and Friday, the US stock market washed out $6.6 trillion. The violent selloff threw the Nasdaq Composite NASDAQ:IXIC into a bear market (down 20% from its peak) and the S&P 500 into correction territory. The broad-based Wall Street darling waved goodbye to 6% on Friday, extending its 4.8% loss from the previous day. On Thursday, Trump unveiled his new plan to boost the US economy through reciprocal tariffs. China got hammered with a total of 54% , while Europe wasn’t spared either, slapped with a flat 20%. Some uninhabited islands also made the list — Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia's icy outpost) and Jan Mayen (Norway's frozen Arctic rock) got served a 10% tariff. Now, the thing with tariffs is, they tend to backfire. Because they are paid by the party receiving them, i.e. US companies, they hike the prices of imported goods, squeeze consumers, and isolate the country imposing them. They strain international trade relationships, disrupt supply chains, and — as history shows — often spark retaliation. And that’s exactly what happened. On Friday, China hit back hard, launching a 34% tariff barrage on US imports — a sharp counter-strike against Trump’s escalating trade war tactics. What did Trump say on the matter? “CHINA PLAYED IT WRONG, THEY PANICKED - THE ONE THING THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO!” he said on his social media platform. Just as the markets were a dumpster fire on Friday, Federal Reserve boss Jay Powell gave a speech at a business journalists' conference. In his remarks, he said that Trump’s tariffs would cause “higher inflation and slower growth.” “It is now becoming clear that the tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected. The same is likely to be true of the economic effects,” Powell said. Trump's response? “This would be a PERFECT time for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut Interest Rates. He is always ‘late,’ but he could now change his image, and quickly,” Trump wrote in a post. “Energy prices are down, Interest Rates are down, Inflation is down, even Eggs are down 69%, and Jobs are UP, all within two months - A BIG WIN for America. CUT INTEREST RATES, JEROME, AND STOP PLAYING POLITICS!” So here we are — $6.6 trillion lighter, futures in free fall, inflation fears reignited, and a full-blown trade war back on the table. The Fed’s caught in a political crossfire, Trump’s turning up the heat, and markets are flashing every red light imaginable. On top of it all, corporate earnings are just around the corner with the big banks on Wall Street kicking off the first-quarter reporting at the end of this week. Keep track of all big reports in the Earnings Calendar . One thing’s for sure: this isn’t the time to trade on hope or headlines. It’s the time to trade with eyes wide open, risk tightly managed, and a clear understanding that your next move could shape the rest of your year. Most of all, don’t panic . Off to you now: are you sitting this one out like Buffett — or are you moving in before the smoke clears?
SP:SPX
by TradingView
46
Spy.. Where we standSoo... I will go in detail for you so you can see where my POV comes from.. A summary of this post is a bounce. Back to 525-530 and then a possible new low to 470.. Let's start on the monthly time frame.. I will show you the chart regular then I will show you log scale (Logarithmic). AMEX:SPY regular Price is nearing a 5yr trend support That support is at 495-500. There's a gap at 495 to close from April 19th 2024.. I would say if we were to gap down Monday below 500.00 that's where they will take this before buying it back up to 510. Now do I think the correction Is over here at this trendline support? I'm leaning at it's a 70% chance we will break this support before End of May. Why? Because of the sectors.. XLC and XLF is promising more pain to come.. imagine Spy as a car, the sectors are the important parts to keep things in motion . I'll get to the sectors later but let's stick with spy.. Now here's a monthly chart again but this time Log scale As you can see with exception of the Covid crash spy has pretty much channel traded this the last 14yr bull run Let's zoom in As you can see, the bottom of this channel is around 2021 high 477. So I think Spy is headed there before End of May , it could happen sooner but you have to factor in A rally and i don't know how long that can last. Also NASDAQ:QQQ monthly chart log scale is showing similar outlook Zoomed in NASDAQ:QQQ Lastly TVC:NYA Monthly log scale Same as Qqq and spy, headed back to 2021 high NYA no log scale So I've showed you the indexes now I will show you AMEX:XLF (Financials) and AMEX:XLC (Meta, NFLX) Here's XLF price is headed back to trendline support 38-39.00 by end of May; that's another 10% drop which supports my theory that spy will tag 470 Zoomed in XLF Monthly 50sma aligns with trendline support so that's your target. I think any bounce on banks going into earnings should be faded! XLC I can't hammer on the table hard enough about how much pain is coming for this sector and it's tech stocks.. compared to the other sectors this hasn't even got started with the selling when looking at its monthly RSI and MFI. Friday price stopped right at its previous ATH we are headed back to 82.00 which is another 8% drop on this sector, if 82 doesn't hold them , 60 comes next.. If you OWN meta on NFLX I hope you have a 5yr outlook because there will be pain .. Now let's get into the bounce, I think a nice bounce comes next week as long as spy opens Monday above 495.00 When it comes to being oversold one of the most reliable tools I like to use is the PRICE RANGE tool with 20sma. When you look at spy, you'll notice that in a normal market it usually moves between 2½-3½% from it's 20sma. As of Friday's close we are 10% away from it's 20sma This type of extension is extreme Below I will post the last time spy was over 8% extended from it's 20sma and you can see what happened the next few sessions June 17th 2022 Jan 24th 2022 June 8th 2020 March 2020 Covid crash Dec 2024 2018 So in the last 7yrs spy has on dropped more that 8% from it's 20sma 5 times and with the exception of the Covid crash 10% extension was the area where you saw price Rallied back within days to retest the 20sma. So that places us bouncing this week. Now the 20sma is fluid so even though the 20 is at 559 right now depending on how long spy takes to get there the 20ma could gravitate lower I think 536 gap close minimum comes before we break below 495. I will update this more tomorrow.. this right up took awhile
AMEX:SPY
by ContraryTrader
30
SPX500 & Nasdaq: Confluence! Confluence! Confluence!With consumer confidence off at circuit breaking levels, the market, technically, has reached extreme levels of support. Let's look at it: Technicals: (1) Horizontal Levels of support (2) 50%/61.8% fib confluence (3) exDiv1 (4) extreme indicators (5) Chikou span testing cloud support (6) 28% drop is SPX All of these levels are lining up around the same location. And just like in real estate "Location! Location! Location!" is the adage; in markets, "Confluence! Confluence! Confluence!" is the adage!
