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Robert Petrucci

Robert Petrucci brings over 30 years of experience in the financial markets and has been writing about them for nearly two decades. He specializes in risk management and delivers insightful analysis across Forex, equities, indices, and commodities. Beyond markets, Robert is also known to explore politics and sports, and he is a co-host of The Risk Reward Show, a podcast available on all major platforms.
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Robert Petrucci

No Chance of a Nimble U.S Fed as Entitled Investors Served

No Chance of a Nimble U.S Fed as Entitled Investors Served On Wednesday of this week Consumer Price Index numbers will be published, followed by Producer Price Index data on Thursday. Inflation statistics from the U.S for several months have been coming in rather tame and sometimes below forecasted results.…

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Taco Trade Consideration: All about Accumulation Not Ego

Taco Trade Consideration: All about Accumulation Not Ego Taco Friday is upon us. Fair or not the newly coined expression TACO – Trump always chickens out – is a rather savvy way of looking at current market perspectives. Day traders have run into a buzzsaw trying to speculate on daily…

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Why No Major Panic in U.S Stock via Moody’s Downgrade?

Why No Major Panic in U.S Stock via Moody’s Downgrade? While Asian equity markets opened with initial nervousness yesterday after Friday’s late downgrade of U.S debt by Moody’s to Aa1. The U.S major indices did not respond with panic selling, By the end of yesterday’s trading the Dow30, Nasdaq100 and…

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High Level Antics as Trump Battles Institutions over Economy

High Level Antics as Trump Battles Institutions over Economy Late last week Moody’s downgraded U.S debt, and the 10 Year Treasury yields as of this morning are near 4.50%. Yet, the Chicago Volatility Index is around the 17.25 level which is actually a small victory and shows that sentiment has…

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Quick Trading Lesson and Mantra to Practice Patience

Quick Trading Lesson and Mantra to Practice Patience Current speculative conditions are difficult for day traders. In most cases the market environments are likely very costly too. The amount of recent volatility over the past few months has made brokers very happy and traders very poor in many cases. Traders…

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Market Volatility Shelf Life Doesn’t Have an Expiration Date

Market Volatility Shelf Life Doesn’t Have an Expiration Date Updated: Apr 11An associate in the financial world just wrote to me that “all bets are off”. Perhaps that is a solid way to think about the present speculative and investment situation. The tumultuous wave of hysteria in equity indices, Forex, commodities…

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Trump: Will He or Won’t He Day and Uncertainty for Investors

Trump: Will He or Won’t He Day and Uncertainty for Investors EURUSD One Month Chart as of 2nd April 2025Liberation/Tariff Day will blow onto the global financial shores this morning. President Trump and his team are certain to take a victory lap as they announce their decisions regarding actions being…

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Examination Time: Nasdaq 100 and Trump Behavioral Sentiment

Examination Time: Nasdaq 100 and Trump Behavioral Sentiment Nasdaq 100 Six Month Chart as of 25th MarchNear-term trading in the Nasdaq 100 will face an examination of behavioral sentiment today and the remainder of the week. The stock index finished yesterday’s trading around 20,180.44, essentially traversing near levels directly before…

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Predicting the Federal Reserve and President Trump’s Rhetoric

Predicting the Federal Reserve and President Trump’s Rhetoric Financial institutions have grown accustomed to the rather fierce rhetoric from President Trump in the early days of his second term. Financial institutions have also become quite used to the recent overly cautious statements from the Federal Reserve. This Wednesday the Fed’s…

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Stock Market Narrative and Looking for a Trump Silver Lining

Stock Market Narrative and Looking for a Trump Silver Lining S&P 500 One Year Chart as of 14th March 2025U.S stock markets have been hit on the nose in recent weeks, the major indices have put in rather consistent declines since the 19th of February, and the selling frenzy and…

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FX Trends: Brutal Months for Day Traders and Happy Brokers

FX Trends: Brutal Months for Day Traders and Happy Brokers The past few months for day traders have likely not been pleasant experiences for many. Forex, equity indices and other assets have experienced plenty of volatility and finding a trend has not been easy. While speculators who are wagering on…

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EUR/USD: Volatility is Visiting Again upon the Trump Effect

EUR/USD: Volatility is Visiting Again upon the Trump Effect EUR/USD One Month Chart as of 3rd of March 2025The EUR/USD bounced slightly higher in early trading this morning, this after Friday’s burst lower when nervousness was ignited by the loud outcome (and lack of a resolution) via the Zelensky and…

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