https://www.forextime.com/ en https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/week-ahead-ger40s-outlook-hinges-german-election-showdown <span property="schema:name">Week Ahead: GER40’s outlook hinges on German election showdown</span> <span rel="schema:author"><span lang="" about="https://www.forextime.com/user/17" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="Lukman.Otunuga@FXTM CY CA" xml:lang="">Lukman.Otunuga…</span></span> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2025-02-21T09:23:22+00:00">Fri, 02/21/2025 - 11:23</span> <div property="schema:image">/s3-static/2025-02/download%2856%29_2.jpeg</div> <div property="schema:text">Europe's largest economy goes to the polls on Sunday 23rd February. And the outcome will influence FXTM’s GER40 which has gained 12% since the start of 2025. Beyond politics, the index may be rocked by key data from Germany in the week ahead.</div> Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:23:22 +0000 1882 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/market-round-big-tech-mixed-fed-holds-ecb-next <img src="https://www.forextime.com/s3-static/2025-01/shutterstock-stocks_0_0.jpg" width="160px" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" /><br /><ul><li><span><span><span><strong>Magnificent 3</strong> post mixed earnings; <strong>DeepSeek elephant</strong> in room </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Fed in <strong>no rush</strong> to act, rate cut not expected until<strong> June. </strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>ECB seen slashing rates by <strong>25bp in January</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><h3> </h3> <h3><span><span><span>Big tech earnings season has kicked off with mixed results from Microsoft, Meta and Tesla. </span></span> <a href="https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/market-round-big-tech-mixed-fed-holds-ecb-next">Read More</a></span></h3> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:17:09 +0000 1854 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/market-round-ecb-cuts-rates-nas100-hits-all-time-high <img src="https://www.forextime.com/s3-static/2024-12/360_f_476753669_cnca8znkbvx222yvtygtg3di0itms1gy_3.jpg" width="160px" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" /><br /><ul><li><span><span><span>ECB cuts rates for <strong>4th</strong> time in 2024 </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>EURUSD <strong>↓ 1.050 </strong>psychological level </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Bloomberg FX model: EURUSD has 73% of trading within <strong>1.0342 – 1.0626 </strong>over 1-week period</span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>NAS100 <strong>↑ 4% MTD,</strong> pushing YTD gains <strong>to ↑ 29%</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Index technical <a href="https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/market-round-ecb-cuts-rates-nas100-hits-all-time-high">Read More</a></span></span></span></li></ul> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:34:13 +0000 1801 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/usdind-steady-ahead-us-cpi-report <img src="https://www.forextime.com/s3-static/2024-12/download%2845%29.jpeg" width="160px" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" /><br /><ul><li><span><span><span>USDInd <strong>↑ 0.3%</strong> WTD, trapped in range </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Over past year US CPI triggered moves of <strong>↑ 0.7% & ↓ 0.4%</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span><strong>ECB decision</strong> could spark more volatility</span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Technical levels = <strong>105.50 & 106.80 </strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><h3><span><span><span>FXTM’s USDInd is on standby mode ahead of the US inflation report on <a href="https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/usdind-steady-ahead-us-cpi-report">Read More</a></span></span></span></h3> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:58:26 +0000 1799 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/week-ahead-central-banks-galore <span property="schema:name">Week Ahead: Central banks galore </span> <span rel="schema:author"><span lang="" about="https://www.forextime.com/user/17" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" content="Lukman.Otunuga@FXTM CY CA" xml:lang="">Lukman.Otunuga…</span></span> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2024-12-06T09:57:44+00:00">Fri, 12/06/2024 - 11:57</span> <div property="schema:image">/s3-static/2024-12/download%2844%29_1.jpeg</div> <div property="schema:text">Central bank decisions could spark fresh trading opportunities in the week ahead. Here are 4 assets that could be impacted by 4 key central bank announcements:</div> Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:57:44 +0000 1797 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/week-ahead-usdind-faces-triple-risk-cocktail <img