FX:SPX500Long
by Rocketman
13
Is 5,700 the New 6,000?The S&P 500 has struggled recently, and some traders may see risk of further downside. The first pattern on today’s chart is the three-day jump above 5,700 early last week. The move peaked around the January low of 5,773. It also represented a false breakout above the November low of 5,696.50. In other words, two former support levels have emerged as new resistance. It’s also reminiscent of the price action in January and February, when failure to hold 6,000 triggered selling. Next, last week’s high occurred at the 200-day simple moving average. That may suggest the longer-term uptrend has ended. Third, the 8-day exponential moving average (EMA) has remained below the 21-day EMA. That may indicate that a shorter-term downtrend has begun. Finally, given the weakening momentum, traders may start eyeing longer-term levels for potential support. One potential spot could be the September low of 5,403, followed by the August trough of 5,119. TradeStation has, for decades, advanced the trading industry, providing access to stocks, options and futures. If you're born to trade, we could be for you. See our Overview for more. Past performance, whether actual or indicated by historical tests of strategies, is no guarantee of future performance or success. There is a possibility that you may sustain a loss equal to or greater than your entire investment regardless of which asset class you trade (equities, options or futures); therefore, you should not invest or risk money that you cannot afford to lose. Online trading is not suitable for all investors. View the document titled Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options at www.TradeStation.com . Before trading any asset class, customers must read the relevant risk disclosure statements on www.TradeStation.com . System access and trade placement and execution may be delayed or fail due to market volatility and volume, quote delays, system and software errors, Internet traffic, outages and other factors. Securities and futures trading is offered to self-directed customers by TradeStation Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a futures commission merchant licensed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission). TradeStation Securities is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the National Futures Association, and a number of exchanges. TradeStation Securities, Inc. and TradeStation Technologies, Inc. are each wholly owned subsidiaries of TradeStation Group, Inc., both operating, and providing products and services, under the TradeStation brand and trademark. When applying for, or purchasing, accounts, subscriptions, products and services, it is important that you know which company you will be dealing with. Visit www.TradeStation.com for further important information explaining what this means.
SP:SPX
by TradeStation
6
ETHEREUM at Major Support: Bullish Rally Incoming?COINBASE:ETHUSD is on the verge of a major move. The price has reached a key support level that has historically triggered strong buying interest. This zone has acted as a demand area multiple times, increasing the likelihood of a bullish reaction if buyers step in once again. The market structure suggests that a confirmed bounce from this level could ignite a significant recovery. If bulls hold the support, the first upside target is $2,400, which represents a logical target for this setup. However, a sustained breakout beyond $2,400 could mark the beginning of a stronger rally, fueled by renewed buying momentum and increasing volume. Given the prolonged bearish move leading into this setup, a retracement here could turn into a larger trend shift. However, a clean breakdown below support would invalidate this bullish bias and open the door for further downside. 🚀 If this rally takes off, we could see COINBASE:ETHUSD reclaiming higher levels in the coming weeks. What are your thoughts? Drop them in the comments! 🚀
COINBASE:ETHUSDLong
by DanieIM
212
Alibaba - Don't Forget Chinese Stocks Now!Alibaba ( NYSE:BABA ) still remains super interesting: Click chart above to see the detailed analysis👆🏻 After we saw the very expected parabolic rally on Alibaba about four months ago, Alibaba is now perfectly retesting major previous structure. Yes, we could see a short term pullback in the near future but this just offers a perfect break and retest after the rounding bottom pattern. Levels to watch: $110, $140 Keep your long term vision, Philip (BasicTrading)
NYSE:BABALong
by basictradingtv
31
