Good morning traders. I hope you are all well and not suffering the horrible pestilence that has infected me, again.

Main Dax-related headlines over the last couple of days

  • ECB’s Hansson says recent improvements in Eurozone will accelerate inflation and doesn’t see a big output gap
  • Is Trump bluffing on the Syria missle strike? There are a lot of logistical movements required, so maybe he was prematurely tweeting. US considering striking 8 targets in Syria. May and Trump spoke Thursday and agreed it’s vital to deter the use of chemical weapons by Syria.
  • FOMC Minutes: All members expect 12-month inflation to rise in coming months
  • The WTO is on alert (because of the trade war) they can authorize countervailing tariffs.
  • World Bank raises China 2018 growth forecast to 6.5% from 6.4% – BlackRock doesn’t see China weakening the yuan
  • The US’ high borrowing costs are just about to get higher – Japenese investors dumped record amount of treasuries
  • WTO says 2017 world trade volume grew 4.7% vs 3.6% September forecast
  • ECB’s Coeure: Current monetary policy stance is appropriate
  • Eurozone February trade balance €21.0 bn vs €20.2 bn expected

13-04-2018 Dax Key Levels

KEY LEVELS
POC * 12421
Value Area High * 12440
Value Area Low * 12311
14 Day ATR 224.83
200 EMA 12525
50 EMA 12371
Daily R2 12554
Daily R1 12493
Daily Pivot 12379
Daily S1 12318
Daily S2 12204
*These are FXCM numbers, not futures numbers. Please be aware that FXCM can often be 5-10 points higher than futures prices

13-04-2018 Dax Charts