Morning Insights 23rd April

Simon Alagbe

Analyst

Instrument: GOLD

Intraday: Bullish

Technical Analysis

Preference: Buy position is envisaged if price trades above 1722.86 with take profit at 1746.22

Alternative scenario: Sell if price trades below 1705.06 with take profit at 1690.04

Fundamentals:

Unemployment Claims (USD) 1:30pm

Flash Manufacturing PMI (USD) 2:45 pm

Comment: The past few weeks have witnessed a tremendous gain on the precious metal gold; Due to the fear of countries running into a recession fueled by COVID, investors believe it to be right to pump their money into the precious metal. Gold has gone up to the $1700 level and analysts are confident it will move upwards to the $1800 level; Hence, a bullish stance is being envisaged. 



Instrument: EURUSD

Intraday: Bearish

Technical Analysis

Preference: Sell if price trades below 1.08121 with take profit at 1.07840

Alternative scenario: Buy position is envisaged if price trades above 1.08355 with take profit at 1.08529

Fundamentals:

French Flash Services PMI (EU) 8:15 am

French Flash Manufacturing PMI (EU) 8:15 am

German Flash Manufacturing PMI (EU) 8:30 am

German Flash Services PMI (EU) 8:30 am

Unemployment Claims (USD) 1:30pm

Flash Manufacturing PMI (USD) 2:45 pm

Comment: The major take from the COVID 19 effect is, almost every country will slip into a recessionary period post-COVID and most investors would look for the country that would recover faster to save their money. Hence, more investors see the dollar as a safe haven. The EU itself hasn't figured out the relief needed for its citizens during this pandemic. This pair is envisaged to continue trading bearish today

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