An archive of all FX Hour shows. Hosted by Blake Young, Tuesdays at 4:15pm EST on the thinkorswim® platform, Support/Chat tab, ShadowTrader room
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed the trade war with China and “hot” war with Iran. We discussed the impact both of these could have, however, we discussed the fact that both are likely just posturing rather than a desire for war. […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed the escalated tariff war between the U.S. and China and the strengthening U.S. dollar. We discussed the flight to safety to the U.S. dollar, Japanese yen and Swiss franc. We looked at metals and softs and […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed the potential justification and impact to the new tariffs President Trump has suggested. We discussed record low unemployment rates, near record employment levels, rising GDP numbers and the justification or use of this economic data to […]
In today’s FX Hour, we reset our monkeybars on some major markets and discussed the FOMC Rate Decision. We discussed the major indexes and re-anchored key moneybar levels. We discussed the inverted yield curve and expectations for the FOMC meeting on Wednesday. […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed equities, bonds and the U.S dollar rallying together. We looked at the major markets and also all the major currency pairs. We discussed equities, bonds, and the U.S. dollar rallying together. We also discussed sector rotation […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed equities at resistance and volatility back at long-term lows. We looked at the long-term volatility levels via the VIX as well as discussed implied volatility for the forex market. Some analysts estimate that volatility and directional […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed equities reversing at our target. We discussed our monkeybars based targets and how equities reversed after testing our targets. Volatility is up, confirming the equity reversal but the yen is not strengthening as much as we […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed equities rising on low volume We took the time to redraw our monkeybars for April and to create potential overbought/oversold and fair price levels on U.S. equities and on the U.S. dollar. We estimated price targets […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed short-term range spikes We discussed how long term volatility is down but random spikes in daily ranges are creating intraday volatility while multiple days are trading in very narrow range. This trading pattern is theoretically triggering […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed tomorrow’s FOMC rate decision. We discussed equities, gold and other instruments trading to and stalling at “fair price” ahead of the FOMC meeting. We analyzed equities, bonds, and commodities to determine the market’s expectations ahead of […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed overbought equities and the “No Deal Brexit” We discussed equities exiting and reentering the overbought area we defined in the previous week’s FX Hour. We discussed the failed attempts by Prime Minister May to secure a […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed overbought equities and used Monkeybars to Project March prices We discussed the past 3 weeks of price trading in an overbought range for the major indexes. We also look for confirmation levels and intermarket correlations. We […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed the delay in tariffs against Chinese goods. We discussed the what should be considered very positive news of delayed tariffs having no measurable impact on equities. We discussed recent news that seems to be having the […]
In today’s FX Hour, we discussed high or rising risk appetites, low volatility and a weak U.S. dollar We discussed the recent move in equities which has stemmed from rising risk appetites and possibly the fear of missing out on the next […]
