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The Week Ahead in the Global Financial Markets

Last week the Chinese policymakers lowered bank reserve requirements intended to add liquidity to the markets and consequently the global stock markets rallied. The Nasdaq closed the week at historic highs, 4.2% higher followed by the Nikkei 2.6% and the S&P 500 gained 1.7% at the top edge of the recent trading range. Volatility dropped -6.5% but is a spike in volatility knocking at the door? There is plenty of potential market moving events in the week ahead. We have a busy calendar for economic data, it is also the heart of earnings season, with Apple’s report leading off the week. The Fed has a two-day meeting and market participants are expecting a policy announcement. Greece is back on the spotlight as a breakdown came at a recent gathering in Riga, Latvia. Greece heads into a week of heightening fiscal tension. The first of two International Monetary Fund payments is due on May 6 and the government still doesn’t know if it has enough money to pay pensioners and state employees this week.

Combining correlation analysis with basic box trading techniques helped push our trading performance results robustly during the past week. The key approach was to be prepared in order to identify the most favorable trade set ups with a low risk factor compared to a much higher profit potential. You’ve heard me say during past training sessions, if it isn’t broken don’t fix it. So I head into this coming week with the same approach, applying correlations in order to identify money flows and box trading tactics with our basic indicators. The Swiss Franc currency, Gold and Crude Oil futures helped push our performance considerably higher. Which market will it be in the week ahead? I personally invite you to trade with us in our live trading room. Discover how the markets truly work with each other, often providing us with market direction in advance.

 

Joe Rios – Founder, Rios Quantitative LLC​

 

 

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Monday

6:40 PM   AUD         RBA Gov. Stevens Speaks

 

Tuesday

4:30 AM   GBP          Preliminary GDP

8:45 AM   CAD          BOC Gov. Poloz Speaks

10:00 AMUSD         CB Consumer Confidence

6:45 PM   NZD         Trade Balance

 

Wednesday

All Day     EUR          German Preliminary CPI

8:30 AM   USD         Advance GDP

10:00 AMUSD         Pending Home Sales

10:30 AMCL            Crude Oil Inventories

2:00 PM   USD         FOMC Statement

5:00 PM   NZD         RBNZ Rate Statement

TentativeJPY           Monetary Policy Statement

 

Thursday

TentativeJPY           BOJ Press Conference

5:00 AM   EUR          CPI Flash Estimate

8:30 AM   USD         Unemployment Claims

8:30 AM   CAD          GDP

9:45 AM   USD         Chicago PMI

10:30 AMCAD          BOC Gov. Poloz Speaks

10:30 AMNG           Natural Gas Storage

9:00 PM   CNY          Manufacturing PMI

9:30 PM   AUD         PPI

 

Friday

4:30 AM   GBP          Manufacturing PMI

10:00 AMUSD         ISM Manufacturing PMI

 

THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY FUTURES, OPTIONS, AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE PRODUCTS. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS