USD/JPY Forecast This Week — Outlook, Drivers & Key Levels
This week's USD/JPY outlook: key drivers, volatility context, risk-opportunity assessment and the week ahead.
The Desk
Wheat Key Levels This Week — Support, Resistance & Confluence Zones
Wheat key levels breakdown: support zones, resistance zones, confluence and price structure.
EUR/USD Forecast This Week — Outlook, Drivers & Key Levels
This week's EUR/USD outlook: key drivers, volatility context, risk-opportunity assessment and the week ahead.
S&P 500 COT & Institutional Positioning — Smart Money Analysis
S&P 500 institutional positioning: COT data, sentiment analysis and smart money flow assessment.
Platinum Key Levels This Week — Support, Resistance & Confluence Zones
Platinum key levels breakdown: support zones, resistance zones, confluence and price structure.
Crude Oil COT & Institutional Positioning — Smart Money Analysis
Crude Oil institutional positioning: COT data, sentiment analysis and smart money flow assessment.
Wheat COT & Institutional Positioning — Smart Money Analysis
Wheat institutional positioning: COT data, sentiment analysis and smart money flow assessment.
GBP/USD Forecast This Week — Outlook, Drivers & Key Levels
This week's GBP/USD outlook: key drivers, volatility context, risk-opportunity assessment and the week ahead.
Market Of The Week: ★Russell 2000 (RTY)★ breaking out in normal regime
Russell 2000 (RTY): The market consensus is pricing a benign macro-driven continuation rally justified by valuation discounts and Fed hold expectations, but may be underappreciating the extent of institutional short positioning — non-commercial shorts have expanded to -42,304 contracts at the 28.5th
Core
Gold (GC) — 1.5 between 4300 support and 4400 resistance with 7/10 confidence
Decisively bullish after July NFP shock and sustained breakout above $4,300, with consensus shifting from cautious consolidation to trend resumption as USD weakness, rate cut expectations, and central bank demand converge — COT at 59.5th percentile suggests room for further gains
Core
Nasdaq 100 (NQ) — Housing Starts and Building Permits for July 2026 (12:30 ET) plus Industrial…
Broadly constructive with consensus acknowledging stable macro (contained CPI, Fed on hold) and AI-driven earnings momentum supporting tech, while noting record COT short positioning creates binary squeeze risk and VIX complacency leaves market exposed to sentiment shocks
Core
EUR/USD (6E) — EUR/USD remains locked in 1.1500-1.1600 consolidation for a 22nd consecutive…
EUR/USD consolidating in 1.1500-1.1600 range ahead of three binary catalysts this week — bank year-end targets 1.20-1.25 imply medium-term upside but near-term range-bound (1.14-1.18) remains the dominant scenario with no breakout catalyst yet activated