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Leverage Your Trading Capital with Micro E-mini Futures
<p>In the words of Archimedes, “Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth.” From his reference point, leverage was the power gained from the mechanical advantage of using a lever. In futures trading terms, leverage refers to the ability to control a high-value contract with a much smaller […]
Australia PM Morrison says to extend social restrictions
ScoMo is delivering a press conference in Canberra – Australia to close shopping centers from midnight tomorrow – Australia to close beauty salons, some other personal services ForexLive
Trump: Work beginning on 4 hospitals in New York
Trump is up and tweeting on the day "The World market for face masks and ventilators is Crazy. We are helping the states to get equipment, but it is not easy. Just got 400 Ventilators for @NYCMayor Bill de Blasio.
Heads up: ONS to change market-sensitive UK economic data releases to 0700 GMT starting 25 March
There will be no 'lock in' briefings upon the change ForexLive As a result, the February CPI data scheduled for 0930 GMT this Wednesday will be changed to be released at 0700 GMT instead. The same will apply for the February retail sales data on Thursday this week as well.
Cable climbs back to 1.1700 as dollar stays pressured
GBP/USD moves back above its 100-hour moving average ForexLive The major currencies bloc – except the yen – is starting to see a familiar pattern in trading against the greenback today as all dollar pairs have breached key near-term levels to sit in between both key hourly moving averages.
S&P 500 futures hit limit-up band of 2,333.50
The risk-on party stays the course in the European morning Perhaps investors have already braced themselves after the at the end of last month but so far they are taking the unprecedented implosions in the PMI readings so far today in stride.
UK March flash services PMI 35.7 vs 45.0 expected
Latest data released by Markit/CIPS – 24 March 2020 – Prior 53.2 – Manufacturing PMI 48.0 vs 45.0 expected – Prior 51.7 – Composite PMI 37.1 vs 45.0 expected ForexLive
France's Le Maire: French economy to contract by more than 1% this year
Comments by French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire PMI figures ForexLive