Abstract:During the Asian session on Tuesday (March 7), spot gold oscillated narrowly and is currently trading around $1848.5 per ounce. Investors are generally concerned about the evening Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's congressional testimony, the market wait-and-see mood is strong.
Market Overview
During the Asian session on Tuesday (March 7), spot gold oscillated narrowly and is currently trading around $1848.5 per ounce. Investors are generally concerned about the evening Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's congressional testimony, the market wait-and-see mood is strong.
Analysts expect that Powell's testimony is likely to be very concise, with the core likely to be the phrase: “The risk of doing too little is far greater than the risk of doing too much.”
However, even though Powell may be “grilled” about the outlook for monetary policy at the hearing, some economists predict that Powell is unlikely to make any definitive statements about interest rate trends, as February Non-farm payrolls, CPI and retail sales data will be released after his hearing and before the March rate meeting.
Citi believes that Powell will not provide clear guidance at the hearing. Instead, he is expected to keep all options open, but will express a preference for a 25 basis point rate hike.
If Powell's speech in the evening is not particularly hawkish, gold prices are expected to continue last week's rally; conversely, if Powell has any hints about maintaining high interest rate levels for a longer period of time or unexpectedly mentions the hint of accelerating the pace of rate hikes again, gold prices will face some downside risk.
U.S. crude oil is shaking slightly higher and is currently trading at $80.62 per barrel, holding most of its overnight gains. This comes after industry executives expressed concerns about limited idle capacity in the market and uncertainty over Russian supply, while demand from China, the largest crude importer, is recovering. This comes as oil prices have risen for five consecutive trading days, with bullish technical signals extending and further tests of resistance around the top of the box that has been widely oscillating since late November at 83.31 expected.
Vivek Dhar, an analyst at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), said in a report that “supply doubts drove oil prices higher overnight, probably because Chevron's CEO said there was 'not much spare capacity' in the oil market. The key unknown for 2023 will be Russian oil and refined products exports are being blocked.”
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said ships carrying Russian crude and oil products must now travel greater distances to reach markets not subject to sanctions, however, limited oil stocks and surplus supplies make the global market vulnerable to any unexpected disruptions in supply.
This trading day needs to focus on Fed Chairman Powell's congressional testimony and the U.S. API crude oil inventory data series.
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 March 7, 2023, Beijing time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 1801-1817-1833-1856-1873
Overall Oscillation Range: 1730-1756-1780-1801-1817-1833-1856-1873-1889-1903-1911-1929-1937-1951-1978-1985
In the subsequent period of spot gold, 1801-1817-1833-1856-1873 can be operated as the bull and bear range; 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 March 7. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 20.1-20.6-21.5-22.3
Overall Oscillation Range: 19.7-20.1--20.6-21.5-22.3-23.1-23.9-24.5-25.3-26.1
In the subsequent period of spot silver, 20.1-20.6-21.5-22.3 can be operated as the bull and bear range. High throw and low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on March 7. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range:75.1-77.9-78.5-79.9-80.7-82.3
Overall Oscillation Range: 70.1-71.2-72.3-73.1-73.8-75.1-77.9-78.5-79.9-80.7-82.3-83.5-85.3
In the subsequent period of US crude oil, 75.1-77.9-78.5-79.9-80.7-82.3 can be operated as the bull and bear range. High throw and low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on March 7. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 1.0460-1.0570-1.0690-1.0755-1.0830
Overall Oscillation Range: 1.0290-1.0360-1.0460-1.0570-1.0690-1.0755-1.0830-1.0950-1.1157-1.1220-1.1303
In the subsequent period of EURUSD, 1.0460-1.0570-1.0690-1.0755-1.0830 can be operated as the bull and bear range. High throw and low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on March 7. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 1.1830-1.1920-1.2030-1.2135-1.2250
Overall Oscillation Range: 1.1610-1.1830-1.1920-1.2030-1.2135-1.2250-1.2375-1.2400-1.2470-1.2550
In the subsequent period of GBPUSD, 1.1830-1.1920-1.2030-1.2135-1.2250 can be operated as the bull and bear range. High throw and low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on March 7. 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