Trade ideas

USD/CAD finished the year above 1.4000 for the first time since 2002. Threats of tariffs from President-elect Trump have had a big impact in USD/CAD, but this can also bring risk to the U.S. side of the equation.

EUR/USD halts a three-day selloff to keep the Relative Strength Index (RSI) out of oversold territory.

Australian Dollar is poised to mark a fifth-weekly loss with AUD/USD testing trend support into the yearly open. Battle lines drawn on the short-term technical charts.

Gold gained 27.23% in 2024, the strongest yearly gain since 2010. But the prior episode led to a significant top in 2011 as gold prices then went nine years without a fresh ATH.

Oil prices rallied more than 10% off the December lows with WTI attempting to breakout of a six-month downtrend. A multi-timeframe view of the oil technical charts.

USD/CAD extends the rebound from the weekly low (1.4338) to push the Relative strength Index (RSI) back towards overbought territory.

A tidal wave of high-grade supply from Guinea’s Simandou project threatens to crush iron ore prices in 2025. With Chinese port inventories near record highs and global steel output faltering, the $100 iron ore era looks increasingly shaky. Bears have waited years for fundamentals to reassert themselves; next year could finally be their moment.

GBP/USD trades below the May low (1.2446) as it extends the decline from earlier this week.

USD/CAD is closing out its strongest year since 2015. But that prior episode led to a mean-reverting market that held for the next nine years.

For a couple months the carry trade in USD/JPY unwound as volatility spiked around-the-world. But even with the Fed holding in a cutting posture, the carry trade came back in Q4.

The trend is your friend, but in this case, I am going against that notion to provide a short fundamental idea on the rallying USD/JPY for 2025. That doesn’t mean you need to step in right away, but only once the appropriate bearish pattern emerges and we have a confirmation of a top.

Gold’s relentless 2024 rally has defied strong dollar headwinds and rising yields, smashing records and flipping traditional relationships on their head. Is it still a safe haven, or has the game changed for good?

With the ECB set to continue cutting rates and the Fed set to cut at a slower pace EUR/USD trades around 1.04. With Trump coming into power, the outlook for EUR/USD remains weak.

An unfortunate combination of factors drove the price of cocoa futures through the chocolate factory's roof in 2024. And unless circumstances change, large chocolate drops could be off the menu in 2025.

Despite the RBA remaining hawkish for much of the year, the AUD/USD got toasted nevertheless.

It was a banner year for stocks and the last time the S&P 500 rallied by this much over a two-year period, the index continued with a strong outing in 1999.

EUR/USD appears to be defending the yearly low (1.0333) as it rebounds from a fresh monthly low (1.0343).