Sep 1, 2016 - Story of the Week: US job market - Full time vs. Part time employment

This week we are focusing on the situation in the US job market. The headline total NFP employment numbers are followed by the public but the data should be broken down into full time employment and part time employment. This can give us an interesting insight. There are still some opinions that part time employment being still too high etc. I have put together few interesting charts...

Read More

Aug 30, 2016 - Intraday Trade Idea: GOLD ( XAUUSD ) buying dips...

GOLD ( XAUUSD ) - Intraday: any buyers around ? If yes, I think that's the moment to try longs below 1213 with stop below 1210, targeting 1319/22 area. Tiny risk of 0,25% Good Luck! Please let us know should you have any additional questions or you would like to discuss other crosses as well. We are here to help you, just contact us at: landoftradingATgmail.com. Happy...

Read More

Aug 29, 2016 - Weekly Tech Overview: NZDUSD

Hi All, As you may already know, currently we are USD bulls but not blind ones. We do believe that patience will pay in a long run. Sometimes it's better to wait to get better chance to buy (USD in this case) or even to try to trade short term in opposite direction (only after finding a real opportunity). So, we think that NZDUSD is this type of FX pair, where...

Read More

Aug 28, 2016 - Weekly Macro 35W

In the coming week we will get plenty of PMI´s and also US employment data. First we will start however with US inflation, more accurately with the indicator mostly watched by the Fed – The Personal Consumption Expenditures. While year on year the Core CPI is already at 2.2% and would exceed the Feds inflation target justifying another rate hike, the Core PCE is only at 1.6%...

Read More

Aug 28, 2016 - Q2 Earnings – Week 8

The Jackson Hole speech of Janet Yellen was definitely a surprise for markets (stock markets including). In the shadow of this event there are still few companies reporting earnings that may be interesting to see before Friday’s US NFPs: This Week Monday Exor SpA (IT) – estimated EPS 2.40, +165.4% Y/Y; Revenue 141 904 mln Tuesday Alimentation Couche-Tard...

Read More

Aug 24, 2016 - (Trade Idea) Forex: AUDNZD - we are buying this dip

AUDNZD Daily chart is telling the whole story, please check the note on the chart for entry, stop and target levels as well as risk we want to take... Good Luck Mr Price Action DISCLAIMER: This material was created for informational purposes only and represents the Land of Trading team’s view of the past and current economic and capital market environment....

Read More

Aug 24, 2016 - Forex: Jackson Hole and Yellen - Charts

As Mr Hawk perfectly painted the macro picture here , we are USD bullish into Jackson Hole and  NFP next week. Before we start, would like to point out here, we don't want to trade USD blindly. We do have a plan, we know where we want to open, where we want to exit and we know what kind of the risk we want to take... in advance. So, let's check...

Read More

Aug 23, 2016 - September 2016 Event Calendar

September 2016 Event Calendar As the Olympics are over, the impeachment trial against suspended Brazilian president Rousseff can start. But this one is not that important in Sep when looking at the below: Aug 26 – Yellen speaking in Jackson Hole (Symposium Sep 25-27) Aug 31/Sep 1 – G20 FinMin and Central bankers meeting Sep 2 – US NFPs Sep 4-5 – G20 meeting...

Read More

Aug 22, 2016 - Jackson Hole coming, but what about the rate hike…?

Jackson Hole coming, but what about the rate hike…? As the ongoing trust in Fed is close to zero, we may eventually see a bit of nervousness before Friday. We may spot some unwinding of the big position and abrupt moves, as the market clearly doesn’t know what to think or expect from Yellen. All of that despite pretty hawkish comments from Dudley and Williams last week,...

Read More

Aug 21, 2016 - Q2 Earnings – Week 7

Q2 Earnings – Week 7 Still few companies to check: Last Week Cisco Systems Inc – above expectations with the cloud of slashing 7% of workforce Deere & Co – a much smaller decline in profit and cost cutting pleased the market This Week Monday Nothing important Tuesday Best Buy Co Inc – estimated EPS 0.43, -12.7% Y/Y; Revenue 8...

Read More

(Trade Idea) Forex: USDJPY buying dips ... (Updated 22.08.2016)

UPDATE: Stop Loss order has been moved to entry level... still targeting top of the channel, Good Luck USDJPY - we are trading at the very bottom of the channel on daily chart ( please check the chart below ). So from technical perspective at least bounce could be in place twds top of that channel. Dollar also get data support ( Core CPI again above 2% ) and FED officials...

Read More

Q2 Earnings – Week 6

 Q2 Earnings – Week 6 There are few more companies of importance reporting for Q2 left, so let’s see what they can show us: This Week Tuesday Home Depot Inc – estimated EPS 1.97, +15.1% Y/Y; Revenue 26 494 mln BHP Billiton Ltd (AU) – estimated EPS 0.11, -74.1% Y/Y; Revenue 15 619 mln    Wednesday Lowe’s Cos Inc – estimated...

Read More

(Video) Dax weekly - market update - 2016 08 07

Hi, it's an update to our DAX weekly overview ( week 24 ). Market is testing top of the channel and looks bearish for us. Please check the video below where I discuss few possible trade scenarios both bullish and bearish from long term and short term perspective. Enjoy! DISCLAIMER: This material was created for informational purposes only and represents the...

Read More

Weekly Macro Overview 32W

This week’s Macro Overview is a little shorter due to holidays. We saw 2 rate cuts in the Commonwealth last week, both well expected. The first came from Royal Bank of Australia on Tuesday and the later from the Bank of England on Thursday. Traders were also watching the US employment data in the second half of the week, which were in general better than expected pushing...

Read More

Q2 Earnings – Week 5

Q2 Earnings – Week 5 We are coming to the end of Q2 earnings season as the most of US companies have already reported while there are still some international names to come. This week will be primarily about retailers and confidence of retail consumers to spend money. Last Week Pfizer Inc – was out with better than expected figures but the revenue coming from...

Read More