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The Trader's Market Outlooks: Monday 30 April

The Trader's Market Outlooks: Monday 30 April
April 30, 2012
The Trader's Market Outlooks: Monday 30 April

Having caught a nice little move upwards in the Nasdaq 100 on Friday afternoon, I am looking for further long positions in the US indices today. I am still less enthusiastic about the European markets, especially the FTSE 100.

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COMMODITIES

The dollar is in the right timeframe to change course. The 77-day cycle is bottoming out around now, and the greenback could therefore form a low this week. I see no imminent signs of it, however, as the dollar is not particularly beaten up on its daily chart. My instinct is that this cycle turning-date will be a dud.

In this environment, my preferred strategy would be buying into commodities, particularly copper, which has a strong chart just now. Gold and silver are less convincing from where I am standing.

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