Daily Report January 3, 2018
DAILY FX, COMMODITIES & GLOBAL ETF’S REPORT
The dollar index traded lower opening the year on a weak note and sending metals and most FX pairs to another positive day versus the greenback. Gold closed above 1315$ per ounce for the first time in five months and completed a 90$ rally from 2017 lows at the beginning of December. EU markets went thru another red day despite the positive US open on a stronger Euro and weakness in the banking sector.
UK construction PMI at 9:30 gmt, US manufacturing and FOMC meeting minutes in the afternoon are the important news on the agenda Wednesday.
| Market | GBPUSD | USDJPY | EURJPY | EURUSD | GOLD | OIL |
| 2.1.2018 | 0.7% | -0.28% | 0.03% | 0.3% | 0.58% | -0.2% |
| USDSEK | USDCHF | AUDUSD | AUDJPY | USDCAD | Silver | Platinum |
| -0.33% | -0.22% | 0.31% | -0.01% | -0.32% | 0.44% | 1.1% |
| Dollar Index | DAX | FTSE100 | CAC40 | EURSXX50 | NIKKEI225 | CSI300 |
| -0.38% | -0.36% | -0.52% | -0.45% | -0.39% | -0.08% | 0.81% |
| 1 YEAR | 11.11% | 6.55% | 7.95% | 5.28% | 19.1% | 23.29% |
Swing trades follow up –
| Trade | Entry price | Position | Open profit | Date triggered | Stop loss | Remarks today |
| AUDJPY | 86.55 | 0.7 | 760 | 19/12 | 87.6 | Stopped out |
| Silver | 16.13 | 1000 | 910 | 18/12 | 16.8 | SL changed |
| GOLD | 1257 | 40 | 2240 | 14/12 | 1307 | SL changed |
| EURJPY | 135.36 | 0.6 | -60 | 2/1 | 135 | New position |
| CADJPY | 89.7 | 0.6 | -10 | 2/1 | 89.9 | New position |
| USDSEK | 4003 | 0.7 | 1840 | 19/12 | 2940 | Stopped out |
| OPEN PROFIT | $2980 | |||||