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Technical Trade of the week
Last weeks trade was long GBPJPY which closed out over night on a take profit of +29.64% for us and our copiers.
We entered this trade with the expectation of a more Hawkish Bank of England and a Dovish Japanese Central Bank, they acted as expected, resulting in a successful TTOTW.
This week we like DJ30 if it pulls back to 34,100 (previous resistance levels) opening a long position with a Stop Loss at 32,680 and a take profit at close to previous highs of 37,000.
Oil was on the agenda yesterday with WTI rising more than 5%. Will it go back to $130? This of course carries with it a hidden concern of yet more inflation and more interest rate hikes. The market remained dignified only dropping around 1.3 % across the 3 indices.
The UK Chancellor released his Spring Statement with plans to assist the inflation crisis in the short to medium term by increasing the National Insurance threshold and decreasing fuel duty. When I studied economics the way to combat inflation was not to give people more money to spend? I HOPE HE HAS THIS RIGHT!
Asia was slightly down overnight with most Chinese tech holding on to its gains from earlier this. We anticipate more sanctions on Russia and flash PMI figures from around the world. These give us insight to how purchasing managers see trade in the short to near term and as such the market watches these closely and any negativity may cause a pull back coming in to the weekend. Western leaders today meet to discuss the Ukraine war and we can expect the initial jobless claims from the USA. We expect these to impress.
Halliburton and Suncor lead the way yesterday with modest gains of 2.64% and 1.60% due to the rise in oil prices. The previous day stocks of the day, Vir biotech and Wells Fargo the laggards erasing those outsize gains achieved.
Darden Restaurants reports today, with high expectations of $2.10 PS. With the new strain of COVID raging through the world all eyes will be on this report to see how others in the industry may be effected.
If human beings are released from the disease of wanting to be better than someone else, life will come to ease.
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