US Consumer Outlook Weakens as Inflation Expectations Climb, Durable-Goods Demand Stays Firm
Friday's Main Street data created a mixed growth-inflation picture with implications for Fed policy, Treasury yields and markets.
DXY Rally Stalls at 101: Can Durable Goods Orders Give the Dollar Fresh Momentum?
The dollar's rebound is losing momentum near 101 after a hawkish Fed repricing lifted yields and rate expectations. Durable goods orders could determine whether the rally extends or stalls.
Dollar Above 100, Gold Pinned Below $4,400: What the Post-Fed Hangover Week Sets Up
Three major central banks tightened last week and the dollar broke above 100. With little US data due, Fed speakers and Wednesday's flash PMIs take over and gold is pressing a key wall near $4,400.
US Economy Shows Resilience as Jobless Claims Fall, Philadelphia Manufacturing Expands, But Inflation Complicates Fed Outlook
Taken together, the three reports released Thursday morning suggest an economy that has not lost significant momentum, but is becoming increasingly uneven.
US Retail Sales Soar Past Estimates in August, but Fed Decision and Warsh Guidance Take Center Stage
US retail sales rebounded sharply in August, signaling resilient consumer demand, but sticky inflation, surging energy prices and higher Treasury yields leave markets focused on Wednesday’s Fed decision.
TRADER PROFILES
All trader profilesTori Trades
Tori Trades is Victoria Duke, a Nashville-based futures swing trader with more than ten years in the markets who trades crude oil and platinum on the 4-hour chart using a trendline-only strategy. Her YouTube channel has more than 700,000 subscribers and her Instagram 711,000; she teaches the method through ToriTradez, the education company she founded in 2021, and its Trend Line Trading programme.
Crude oil · Platinum · Gold futures
Axia Futures
Axia Futures is a London-based proprietary trading team and education firm founded in 2016 by Alex Haywood and Demetris Mavrommatis, with trading floors in London and Limassol. It teaches professional order-flow trading (price ladder, footprint, volume profile and event trading) through a four-week Career Programme and edge courses, offers a route to firm capital through Axia Markets Pro, and runs one of the most-watched order-flow channels on YouTube.
ES · Bund · Crude oil
FuturesTrader71
FuturesTrader71 is Morad Askar, a Chicago professional futures trader active since 2000 who moved from NASDAQ scalping to the Chicago Board of Trade in 2002 and ran his own prop firm from 2003 to 2010. Widely credited as a pioneer of Volume Profile education, he co-founded Convergent Trading in 2017, founded the regulated futures broker EdgeClear, and has streamed 2,750 episodes of his daily pre-market "Trader Bite."
ES · NQ · Crude oil