src="https://www.forextime.com/s3-static/2024-09/download%289%29_3.jpeg" width="160px" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" /><br /><ul><li><span><span><span><strong>USDInd ↓ 5% </strong>from 2024 high<strong> </strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>US Presidential debate, CPI & ECB in focus </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Euro accounts for <strong>almost 60% of USDInd</strong> </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Over past year US CPI triggered moves <strong>of ↑ 0.7% & ↓ 0.6%</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>First levels of interest  – <strong>101.94  <a href="https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/week-ahead-usdind-faces-triple-risk-cocktail">Read More</a></strong></span></span></span></li></ul> Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:51:09 +0000 1684 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/week-ahead-eu50-waits-directional-spark <img src="https://www.forextime.com/s3-static/2024-07/shutterstock_2205025211.jpg" width="160px" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" /><br /><ul><li><span><span><span>FXTM’s <strong>EU50 ↑ 10%</strong> since start of 2024</span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>EU data + ECB = <strong>big price swings?</strong> </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Over past year ECB decision triggered moves of <strong>↑ 1.5% & ↓ 0.3%</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Index trading <strong>3% away from YTD</strong> high at 5142.3</span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Technical levels = <strong>5010 & 4880</strong> <a href="https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/week-ahead-eu50-waits-directional-spark">Read More</a></span></span></span></li></ul> Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:12:02 +0000 1613 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/target-thursday-brent-eurusd-sugar-hit-targets <img src="https://www.forextime.com/s3-static/markets/field/image/Generic/shutterstock_227114938_0_1.jpg" width="160px" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" /><br /><ul><li><span><span><span>Brent bears bag <strong>350 points!</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>EURUSD <strong>↑ 30 pips</strong> on ECB decision </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Sugar <strong>↑ almost 5%</strong> this week </span></span></span></li> </ul><h3><span><span><span>With the ECB meeting done and dusted, the next market-moving event could be Friday’s US jobs data. </span></span></span></h3> <p><em><strong><span><span><span>Ahead of this key economic report, here’s how these discussed instruments have <a href="https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/target-thursday-brent-eurusd-sugar-hit-targets">Read More</a></span></span></span></strong></em></p> Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:15:27 +0000 1569 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/trade-week-usdind-seeks-fresh-directional-catalyst <img src="https://www.forextime.com/s3-static/users/user17/usd_notes_1.jpg" width="160px" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" /><br /><ul><li><span><span><span>USDInd ends <strong>May ↓1.7%</strong> </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span><strong>ECB </strong>meeting & <strong>NFP in focus</strong> </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Over past year ECB triggered moves of <strong>0.6% ↑ or ↓</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Trapped in D1 range since mid-May  </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Technical levels – <strong>105.20 and 104.20 </strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><h3> <a href="https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/trade-week-usdind-seeks-fresh-directional-catalyst">Read More</a></h3> Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:56:10 +0000 1565 at https://www.forextime.com https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/trade-week-eu50-set-fresh-2024-high <img src="https://www.forextime.com/s3-static/markets/field/image/Generic/shutterstock_519673669.jpg" width="160px" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" /><br /><ul><li><span><span><span>EU50 <strong>↑ over 10% </strong>YTD </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span><strong>Germany/Eurozone CPI & US PCE</strong> in focus </span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span><strong>2% away</strong> from 2024 high</span></span></span></li> </ul><ul><li><span><span><span>Technical levels at <strong>5110, 5050 & 50-day SMA</strong></span></span></span></li> </ul><h3><span><span><span>FXTM’s EU50 index, which tracks the benchmark Euro Stoxx 50 could be set for a volatile week.</span></span> <a href="https://www.forextime.com/market-analysis/trade-week-eu50-set-fresh-2024-high">Read More</a></span></h3> Mon, 27 May 2024 10:27:43 +0000 1559 at https://www.forextime.com