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2026.01.08 2026.01.08 Short-Term Analysis for Oil, Gold, and EURUSD for 08.01.2026 Alex Rodionovhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/alex-rodionov/ Welcome, my fellow traders! I have prepared a price forecast for the USCrude, XAUUSD, and EURUSD using a combination of the margin zones method and technical analysis. Based on the market analysis, I suggest entry signals for intraday traders. Short-term forecast for […]

Prior 0.0%; revised to -0.1% House prices +0.3% vs +1.1% y/y expected Prior +0.7%; revised to +0.6% UK house prices dropped unexpectedly at the end of last year but managed to still round off the year slightly higher compared to where it was in December the previous year. Overall, it’s much like what other housing

Gold (XAU/USD) extends its descending trend for the second straight day and drops to a three-day low, around the $4,415 area, heading into the European session on Thursday. In the absence of any relevant fundamental catalyst, the downtick could be attributed to some profit-taking ahead of the release of the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he will meet with officials from Denmark and Greenland next week, Reuters reported on Thursday. This comes after the US President Donald Trump doubled down on his intention to take over Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark. Still, “as a diplomat, which is what I am now,

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In our December update, we combined the Elliott Wave (EW) Principle with the Armstrong Pi-cycle turn dates and concluded for the NASDAQ 100 (NDX) that “…if the November 21 low at 23854 holds, based on current data, the Bull market will likely continue, ideally well into April next year, before a 2022-like Bear market begins.

Gold was down as much as 1.2% before recovering to trade above the $4450/oz. The precious metal is still finding significant buying support on dips but does remain vulnerable if it does not breach the $4500/oz level. Geopolitics and US Data Geopolitical risk rears its head again as news came through earlier today that the

US President Donald Trump has been talking about improving housing affordability for awhile and he might finally be taking steps in that direction. He wrote on Truth Social: For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream. It was the reward for working hard, and doing

USD/CAD trades around 1.3820 on Wednesday at the time of writing, up 0.10% on the day, supported by a modest rebound in the US Dollar (USD) amid mixed US economic data and persistent weakness in the Canadian Dollar (CAD). In the United States (US), activity in the services sector shows signs of improvement. The Institute

Ever since correcting from its 100.00 peak in mid-November, the US Dollar has been locked in a volatile, multi-directional chop. After a rough ride throughout 2025—particularly the first half—the Greenback has struggled to find conviction in either direction. A 10% correction in the world’s primary reserve currency was never likely to be a straight line