GOLD: Hawkish Fed Statement Will Be An Opportunity To Buy On Dips

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GOLD: Hawkish Fed Statement Will Be An Opportunity To Get Long Again

• We expect the fed funds rate to be kept unchanged at 0.25-0.50% today (19:00 GMT). With no post-meeting press conference scheduled, the focus will be on the FOMC statement. The Fed will highlight downside risks to the inflation outlook, but it will likely reiterate that “it is reasonably confident that inflation will rise, over the medium term, to its 2% objective”.

• Forex and precious metals investors are waiting for clues whether bets on a single US interest rate rise in 2016 are justified. With Fed fund futures implying just one rate hike this year, compared with four hikes according to Fed policymakers' own rate guidance, the risk is that anything the Fed says may be interpreted as hawkish. There is a risk that the USD will gain a bit of support after the decision. 

• We took profit on our short-term gold position yesterday. In our opinion hawkish surprise from the Fed today would be an opportunity to buy gold again on dips. We have placed a buy order at 1110.00.

FOREX - MAJOR PAIRS:

FOREX - MAJOR CROSSES:

PRECIOUS METALS:

It is usually reasonable to divide your portfolio into two parts: the core investment part and the satellite speculative part. The core part is the one you would want to make profit with in the long-term thanks to the long-term trend in price changes. Such an approach is a clear investment as you are bound to keep your position opened for a considerable amount of time in order to realize the profit. The speculative part is quite the contrary. You would open a speculative position with short-term gains in your mind and with the awareness that even though potentially more profitable than investments, speculation is also way more risky. In typical circumstances investments should account for 60-90% of your portfolio, the rest being speculative positions. This way, you may enjoy a possibly higher rate of return than in the case of putting all of your money into investment positions and at the same time you may not have to be afraid of severe losses in the short-term.

How to read these tables?

1. Support/Resistance - three closest important support/resistance levels

2. Position/Trading Idea: BUY/SELL - It means we are looking to open LONG/SHORT position at the Entry Price. If the order is filled we will set the suggested Target and Stop-loss level. LONG/SHORT - It means we have already taken this position at the Entry Price and expect the rate to go up/down to the Target level.

3. Stop-Loss/Profit Locked In - Sometimes we move the stop-loss level above (in case of LONG) or below (in case of SHORT) the Entry price. This means that we have locked in profit on this position.

4. Risk Factor - green "*" means high level of confidence (low level of uncertainty), grey "**" means medium level of confidence, red "***" means low level of confidence (high level of uncertainty)

5. Position Size (forex)- position size suggested for a USD 10,000 trading account in mini lots. You can calculate your position size as follows: (your account size in USD / USD 10,000) * (our position size). You should always round the result down. For example, if the result was 2.671, your position size should be 2 mini lots. This would be a great tool for your risk management! Position size (precious metals) - position size suggested for a USD 10,000 trading account in units. You can calculate your position size as follows: (your account size in USD / USD 10,000) * (our position size).

6. Profit/Loss on recently closed position (forex) - is the amount of pips we have earned/lost on recently closed position. The amount in USD is calculated on the assumption of suggested position size for USD 10,000 trading account.

Profit/Loss on recently closed position (precious metals) - is profit/loss we have earned/lost per unit on recently closed position. The amount in USD is calculated on the assumption of suggested position size for USD 10,000 trading account.

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