Abstract:On Thursday, January 5, 3:00 GMT, as the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the December meeting tone hard but nothing new, and triggered traders expect to raise interest rates in February this year will be further reduced expectations. Spot gold continued to rise high and was up 0.82% on the day, which was the highest intraday reached $1865.15, closing at $1854.10 level.3.
Market Overview
On Thursday, January 5, 3:00 GMT, as the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the December meeting tone hard but nothing new, and triggered traders expect to raise interest rates in February this year will be further reduced expectations. Spot gold continued to rise high and was up 0.82% on the day, which was the highest intraday reached $1865.15, closing at $1854.10 level.3.
Minutes from Wednesday's December meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors offered no surprises or new information on the size of the expected rate hike in February. The Fed raised rates by 50 basis points last month, and Fed officials agreed that a slower pace of rate increases would allow them to continue to increase the cost of credit and control inflation in a gradual manner designed to limit risks to economic growth. The minutes also focused on explaining that the decision to move to a smaller rate hike should not be interpreted by investors or the public at large as a weakening of the Fed's commitment to bring inflation back to the 2% target; a statement that was reflected early in the December meeting in the upward revision of the median interest rate estimate for 2023 and was well reflected in the press releases, forecasts and statements made at the time. As a result, the minutes of the meeting were seen by the market as nothing new. And federal funds rate futures traders saw a 67% chance that the Fed would continue to slow the pace of rate hikes to 25 basis points in February. After the release of the minutes, the dollar weakened, stimulating the continued upward movement of spot gold. After the Fed minutes failed to make market waves, the market turned its attention to the U.S. employment data later in the day. It should be noted that, in the Fed's attitude towards interest rate hikes still maintain a hawkish stance on the background, bad data may not be able to cause the market to the Fed's monetary policy shift expectations, but may increase market concerns about the U.S. recession, which is detrimental to risk assets, or more favorable to gold, a safe-haven asset. Even if the final data is good, the market is expected to peak expectations for the Fed to raise interest rates will not be too much, so the suppression of gold will be limited.
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Intraday Oscillation Range: 1817-1833-1856-1873
Overall Large Oscillation Range: 1817-1833-1856-1873
Spot gold in the subsequent period, 1817-1833-1856 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Intraday Oscillation Range: 23.1-23.9-24.5-25.3
Overall Large Oscillation Range: 20.6-21.5-22.3-23.1-23.9-24.5-25.3-26.1
Spot silver in the subsequent period, 23.1-23.9-24.5-25.3 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on January 5. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 72.3-73.1-73.8-75.1-77.3
Overall Large Oscillation Range:
70.1-71.2-72.3-73.1-73.8-75.1-77.3-78.5-79.9-81.3-82.1-83.5
Crude Oil in the subsequent period, 72.3-73.1-73.8-75.1-77.3 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on January 5. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 1.0460-1.0570-1.0690
Overall Large Oscillation Range:
1.0290-1.0360-1.0460-1.0570-1.0690-1.0755
EURUSD in the subsequent period, 1.0460-1.0570-1.0690 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on January 5. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Intraday Oscillation Range: 1.1830-1.1920-1.2030-1.2135
Overall Large Oscillation Range:
1.1610-1.1830-1.1920-1.2030-1.2135-1.2250-1.2400-1.2470
GBPUSD in the subsequent period, 1.1920-1.2085-1.2250-1.2400 can be operated as an intraday range of bullish and bearish; high throw low suction in the range, chase up and kill down outside the range!
Note: The above strategy was updated at 15:00 on January 5. This policy is a daytime policy. Please pay attention to the policy release time.
Spot gold weakened slightly during the Asian session on Thursday (April 6), hitting a two-day low of $2007.89 per ounce and now trading near $2014.15. A series of weak economic data has fueled fears of an impending recession in the US, giving safe-haven support to the dollar. And some dollar shorts took profits, and gold bulls also took profits ahead of Good Friday and the non-farm payrolls data, putting pressure on gold prices.
On Wednesday, as the less-than-expected March "ADP" data and non-manufacturing PMI data fueled market concerns about an economic slowdown and spurred bets that the Federal Reserve could slow interest rate hikes. Spot gold continued to brush a new high since March last year, which was the highest intraday to $2032.13 per ounce, and then retracted most of the day's gains, finally closing up 0.01% at $2020.82 per ounce; spot silver hovered around $25 during the day, finally closing down 0.21% at $2
Spot gold oscillated slightly lower during the Asian session on Tuesday (April 4) and is currently trading around $1980.13 per ounce. The dollar index rebounded mildly after a big drop overnight, putting pressure on gold prices. However, this week will see the non-farm payrolls report, there is no important economic data out on Tuesday, and the market wait-and-see sentiment is getting stronger.
On Monday, in OPEC + members unexpectedly cut production reignited market concerns about long-term inflation and sparked uncertainty about the Fed's response, the dollar index once up to the 103 mark, and then on a "vertical roller coaster", giving back all the gains of the day and once lost 102 mark, finally closed down 0.53% at 102.04; U.S. 10-year Treasury yields rose and then fell, as data showed that the U.S. economy continues to slow, it fell sharply in the U.S. session, and once to a low