Market Review 26 March 2020

by Constantinos Loizou

  • In the Economic Calendar of today, we can expect to see some volatility in the EUR, GBP and USD
  • At 9:00 (GMT), the Finance Ministers and the Central Bank Governors from systematically emerging economies will have a meeting to discuss key issues in the global economy (G20 Summit Meeting)
  • At 12:00 (GMT), the Bank of England will announce their Interest Rate decision
  • The result is forecasted to increase to 0.25%, considering the surprised move which happened two weeks ago to cut interest rates to 0.1%
  • At 12:30 (GMT), the Department of Labour Statistics of the USA will announce their Initial Jobless Claims
  • That measures the number of people who have submitted for the first-time claims for state unemployment insurance
  • The result is forecasted to increase to 1000K, considering that last week it was at 281K
  • At 12:30 (GMT), the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the USA will announce their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • That number indicates the value of all the goods and services produced in a country in a given period of time
  • The number is forecasted to remain the same as the previous month, at 2.1%

 

On the Charts

 

  • Natural Gas price is now at 1.62, testing the previous support and the 50% Fibonacci Retracement level (From 1.519 to 1.716)
  • On the 4 hour chart, we can observe that the price had broken to the upside, the blue downward channel, that was in place from 11 of March
  • Price is testing its 20 periods Moving Average
  • Rate of Change (13 periods) is above zero and the MACD is on the zero line, showing that the momentum is turning towards a bullish trend
  • If the price remains above the 1.62 level, we may see Natural Gas prices going higher to 1.82, a level which consists the 61.8% Fibonacci Retracement level, a previous resistance and the target of our channel