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Trade of the week: long Arabica coffee futures

The current bounce off support in Arabica coffee futures points to the resumption of the long-term uptrend. This is why we would like to go long with a stop loss below the recent lows at 242.70 and an upside target around 272.00.

2024-10-29T03:20:02+0000

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Trade of the week: short NASDAQ 100

Given the subdued rally in the NASDAQ 100 following last week's exceptionally strong US jobs report, and that the index is trading close to September resistance, we would like to short it with a downside target around 17,100.

2024-10-08T04:08:10+0100

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Trade of the week: long VIX

Given the plethora of US Federal Reserve (Fed) speeches, including by its chair Jerome Powell, US non-farm payrolls and historically higher market volatility in October, we would like to go long the volatility index (VIX).

2024-10-02T06:40:36+0100

IG Spread betting and CFD Trading

The VIX flashes red; signs of risk ahead

Global markets are experiencing heightened risk aversion as the VIX fear gauge surges, Japan's Nikkei suffers its largest single-day drop since 1987, and investors speculate on the Fed's rate-cutting decisions.

2024-08-06T02:24:03+0100