Gold Chart of The Week

Each Week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

Weekly Gold Report (March 4th through March 8th)

I don’t know about all of you, but if I never hear the term “sequester” for as long as I live, I will not complain!

As expected, the US Government did a fine job of hyping the event and waiting until the eleventh hour to make a decision. And as usual, no compromises were made and stock indexes barely flinched. In fact, most global markets seemed to be following scheduled news as if the “sequester” debate was not even an issue. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week"

Gold Chart of The Week

Each Week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

Weekly Gold Report (February 25th through March 1st)

It was a gut wrenching week for those who stayed long practically anything outside of the US Dollar or the Soybeans last week. Most commodity prices saw their fair share of selling mid-week after it was rumored that a large commodity fund was taking gains in a few markets to defend another large position that they found themselves on the wrong side of. While the name of the fund or the positions are still unknown, I can only guess the fund was taking gains in long positions in the Crude Oil to defend long positions in the Metals. On Wednesday, the Crude Oil Futures took a bath early in the session and selling pressure even carried over into the Thursdays trade before consolidating on Friday. Other commodities were pressured throughout the week as the US Dollar rallied ahead of the release of last months FOMC Minutes. There was nothing particularly shocking about the report as traders expected to hear that FED officials would still be at odds regarding the duration of Quantitative Easing. On top of this release, the market also had to deal with politicians in Washington, who began their media smearing of one another regarding the upcoming Sequester, which must be decided by March 1st. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week"

Gold Chart of The Week

Each Week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

Weekly Gold Report (February 18th through February 22nd)

Last week definitely had a “hurry up and wait” sort of feel to it. With China on a week-long break for the Lunar New Year Holiday, there was potential for light volume action across the board. And despite the fact that it has been a long time since a G20 Summit has caused any waves, traders were holding their breath and waiting on news that might have a significant impact on Currencies. The market sprinkled in a few reports in the US and in Europe, but nothing really stuck for a directional move. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week"

Gold Chart of The Week

Each Week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

Weekly Gold Report (February 11th through February 15th)

We begin the week with the board in a sea of red as Currencies and Commodities continue to deal with last weeks ECB meeting. While the initial  Interest Rate Decision to leave rates unchanged had little effect on any major market, the language used by Mario Draghi after the fact resulted in decent profit taking in the Euro Futures. In short, he noted the three month rally in the Euro and stated that it could prompt him to revise the inflation projection for next month. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week"

Gold Chart of The Week

Each Week Longleaftrading.com will be providing us a chart of the week as analyzed by a member of their team. We hope that you enjoy and learn from this new feature.

Weekly Gold Report (February 4th through February 8th)

It should come as little surprise that we begin this week correcting a portion of last week’s strong move up. After a fun filled stretch of reports in the United States, including an FOMC announcement, Consumer Confidence figures, and Employment numbers, we head into a light news calendar for the next five days here in the states. There are scheduled Interest Rate decisions this week in Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and from the ECB, which should bring some movement to global currencies and in turn, commodity prices.

The standout in last weeks reports in the United States was the fact that the FED announced they will maintain their usual stance on the market and will continue easing at the same pace until things improve. Continue reading "Gold Chart of The Week"