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Aug 20, 2025

Every trading community, from the smallest retail account to the largest institutional desk, confronts a universal scarcity: finite capital set against infinite market uncertainty. 

Aug 19, 2025

Oil has this ability to grab the centre stage. A big swing in crude prices can reset inflation expectations almost overnight, unsettle central banks, and shuffle stock-market winners and losers. Think back to 2022. Crude shot up as economies reopened and supply chains buckled, feeding one of the sharpest inflation spikes in decades. The Energy sector loved it. Tech, not so much. Which makes you wonder if oil is really pulling the strings, or just playing a noisy side role?

Aug 18, 2025

Inflation was the main theme this week. In the US, consumer prices rose 0.2% in July, bringing the annual rate to 2.7%, in line with expectations. What stood out was core inflation, up 0.3%, the fastest pace in six months. Producer prices also surged nearly 1%, the biggest increase in three years, raising concerns that tariffs could be lifting costs for consumers.

Aug 13, 2025

Apple’s stock has managed a decent comeback lately, bouncing back from multi-month lows that had some traders worrying the long-term trend was broken.

Aug 12, 2025

Gold has long been a go-to for those looking to hedge against inflation or simply sleep better when markets get shaky. But here’s the question: what happens when interest rates, especially real, inflation-adjusted ones start heading north?

Aug 11, 2025

Technical analysis supplies a framework for deciding what to trade, when to trade, and how long to remain in the market. It rests on one central proposition: every known fact—economic or otherwise—has already found expression in the quoted price. Hence, by observing price and volume alone, one may infer broad patterns of crowd psychology and, from those patterns, form expectations about future movement. 

Aug 11, 2025

Markets carried the rate-cut conversation forward this week, but the tone shifted from speculation to near-certainty after softer US labour figures reinforced July’s weakness. Traders are now pricing more than 60bps of Fed easing by year-end, with September looking like the earliest realistic pivot.

Aug 06, 2025

Earlier this year, energy stocks had some serious tailwinds behind them. Rising oil prices, stable earnings, and talks of a Fed pause helped push the sector higher. The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), which holds a mix of top oil and gas companies, caught a decent bid. For a while, it looked like it might keep going. But lately? That momentum has slowed. Prices are starting to fall, and a few technical signs are flashing yellow. So, is this just a mid-year pause, or are we seeing the early signs of something more? Let’s break it down.