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【XM Forex】--Weekly Forex Forecast – S&P 500 Index, USD/JPY, Gold, Corn
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Fundamental Analysis & Market Sentiment
I wrote on 16th February that the best trade opportunities for the week were likely to be:
- Long of the NASDAQ 100 Index. This fell by 2.48% over the week.
- Long of the S&P 500 Index following a daily close above 6118.71. This fell by 1.77% over the week.
- Long of Gold in USD terms (also known as XAU/USD) following a daily close of spot Gold above $2,926. This set up on Tuesday, but the price ended the week practically unchanged from there.
- Long of Corn futures (CORN etf can also be used) following a daily close of the next ZC future at or above 498. This set up on Tuesday, but the price ended the week 2.19% lower.
- Long of Coffee futures (COFF etf can also be used) following a daily close of the next C future at or above 425.10. This did not set up.
The weekly loss of 6.44% equals 1.29% per asset. However, my weekly forecast of rising Yen crosses helped make up some of this loss (3.91%).
Last week saw several data releases affecting the Forex market:
Last week’s key takeaways were:
It seems that any flow into safe havens is going to the Japanese Yen and maybe Gold.
A few commodities have been breaking to new record highs, although only Gold and Corn truly look strong.
The Week Ahead: 24th – 28th February
The coming week has a lighter schedule of releases, so we are likely to see a lower level of activity and volatility in the Forex market.
The coming week’s important data points, in order of likely importance, are:
Monday is a public holiday in Japan.
Monthly Forecast February 2025
For February 2025, I forecasted that the EUR/USD currency pair would decline in value. The performance so far is shown below.
Weekly Forecast 23rd February 2025
Last week, I forecasted that the following currency pairs would fall in value over the week:
- GBP/JPY– down by 1.64%.
- EUR/JPY – down by 2.27%.
This was a good and profitable call.
This week, I forecast that the following currency crosses will rise in value over the coming week:
- CAD/JPY
- EUR/JPY
The Japanese Yen was the strongest major currency last week, while the Euro was the weakest, putting the EUR/JPY currency cross and other Yen crosses in focus. Volatility decreased last week as expected, with only 26% of the most important Forex currency pairs and crosses changing in value by more than 1%. It is likely to decline again over the coming week.
You can trade these forecasts in a real or demo Forex brokerage account.
Key Support/Resistance Levels for Popular Pairs
Technical Analysis
US Dollar Index
Last week, the US Dollar Index again moved lower after invalidating the long-term bullish trend the previous week, following a major bearish reversal a few weeks ago near the resistance level at 110.00.
It seems clear that the dominant price action is bearish, while the long-term trend is mixed: the price is below its level of 3 months ago but above its level of 6 months ago. However, it looks increasingly as if this trend is over, despite new US tariffs and a more hawkish Fed which is still grappling with inflation which stubbornly remains above its 2% target, leading to the Fed signaling it is not likely to cut rates any time soon.
The Dollar is likely to continue falling over the coming week, although the bearish momentum has slowed down.
S&P 500 Index
After making a new record earlier in the week, the S&P 500 index made a deep bearish retracement at the end of the week. The weekly candlestick closed very near its low, which is a sign of short-term bearish momentum.
Despite this recent bearishness, he linear regression analysis applied to the daily price chart below shows that the current bullish trend has been driving this market for almost 2 years, which is a relatively mature bull market.
The price is still not far from its record high, and it has continued to make new record highs quite frequently, so I think if we see a recovery to new highs, it will make sense to look for a new long trade entry here.
USD/JPY
The USD/JPY currency pair printed a large bearish weekly candlestick, closing near its low, and making its lowest weekly closing price in almost 4 months. The price seems to have become established below the big round number at ¥150. These are all bearish signs.
The driver here is the newly strong Japanese Yen, which has begun to jump dramatically every time Japanese economic data is released which shows the return of wage inflation, which is the key driver for pushing the Bank of Japan into further rate hikes after more than 15 years with an ultra-dovish monetary policy. Strong Japanese CPI and PMI data recently have helped boost the Yen.
The US Dollar has been weak lately despite strong fundamentals. Although this weakness may be somewhat hard to explain, it is useful as it gives a pair with a cheap spread here to trade to exploit Yen strength.
Despite the bearish momentum seen here backed by fundamentals and sentiment, the short-term moving averages remain above the long-term ones, which makes me want to wait a bit longer before entering any new short trades here.
XAU/USD
Gold advanced again during the week to reach a new all-time high above $2,950 per ounce. However, the price truly moved little during the week, unable to really make a bullish breakout. However, the price is not falling either, so the dominant bullish trend should still be respected.
This trend may see a relatively slow rise, but we can see how steadily and strongly Gold gained over the past year, so this looks likely to be a solid trend.
I am not sure that Gold will reach $3,000 per ounce over the coming week, but this target is certainly in sight now.
Gold seems to be doing well in the current market environment, where both risky and some safe-haven assets are performing well – Gold plays a role as both.
I’d ideally like to see a new record high daily closing price before entering any new long trade – above $2,939.39. However, I am long of Gold right now and as the price is so close to this level, it could be worthwhile being long anyway without waiting for a new high closing price.
Corn Futures
Corn futures have been breaking to new highs recently, with the price of Corn trading at a new multi-month high price a couple of weeks ago. However, last week saw a decline.
Many analysts question the
bullish trend here, seeing the recent jump in corn prices as an essentially seasonal development, and sure to end soon. This may be true, but I think when trading commodities it is better to be guided by the price than by your own preferred fundamental supply and demand scenario logic.I think Corn is a buy only if it makes a new daily high closing price, and to me it looks 50-50 whether this will happen or not soon.
I will be prepared to enter a new long trade only if we see Corn futures make a new 6-month high closing price at the end of any day over the coming week, above 502.
Bottom Line
I see the best trading opportunities this week as:
- Long of the S&P 500 Index following a daily close above 6141.60.
- Long of Gold in USD terms.
- Long of Corn futures (CORN etf can also be used) following a daily close of the next ZC future at or above 502.
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