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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

Market Volatility Concerns While Deflecting Noise From Afar

Market Volatility Concerns While Deflecting Noise From Afar S&P 500 Six Month Chart as of 27th February 2025The phrase if it bleed it leads is a fixture regarding the world of media. People and their companies want your attention. The addition of Donald Trump to the White House helps those…

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Robert Petrucci

EUR/USD and German Elections: Saying Quiet Thoughts Out Loud

EUR/USD and German Elections: Saying Quiet Thoughts Out Loud EUR/USD One Week Chart as of 23rd February 2025The German Federal Election is taking place today and an expected shift to the right is being anticipated via the German voting public. The EUR/USD will react to the trading results tomorrow on…

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Robert Petrucci

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Expected to Cut 0.50 from Rate

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Expected to Cut 0.50 from Rate NZD/USD Six Month Chart as of 18th February 2025NZD/USD Revival Mid-Term Coming? Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to cut its Official Cash Rate by 0.50 on Wednesday. N.Z govt is being proactive as they try to ignite…

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Robert Petrucci

USD/CAD Risk Premium Shifts from Ultra to Prudent Nervousness

USD/CAD Risk Premium Shifts from Ultra to Prudent Nervousness USD/CAD Six Month Chart as of 16th February 2025The USD/CAD has experienced a bullish trend the past six months which has seen risk premium factor into the highs seen on the 3rd of February when the 1.48000 vicinity briefly witnessed a…

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Robert Petrucci

Apolitical Doesn’t Mean Blind to the Trump Forex Reality

Apolitical Doesn’t Mean Blind to the Trump Forex Reality Has everyone stopped panicking in global Forex? It appears financial institutions are showing signs of stability and perhaps even optimism, this as USD centric strength appears to actually have begun giving back the outlandish gains made on Monday when spikes higher…

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Robert Petrucci

A More Aggressive Sounding ECB Could be Wishful Thinking

A More Aggressive Sounding ECB Could be Wishful Thinking EUR/USD Three Month Chart as of 30th January 2025Will an interest rate cut by the ECB spark near-term buying in EUR/USD today? Financial institutions want news they have anticipated, day traders need to understand this dynamic.The Federal Reserve stood in place…

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AI & Machine Learning
Robert Petrucci

Nasdaq 100: U.S Exceptionalism and Competition from China

Nasdaq 100: U.S Exceptionalism and Competition from China Nasdaq 100 Six Month Chart as of 28th January 2025 The losses on the Nasdaq 100 yesterday were bad. Wall Street participants were reminded that technology is and always has been a competitive landscape. It is rather remarkable that the lesson being…

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Robert Petrucci

MicroStrategy and Bitcoin: Will They Turn into Smithereens?

MicroStrategy and Bitcoin: Will They Turn into Smithereens? MicroStrategy One Year Chart as of 25th January 2025MicroStrategy near 353.67 per yesterday’s close. Bitcoin around $104,625 this morning. Will the balloons keep inflating or become smithereens? The combo of MSTR and BTC/USD are combustible.MarketWatch has published an excellent article on the…

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Robert Petrucci

USD/JPY: Bank of Japan Actually Does its Job: Raises Rate

USD/JPY: Bank of Japan Actually Does its Job: Raises Rate USD/JPY Five Day Chart as of 24th January 2025The Bank of Japan actually raised its Policy Rate by 0.25 to 0.50% this morning. The move was done while the central bank stated the Japan economy is improving. The Bank of…

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Robert Petrucci

Trump Bounce Potentially Coming This Week in Equity Indices

Trump Bounce Potentially Coming This Week in Equity Indices S&P 500 Three Month Chart as of 19th January 2025Trump: U.S equity markets will be closed Monday for MLK Day. Upwards momentum developing this week as Trump White House takes power would not be surprising.Retail traders need to know that U.S…

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Robert Petrucci

New Year’s Thought on AUD/USD Potential Intervention by RBA

New Year’s Thought on AUD/USD Potential Intervention by RBA AUD/USD One Year Chart as of 1st January 20251 year chart of AUDUSD showing decline and lows as rumors swirl about the Reserve Bank of Australia contemplating intervention due to weak Australian Dollar.AUD/USD and AMT thoughts: Australia’s govt is led by…

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Robert Petrucci

Central Banks Noise: Holiday Trading Put on Hold For a Bit

Central Banks Noise: Holiday Trading Put on Hold For a Bit As suspected the Federal Reserve sounded more cautious than many analysts expected yesterday. While the Fed did cut the Federal Funds Rate by 0.25 to 4.50%, they essentially opened the door to allowing the current borrowing rate to simmer…

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