Abstract:At the beginning of the Asian market on Friday (December 30), the US dollar fluctuated in a narrow range and is currently trading near 104.01. The US dollar index fell 0.5% on Thursday. Investors were nervous at the end of the year. The initial optimism about the reopening of Asian powers gradually faded.
Market Overview
At the beginning of the Asian market on Friday (December 30), the US dollar fluctuated in a narrow range and is currently trading near 104.01. The US dollar index fell 0.5% on Thursday. Investors were nervous at the end of the year. The initial optimism about the reopening of Asian powers gradually faded. The market digested the US jobless claims data. Data shows that the number of Americans who continuous to claim their unemployment benefits last week reached a new high since early January.
US oil traded at 78.60 USD/barrel; Oil prices fell for the second consecutive trading day on Thursday, due to uncertain demand prospects. The unexpected increase in US crude oil inventories last week also weighed on oil prices. Matt Smith, chief oil analyst of Kpler, said: “Crude oil stumbled towards the end of the year in the sparse trading. The report of the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) is good, and nothing can stimulate the long or short positions of crude oil.”
The spot gold is in a volatile position. At present, it is trading near 1818 dollars/ounce. The overnight decline in the U.S. dollar and U.S. bond yields provides support for the gold price. On the one hand, the market still hopes that the Federal Reserve will slow down the pace of interest rate increase; on the other hand, the geopolitical situation in Russia and Ukraine is still tense, and the gold market is still slightly volatile and upward. However, the K line shows that the upward momentum is not very strong, so we still need to be wary of the possibility of falling from the high.
This trading day needs to pay close attention to the performance of the US bond yield. Although the US bond yield weakened on Thursday, there is still a further opportunity to go higher. If the US bond yield goes up, it may suppress the gold price in the short term.
On this trading day, we will pay attention to the news about the Chicago PMI and the Asian epidemic in December, focusing on the closing of the last trading day.
Mohicans Markets strategy is only for reference and not for investment advice. Please carefully read the statement at the end of the text. The following strategy will be updated at 15:00 on December 30, 2022 Beijing time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 1780-1801-1817-1833
Overall Large Oscillation Range: 1730-1756-1780-1801-1817-1833-1856
Spot gold in the subsequent period, 1780-1803-1817-1833 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on December 30. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 22.3-23.1-23.9-24.5
Overall Large Oscillation Range: 20.6-21.5-22.3-23.1-23.9-24.5-25.3
Spot silver in the subsequent period, 22.3-23.1-23.9-24.5 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on December 30. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 75.1-77.3-78.5-79.9-81.3
Overall Large Oscillation Range: 70.1-71.2-72.3-73.1-73.8-75.1-77.3-78.5-79.9-81.3-82.1-83.5
U.S. crude oil in the subsequent period, 75.1-77.3-78.5-79.9-81.3 can be operated as a range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on December 30. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 1.0470-1.0580-1.0645
Overall Large Oscillation Range: 1.0290-1.0360-1.0470-1.0580-1.0645-1.0755
EURUSD in the subsequent period,1.0470-1.0580-1.0645 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on December 30. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 1.1830-1.1920-1.2030-1.2135
Overall Large Oscillation Range: 1.1610-1.1830-1.1920-1.2030-1.2135-1.2250-1.2400-1.2470
GBPUSD in the subsequent period, 1.1920-1.2085-1.2250-1.2400
1.1920-1.2085-1.2250-1.2400 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on December 30. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Spot gold weakened slightly during the Asian session on Thursday (April 6), hitting a two-day low of $2007.89 per ounce and now trading near $2014.15. A series of weak economic data has fueled fears of an impending recession in the US, giving safe-haven support to the dollar. And some dollar shorts took profits, and gold bulls also took profits ahead of Good Friday and the non-farm payrolls data, putting pressure on gold prices.
On Wednesday, as the less-than-expected March "ADP" data and non-manufacturing PMI data fueled market concerns about an economic slowdown and spurred bets that the Federal Reserve could slow interest rate hikes. Spot gold continued to brush a new high since March last year, which was the highest intraday to $2032.13 per ounce, and then retracted most of the day's gains, finally closing up 0.01% at $2020.82 per ounce; spot silver hovered around $25 during the day, finally closing down 0.21% at $2
Spot gold oscillated slightly lower during the Asian session on Tuesday (April 4) and is currently trading around $1980.13 per ounce. The dollar index rebounded mildly after a big drop overnight, putting pressure on gold prices. However, this week will see the non-farm payrolls report, there is no important economic data out on Tuesday, and the market wait-and-see sentiment is getting stronger.
On Monday, in OPEC + members unexpectedly cut production reignited market concerns about long-term inflation and sparked uncertainty about the Fed's response, the dollar index once up to the 103 mark, and then on a "vertical roller coaster", giving back all the gains of the day and once lost 102 mark, finally closed down 0.53% at 102.04; U.S. 10-year Treasury yields rose and then fell, as data showed that the U.S. economy continues to slow, it fell sharply in the U.S. session, and once to a low