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February 28, 2022
by Joseph Jeffriess, Market Analyst

Weekend tensions continue to drive market volatility. Oil, Gold jump higher.

Russia continued its war in Ukraine over the weekend. Reports suggest that the invasion is not going as quickly as first hoped for, as the Ukrainian people have put up strong resistance to the Russian invasion, and there has been news that poor planning has slowed down the...
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February 25, 2022
by Joseph Jeffriess, Market Analyst

Your Crypto Focus: 26th February – 4th March

What a week, from crashing lows that started to point towards extensions in current medium-term downtrends to a late-week save that really came out of nowhere and looks to be telling us that price may have hit exhaustion lows? The week started OK for most of the top 10 and 25...
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February 25, 2022
by Joseph Jeffriess, Market Analyst

Market Update: NDX100 posts surprise rally reversal pattern starting to form?

Today we are starting to watch what could be, the development of a reversal pattern on the NDX100 D1 chart. I’m sure we’re all aware of the disaster the markets faced yesterday. The script went to que as we watched stock indexes plunge after news that Russia had invaded...
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February 24, 2022
by Joseph Jeffriess, Market Analyst

Crypto Update: Ethereum returns to support after a horror day

Today the worst-case scenario happened, Russia invaded Ukraine. This set off another round of heavy selling on the Crypto markets. The top 10 suffered badly with just over 11% taken off their value at the day’s low. Ethereum was one of the worst-hit in the top 10, price...
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February 23, 2022
by Joseph Jeffriess, Market Analyst

A background to the Russia-Ukraine crisis and how it has affected financial markets so far

Over the last several weeks, traders would have heard of and watched the unfolding Ukraine crisis. Russia built up a mass of troops and military hardware on the border, which started sending shockwaves through the markets that an invasion and new European conflict could be...
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February 23, 2022
by Joseph Jeffriess, Market Analyst

CFD Update: SPX500 holds at support but will we see a rally?

Today we’re looking at the SPX500 after buyers re-held long-term support yesterday. Until yesterday, hold trade had been one way on the SPX500 as markets continued to deal with the ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. Over the last three weeks, just over 5% was wiped...
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February 18, 2022
by Joseph Jeffriess, Market Analyst

Your Crypto Focus: 19th – 25th February

Well, so far, we’ve seen another choppy week with rallies and sell-offs. The week started on a positive note as buyers regained control after a weak end to the previous week. Buying jumped on Tuesday and peaked on Wednesday. At this point, you would have been justified in...
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February 17, 2022
by Joseph Jeffriess, Market Analyst

Forex News: GBPUSD setting up for a continuation?

Today we’re looking at the GBPUSD as buyers continue to hold firm and now only face one level of resistance both they can get the new uptrend back on track. Fundamentally a few things remain on the radar. Russian/Ukrainian Situation We’ve seen recently that fair ups...
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February 15, 2022
by Nick Alexander, Market Analyst

CFD Update: GER30 on the recovery trail as tensions ease

We’re seeing a solid momentum shift today as news hit that some Russian troops have been returned to bases. This ease in mentions is driving risk buying after what has been a sorry few days for buyers as prices plunged on worries Russia was close to invading Ukraine. On...
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