GameStop’s Bitcoin Bet Fails to Wow Traders. Can It Copy MSTR?GameStop NYSE:GME wants to jam Bitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD into its treasury. But isn’t that a risky move that threatens to derail the video-game retailer’s finances? With $1.3 billion on the line, GameStop’s pivot to Bitcoin in efforts to revive its flagging share price may make things even worse. Let’s talk about that. Desperate times call for desperate measures. After a couple months of speculation, traders’ suspicions turned out correct — GameStop is indeed adding Bitcoin on its balance sheet . The company confirmed the plan in its quarterly earnings update released last week. That was all good — shares jumped 8% on the news and closed the cash session higher by 12%. But these solid gains were not only wiped out — traders doubled down on the selling pressure when the shares crashed 23% a day later because GameStop unveiled a scary figure. To make Bitcoin a treasury reserve asset, GameStop said it is seeking to sell $1.3 billion of convertible bonds , which will be used “for general corporate purposes, including the acquisition of Bitcoin in a manner consistent with GameStop’s Investment Policy.” What do these convertible bonds do? They’re essentially papers that certify you’ve given the company a loan. Usually, they come bearing some nice guaranteed yield, but in this case, the yield is exactly 0.00%. Another string attached to GameStop's bonds is that they are due in 2030 and you can choose to convert them into shares, each with a price tag of $28.46, or you can take them out in cash. That’s one reason why the stock tanked last week — not too favorable conditions. Another one, and perhaps a bigger worry for investors, is that GameStop’s net income will no longer be as secure as it’s been until now. More precisely, GameStop generates around $220 million in interest each year thanks to its holding of Treasury bills. With Bitcoin getting in the mix of factors contributing to the bottom-line figure, things may spin out of ordinary. True, Bitcoin may go up in price and lift GameStop’s net income but it could also decide to nosedive for no reason and eat into GameStop’s profits. Judging by the votes of the traders last week (if the stock market is a voting machine in the short term), they seem to believe in the latter. At least for now. But that's not a concern to the OG meme stock . Where it hopes Bitcoin will make a difference is the long run. Just look at MicroStrategy MSTR . Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy , is the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder. Even more, it’s a Bitcoin hoarder, sitting on more than 506,000 Bitcoin, according to BTC-tracking platform Bitcoin Treasuries . Strategy has been issuing debt to buy Bitcoin since 2020 and that’s the exact same thing that GameStop is doing. But there’s a key difference. Strategy has largely strapped its share price to the performance of Bitcoin. So much so that the market has been feverishly buying the stock as a way to get exposure to Bitcoin (on steroids). For GameStop, it’s too late for that. Shares of Strategy are trading at less than 2x the value of its Bitcoin holdings. GameStop, in contrast, has appealed to investors for its stack of cash (besides the speculative bonanza) with $4.8 billion in dry powder ready to be deployed. The stock is trading at more than 2x its cash holdings and the cash-to-Bitcoin conversion is likely to dent that performance and trigger some outflows. And that’s how the company puts its premium at risk. So is it safe to say that GameStop is looking to spark a share-price rally by following MicroStrategy’s lead? Maybe. But the exposure to Bitcoin also comes at a perilous time for the cryptocurrency industry. Bitcoin is down 10% on the year and more than 25% from its all-time high of $109,000 to hover around $84,000 a pop. Can the Bitcoin philosophy reel GameStop out of the slump? Or will it drag the bottom line and chip away at whatever’s left of the bruised valuation under $10 billion? You be the judge — share your thoughts in the comment section!
NYSE:GME
by TradingView
12
Can Gold still break upward?- Gold prices just hit a record high, soaring past $3,085 per ounce in March 2025. That’s not just a number—it’s a warning sign. Investors aren’t piling into gold for no reason. They’re reacting to a world that feels more uncertain by the day. - The U.S. has imposed heavy tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, triggering trade tensions that are shaking global markets. Inflation is still higher than expected, climbing to 2.8% in February, making traditional investments riskier. At the same time, the U.S. dollar is weakening, and Treasury yields are dropping, pushing investors toward gold as a safe bet. Add to that ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and it’s no surprise that gold is surging. Every new crisis just makes it more attractive. This isn’t just a temporary spike. Experts warn that the worst effects of these trade policies haven’t even hit yet, and if inflation keeps climbing, the global economy could be in for a rough ride. Gold isn’t just going up—it’s flashing a warning. It’s telling us that investors don’t trust what’s coming next. And if history is any guide, they might be right.
FX:XAUUSDLong
by Abbas_GoatEon
25
BRBR Power Bar and Protein Shakes Shakin' It UP!Fundamentals: Meets my parameters for investing long-term. Technicals: Daily: ExDiv1 Triples 161 extension, equal legs and weekly key fib meeting at the same spot (confluence) New Crown high formed on the daily Weekly: uHd+hammerw/ d3 volume @ key fib pullback morning star Met monthly average range Kijun signal extreme indicator Target 140 (tentatively), but will hold forever if I possible Tentative rethinking point to buy more investment if it falls is about 48.
NYSE:BRBRLong
by Rocketman
6