Author Archives: Darren Marchal

Tentative Breakouts Fail To Hang On

Markets had started Friday above the marked consolidations I had drawn on the charts but subsequently ended the week still inside these trading ranges. As a two-day pattern, Friday’s close finished as a bearish engulfing pattern across markets which means I’ll be looking for a break of newly drawn ascending support (of the last 8…

Australian Dollar Rides Out Broadly Stronger China Trade Data

Talking Points: Chinese trade data came in broadly stronger However market reaction was muted The trade spat with Washington may have rendered these numbers too historic to be of interest The Australian Dollar showed little reaction to a broadly stronger set of Chinese trader figures Friday, perhaps because the ongoing tariff spat between Washington and Beijing has…

Weekly S&P 500 #ChartStorm – April 15

It’s worth noting that the aim of the #ChartStorm isn’t necessarily to arrive at a certain view but to highlight charts and themes worth paying attention to. So here’s the another S&P 500 #ChartStorm write-up. 1. The Euphoriameter: First up is a look at what’s down and that’s the Euphoriameter, it has fallen 0.31 pts off the…

Weekly Forex Forecast – April 15

The US dollar has fallen during most of the week against the Canadian dollar, but towards the end of the week, we did start to see a bit of buying. I think that the 1.25 level will cause a bit of support, but more importantly we have a major uptrend line underneath that should continue…

Who Is Nick Szabo?

Nick Szabo, the inventor of smart contracts and Bit Gold, laid the foundation for the creation of Bitcoin. He defined smart contracts 14 years before Bitcoin. Then he theorized bits having value based on proof of work five years before Bitcoin. With degrees in both computer science and law, and an intense fascination in the…

Expect More Pain, Much More Pain

If you think you can hide out in ETFs or high growth stocks and weather the downturn, please think again. In case you failed to notice, investment sentiment has changed. The stock market struggles to go up on good news. Investors wonder if the Fed still has their back. Some think they can weather the…