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Dirk Du Toît will cover the following: * The absolute basics of risk / money management * What went wrong with the good old stop further losses principle? * Money management under conditions of high uncertainty * The solution lies in an unexpected place - outside the box! Other webinars of our "One Day, One Topic" on Money Management on November 19th: - Dan Blystone: 12 GMT / 7 am EST: How to Handle your Capital - Steve Ruffley: 14 GMT / 9 am EST: Setting goals and risk reward ratios - Boris Schlossberg: 16 GMT / 12 pm EST: How to Think About Risk as a Day Trader - Dale Pinkert: 18 GMT / 1pm EST: Position Sizing for Market Noise
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WTI jumps above $70.50 on fears of Iran supply disruption
West Texas Intermediate, the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $70.65 during the early European trading hours on Friday. The WTI jumps to its highest since June 2025 after joint military strikes by the US and Israel against Iran over the weekend. Traders brace for the release of the American Petroleum Institute report, which will be released later on Tuesday.
Gold jumps over 2% toward $5,400 after US, Israel attack Iran
Gold is on fire at the start of the week, a widely expected move, as investors seek harbor in the traditional store of value, following the continued US and Israel attacks on Iran. The bright metal opened with a bullish gap of about $17 and rallied toward the $5,400 level as Asian traders hit their desks and reacted negatively to the weekend news of the Middle East conflict, rushing for cover in Gold.
AUD/USD pares recent losses despite Middle-East conflict
AUD/USD recovers after opening at a gap down, trading around 0.7070 during the Asian hours on Monday. The risk-sensitive pair plunged as risk aversion heightened after the United States and Israel carried out coordinated strikes on Iran over the weekend.
Top Crypto Losers: Tezos, Toncoin, and Polkadot at crucial levels amid US-Israel strike on Iran
Altcoins such as Tezos, Toncoin, and Polkadot rank among the worst hit cryptocurrencies over the last 24 hours amid the US and Israel's attack on Iran. Tezos and Toncoin are down to crucial support levels while Polkadot remains near a crucial resistance trendline, showcasing underlying strength.
The market is paying for insurance, not apocalypse
As expected, this morning felt less like a Monday market open and more like a fire drill. Futures screens flickered red. S&P contracts down almost 1%. Nasdaq off 1.2%. Brent leaped 13% through $80. Gold rose 1.6% toward $5350 before paring some gains. The dollar is strutting mildly. The Swiss franc is quietly doing what it always does in a storm, catching some safe-haven flows.
February employment preview: Back to payroll reality
We expect the February employment report to show that January’s robust pace of job growth overstated underlying momentum in the labor market. We look for nonfarm payrolls to rise 45K in February, moderating from its current three-month average pace of 73K (Figure 1).