From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley

The Japanese government isn’t playing games.

Currency crisis or not, Tokyo is willing to defend the yen in the open market. It's proven this multiple times over the past three years, and...

From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley

Did you see the candlestick in the Mexican peso last Friday?

It was all wick!

The way I learned it, you want to trade in the opposite direction of blow-offs like this. 

That...

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Have you noticed these trends driving the markets?

Commodities are ripping. The energy sector is outperforming. Interest...

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Interest rates are climbing worldwide. The US dollar is dominating the pack.

And commodities are kicking off the next leg of...

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Last week’s tactical setups are heading toward our targets as G10 currencies lose ground against a rising...

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Currency markets refuse to choose a direction.

Up, down, or sideways: None appeal to the major US dollar pairs.

Meanwhile, the US Dollar Index $DXY is catching toward the upper...

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Gold is outshining the dollar.

The...

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Stocks only go up.

Bitcoin is screaming its way back to the former all-time highs. Crude is printing multi-month highs. Even gold is breaking out to new all-time highs after going...

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What started out as a bearish reversal in the dollar-yen is beginning to look more like a bullish continuation pattern.

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Commodity currencies are edging higher.

But given the preceding dollar rally, significant breakout...

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"Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop."

Bloomberg Businessweek plastered that message across its cover in...

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King Dollar reigns supreme, and its near-term rally shows no sign of slowing.

What can you do about it? 

You...

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The entire marketplace is fixated on tomorrow’s FOMC meeting.

Will the Fed make its first rate cut in March, or will it be in June?

Who knows.

I enjoy speculating as much as...

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US dollar bulls are in control. 

Fresh highs dot the US Dollar Index $DXY chart. Sellers are nowhere to be found.

The question is, when – or where – will buying pressure ease?...

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Market participants are searching for a new narrative. 

Their uncertainty-fueled meandering is breeding...

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It’s a new year with unlimited possibilities!

Even ol’ King Dollar is turning the page, embracing 2024 and everything it offers with open arms. It’s shaken off...

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Y’all know the drill… 

Dollar down, stocks up.

That dominant inverse relationship remains...

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If it wasn't at the very top of the list, the Japanese yen was certainly among the best shorts of 2022.

But the times they are a-changin’.

King Dollar has...

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Bing Crosby dreamed of a White Christmas.

Who hasn’t?

Growing up, I wished for a white...

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Fiat money worldwide is sidelining the dollar.

Emerging market currencies were the first to...

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The dollar has gone from slinging cheese to lobbing cookies.

Sellers finally got ahold of the US Dollar...

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The US Dollar Index $DXY is still dealing like an old-school ace on the mound.

I don’t care what stock market...

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The Bank of Japan is loosening its grip on the Japanese benchmark yield.

And the dollar, the euro, and the pound are ripping to fresh...

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Economists, columnists, and pundits are calling for an economic recession and even the possibility of deflation. 

Yet the US...