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Gold drops below hourly 100-MA Gold prices failed to sustain above 10-DMA and fell below hourly 100-MA level of 1247.84 levels despite drop in the US treasury yields. Drops to $1240 Prices printed a session low of $1240/Oz in early Europe and now continue to trade around $1242 levels...

GBP/USD: Sell-off to Gather Pace at London Open? GBP/USD is now trading with moderate losses with traders fearing an early wobble in London following Duncan Smith’s resignation over the weekend. Politics back in focus Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation is a big loss to Cameron...

US: Existing Home Sales and Fed’s Locker Speech in Focus - TDS Research Team at TDS, suggests that the US economic calendar is quite thin...

EUR/USD Stays Below Key Fibo Level, Awaits German BUBA Report The EUR/USD founds bids around 1.1250 in early Asia, but lacks momentum to test/take out 1.1293 (23.6% of May 2014 high-Mar 2015 low). The currency pair trimmed gains from 1.1285 to trade around 1.1270 levels. Strong support around 1...

JPY: Why won’t it Fall? - Rabobank Jane Foley, Research Analyst at Rabobank, suggests that the rebound in risk appetite since the middle of February has allowed the DJIA to recoup all of the losses registered at the start of the year...

CAD/CHF Faces Strong Support at 0.7400, Break Below Targets 0.7285 Major support – 0.7400 (trend line joining 0.7333 and 0.7363) The pair has declined till 0.7414 and slightly recovered from that level. It is currently trading around 0.7423. Short term trend is weak as long as resistance 0...

Fundamentals to Watch Out for This Week Compared to last two weeks, this week isn’t that risk heavy but events lie which could act as forward guidance...

Canadian Dollar Slides Against Majors The Canadian dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The Canadian dollar fell to 4-day lows of 1.3070 against the U.S. dollar, 85.11 against the yen and 1.4743 against the euro, from last week's closing quotes of 1...

UK House Prices Climb For Third Month: Rightmove The average asking price for a house in the United Kingdom increased for the third straight month in March, the latest survey from Rightmove revealed on Monday. House prices in England and Wales climbed 1.3 percent month-over-month in March...

Daily Analysis of USDX for March 21, 2016 USDX is being supported by the 94.69 level, where a lower low pattern formation is seen on the H1 chart. The 200 SMA on this timeframe is bearish and that scenario is still favored for at least during this week...

Daily Analysis of GBP/USD for March 21, 2016 The pair is currently working out a strong intraday bullish bias on the H1 chart, as it has been trading above the support level of 1.4423, which remains stable as a strong demand zone in a short-term basis...

Asian Stocks Slip as Oil Skids; China up Most Asian stock markets slipped on Monday after three consecutive weeks of gains as a retreat in oil prices made investors cautious, but losses were tempered by hopes that China may soon cut interest rates again as pressure on the yuan eases...

Crude Oil Falls for Second Day as U.S. Rig Count Rises Crude oil slid for a second session on Monday, falling further from last week's 2016 highs on concerns over a supply glut after the U.S rig count rose for the first time since December. U.S...

PBOC Warns About Rising Corporate Debt People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan fired a warning shot regarding the elephant in the room – corporate debt. "Lending as a share of GDP, especially corporate lending as a share of GDP, is too high," PBOC leader said...

German Yield Curve After the ECB – Goldman Sachs Huw Pill, Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs, suggests that the flattening of the German yield curve following the ECB’s announcement of additional asset purchases was modest...

AUD/USD Off Lows, but Stays Below 0.76 AUD/USD recovered from session lows, but remains on a back foot below 0.76 handle after China’s central bank fired a warning shot about corporate debt levels. USD remains under pressure Losses were capped at 0...

NZ Dollar Drops Against Majors The New Zealand dollar weakened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The NZ dollar fell to 5-day lows of 1.6702 against the euro and 75.13 against the yen, from last week's closing quotes of 1.6567 and 75.71, respectively. Against the U...

Australian Dollar Falls Most Majors The Australian dollar weakened against most major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The Australian dollar fell to a 6-day low of 84.22 against the yen, from Friday's closing value of 84.74. Against the euro and the U.S...

Russia: CBR Maintains its Cautious Stance – TDS Paul Fage, Senior Emerging Markets Strategist at TDS, notes that at its recent board meeting the CBR kept its Key Rate on hold at 11.0%. Key Quotes “This was in line with our and the consensus expectation...

NZD: Settled into a Trading Range - BNZ Jason Wong, Currency Strategist at BNZ, notes that after a sharp fall earlier in the year, the NZD has settled into a trading range...