Daily Market Analysis Video – December 17, 2015

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During the session on Thursday, we will have Retail Sales coming out of the United Kingdom, a Monetary Policy Statement coming out of Japan, and also unemployment Claims coming out of the United States. In others, we do have a nice even spread of economic news to keep the markets moving all day long.

1 – It’s very likely that the overall trend should continue after a significant amount of volatility post FOMC Statement during the day on Wednesday. However, the US dollar will more than likely be the focus initially. This of course can affect several markets, not just Forex markets. Commodity markets will more than likely be rocked, but quite frankly we feel that anytime the commodity markets rally, it’s time to serve buying puts yet again. We don’t have any commodities at this point in time that we are interested in buying calls in favor of.

2 – The US indices will more than likely have a very volatile session on Wednesday, but by the time we get back to the Thursday session it’s very likely that the call buyers will return. After all, an interest-rate hike is a sign of an economy that is starting to pick up some strength. Even if the Federal Reserve suggests that there are more interest-rate hikes ahead, that’s also a longer-term bullish sign as well. We still believe that the United States will perform most other countries in the near future, not only in the currency markets, but also the commodity markets and stock markets.