From the Wall Street Journal: "U.S. law enforcement linked the Lazarus Group, an online crime syndicate connected to the North Korean government, to the $540 million hack of the online game Axie Infinity last month. The theft, infiltrating the network upon which the game is run, was one of the largest in the 13-year history of cryptocurrencies. The perpetrators...
The Chinese New Year just passed, and we are now in the year of the Tiger. “May you live in interesting times” is often considered the translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Markets reflect the economic and political landscapes In 2021 rising inflation was at the center of the stage Inflation will continue to impact markets in 2022 and beyond ...
BULLS vs. BEARS Breakout or Breakdown - if it does not breakout this could be a bulltrap to shake people out before the real bull run. I still am bullish for the year 3x-4x from 8k, but entry points are always important
Main fundamental reasons: -David Davis not up for compromises regarding brexit deal -Signs of North Korea still working on nuclear program + developing submarine capable of shooting ICBM Technical reasons -Fibonacci levels are respected by price action TP1 - 146 TP2 - 145.500
Morning outlook - USD/JPY down 0.6% amid growing Trump & Kim rhetoric In line with expectations, the currency rate continued to climb to the top, trying to reach the upper line of an ascending triangle pattern, another escalation of the North Korean crisis led to fall of the rate by 68 basis points just in two hours. Accordingly, in the beginning of this...
"Asian shares droop, yen gains as Korean tensions rise" www.reuters.com "Global stocks off after North Korea says U.S. declared war; euro slides" www.reuters.com
Crazy dictator or Mastermind ? Foolish blackmailer or defender of his nation? I leave this question open : time will tell. We don't know it right now, but we have to trade it. I always wonder why people are betting on a nuclear holocaust. I do not think all those who bought gold at 1350-60 in the hope of 1.400 and 1.500 in a week have asked themselves: is there...
Looking on the daily chart. There actually is a bearish shooting star. Many traders would have probably shorted the market in anticipation of lower prices. North Korea launched a missle this morning which tanked the USDJPY quite a bit but not before producing a bullish hammer on the 4hr. Also a breakout and re-test of the descending trend line that I...
"S&P 500 chalks up record high as fear gives way" www.reuters.com
Surprising detonation of H bomb by North Korea on Sunday halted a short period of market ease, heaping up investors in the safe heavens and leading to dollar rout. The impact of nuclear blasts as a factor of uncertainty can not be overstated, as the DPRK steps up its nuclear program despite the trade blockade and harsh criticism of the United States, Japan and...
Tomorrow is North Korea national day and whether or not they will launch another missile is unknown (and if they do Trump will do something just about as stupid). I'm betting there will be some retreat to Risk off asset such as the JPY. The tricky thing is which pair to pick. I've already had exposure to NZD short and CAD long. My rationale is if there is...
This is a double trade with my USDJPY short
Morning outlook - USD/JPY rebounds from monthly S1 at 108.48 In accordance with expectations, most of the previous trading day the currency rate spent in an upward movement, using the weekly and monthly S1, as trampolines. Despite such rebound, the further road to the north is still obstructed by the 100- and 200-hour SMAs and then by the weekly and monthly...
Thanks to the Bullish 1hr candle, I see this pair going long. Price action has broken past 1.295 and i am incline to believe this will now turn to support and stated in the diagram. American war uncertainty > Brexit 1.32000 TP - Nice psychology number which has seen a lot of price action recently. Long position diagram shows when I have enter this trade and my...
Morning outlook - XAU/USD tries to leave channel up A release of the US employment data last Friday predictably stopped the gold from losing value against the buck. In result of the surge that was also strengthened by growing fears over the North Korean crisis, the pair has practically broke through the upper boundary of a dominant ascending channel. ...
Morning outlook - USD/JPY slips on fears of Kim Jong-un Over the last couple of weeks, movement of the USD/JPY currency pair was strongly affected by news coming from the Korean peninsula. The same thing happened today as well. In result of a successful test of a hydrogen bomb, the Yen started to actively recover against the Greenback. These growing...
The recent North Korean fiasco has pushed the USD down from the cliff and other related pairs have started gaining buying momentum. NZD has recently respected the daily support level and shoot up after today's North Korean drama. The price on NZDUSD is likely to retest the daily resistance level and have potential to have further upside move. I'm waiting for a...