Surprisingly, CME FedWatch Tool now showing almost an even split betweein 50 and 75 bps as far as what the market is pricing in for the Sept Fed meeting. The market is as uncertain as it gets about the Fed's next move. Clues in the minutes will be ...

FOMC Meeting Minutes - August Preview FOMC Meeting Minutes Recent impacts (btc/usd) July May April February January Summary The Fed raised rates by 75 basis points the last two consecutive meetings. Since the last meeting in July, the market has ...

US PPI data - August Follow up After a big miss in both overall and core PPI, there was some volatility after an initial spike, and a bigger than average move for this data. However, lower inflation was mostly priced in as CPI came in lower than ...

US PPI data - Trading opportunity? Recent impacts (btc/usd) July June May April March February January Summary Minimal volatility can be expected but should be relatively muted outside of any large surprises. While the possibility exists that a ...

US CPI data - August Follow up US inflation data continues to be one of the biggest market movers in the crypto space. This morning the BLS reported a pretty significant miss, especially considering we've seen upside surprises for most of this year. ...

US CPI - August Preview CPI m/m Core CPI m/m Forecasts CPI m/m is expected to come in at 0.2%. The range of estimates is mostly between 0.1%-0.3%. Core CPI m/m forecasts are mostly between 0.5%-0.6%, with slightly more estimates favoring 0.5%. The ...

US Employment Data - August Follow up Following a significant surprise to the upside in NFP, along with a downtick in the unemployment rate, bitcoin sold off as the US dollar rallied. Clearly, the Fed's aggressive rate hikes haven't hit the labor ...

A lot of it has to do with moves in the greenback. But, there are some events that have and could cause some risk on/off (FOMC, CPI, Minutes) environments. That would probably be where the better bitcoin trading opportunities are. Hoping to shine ...

US Employment Data - August Preview Non-Farm Employment Change Unemployment Rate Forecasts NFP: Economists surveyed by Bloomberg are in a wide range between 50K and 325K. Average forecast is ~237K while the median is 250K. It should be noted that ...

Huge selloff in crude futures today. It looks like OPEC was correct in their cautious strategy towards increasing production. Still falling into the US session. CL CME on the daily: More heavy selling at the start of the US equity open. Hourly:

Silver underperforming gold is not a good sign for precious metals (in the shorter term).

Gold tanking, breaking through today's lows and $1800 level. Silver is headed lower too. Quite a bit of selling volume coming into the futures contract. CME GC:

Not sure what the surge in natgas is all about but after a gap up over the weekend, it's rallying on some pretty strong volume. CME NG:

While all precious metals are taking it on the chin, it's platinum that's getting hit the worst. CME PL:

Gold falling off a cliff right now on Powell's comments. CME GC: