Breaking News

U.S. Initial Jobless Claims

Latest Release

Oct 18, 2018

Actual

210K

Forecast

211K

215K

Initial Jobless Claims measures the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week. This is the earliest U.S. economic data, but the market impact varies from week to week.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the USD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the USD.

Importance:

Country:

Currency: USD

Source: Department of Labor

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Oct 25, 2018	23:30		214K	210K
Oct 18, 2018	23:30	210K	211K	215K
Oct 11, 2018	23:30	214K	206K	207K
Oct 04, 2018	23:30	207K	211K	215K
Sep 27, 2018	23:30	214K	208K	202K
Sep 20, 2018	23:30	201K	210K	204K

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S&P/ASX 200	5,843.10	-61.80	-1.05%
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Crude Oil WTI	66.30	-2.87	-4.15%
Natural Gas	3.204	+0.066	+2.10%
Gold	1,235.70	+14.50	+1.19%
Silver	14.780	+0.124	+0.85%
Copper	2.753	-0.021	-0.76%
US Sugar #11	13.86	+0.04	+0.29%
US Coffee C	121.33	+3.68	+3.13%
Aluminium	1,999.25	-4.75	-0.24%

AUD/USD	0.7075	-0.0007	-0.10%
EUR/USD	1.1483	+0.0018	+0.16%
USD/JPY	112.18	-0.63	-0.56%
GBP/USD	1.2983	+0.0018	+0.14%
GBP/JPY	145.64	-0.64	-0.44%
AUD/JPY	79.36	-0.54	-0.68%
USD/CAD	1.3099	-0.0002	-0.02%
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EUR/USD

1.1483

+0.0018 +0.16%

Summary

Strong Buy

Moving Averages:

Buy 12

Sell 0

Indicators:

Buy 8

Sell 2

EUR/USD

1.1483

+0.0018 +0.16%

Summary

Strong Buy

Moving Averages:

Buy 12

Sell 0

Indicators:

Buy 8

Sell 2

GBP/USD

1.2983

+0.0018 +0.14%

Summary

Neutral

Moving Averages:

Buy 6

Sell 6

Indicators:

Buy 3

Sell 3

USD/JPY

112.18

-0.63 -0.56%

Summary

Strong Sell

Moving Averages:

Buy 0

Sell 12

Indicators:

Buy 1

Sell 5

AUD/USD

0.7074

-0.0008 -0.11%

Summary

Strong Buy

Moving Averages:

Buy 11

Sell 1

Indicators:

Buy 7

Sell 2

USD/CAD

1.3099

-0.0002 -0.02%

Summary

Buy

Moving Averages:

Buy 8

Sell 4

Indicators:

Buy 5

Sell 2

EUR/JPY

128.81

-0.54 -0.42%

Summary

Strong Buy

Moving Averages:

Buy 9

Sell 3

Indicators:

Buy 7

Sell 2

EUR/CHF

1.1417

-0.0003 -0.03%

Summary

Strong Buy

Moving Averages:

Buy 11

Sell 1

Indicators:

Buy 6

Sell 3

Gold

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Silver

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Copper

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Crude Oil WTI

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Brent Oil

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Natural Gas

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

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US Coffee C

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Dow 30

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Nasdaq 100

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

S&P 500

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

DAX

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

FTSE 100

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

CAC 40

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Nikkei 225

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

BTC/USD

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

ETH/USD

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

IOTA/USD

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

LTC/USD

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

BTC/AUD

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

BCH/USD

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

MCO/USD

Summary

Moving Averages:

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Sell

Indicators:

Buy

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XRP/USD

Summary

Moving Averages:

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Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Apple

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Alphabet A

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Bank of America

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

JPMorgan

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Exxon Mobil

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Deutsche Bank AG

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

U.S. 2Y

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

U.S. 5Y

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

U.S. 10Y

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

U.S. 30Y

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Euro Bund

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

US 10Y T-Note

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Japan Govt. Bond

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

UK Gilt

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

SPDR DJIA

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

iShares Russell 1000 Growth

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

iShares Russell 2000

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

SPDR S&P 500

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

ProShares UltraShort S&P500

Summary

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Sell

Indicators:

Buy

Sell

ProShares UltraShort QQQ

Summary

Moving Averages:

Buy

Sell

Indicators:

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Sell

EUR/USD	1.1483	Strong Buy
GBP/USD	1.2983	Neutral
USD/JPY	112.18	Strong Sell
AUD/USD	0.7074	Strong Buy
USD/CAD	1.3099	Buy
EUR/JPY	128.81	Strong Buy
EUR/CHF	1.1417	Strong Buy

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	Interest Rates	Next Meeting
RBA	1.50%	Nov 06, 2018
BOE	0.75%	Nov 01, 2018
ECB	0.00%	Oct 25, 2018
FED	2.25%	Nov 08, 2018
SNB	-0.75%	Dec 13, 2018
BOC	1.50%	Oct 24, 2018
RBNZ	1.75%	Nov 07, 2018
BOJ	-0.10%	Oct 31, 2018
CBR	7.50%	Oct 26, 2018
RBI	6.50%	Dec 05, 2018
PBOC	4.35%
BCB	6.50%	Oct 31, 2018