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 |