Tuesday 30th April
USD CB Consumer Confidence
Forecast:104.0
Tuesday 26th March
Forecast: 106.9
Actual: 104.7
XAUUSD
Gold pushed up 32 pips then flipped bearish and dropped 23 pips
Trend - Bullish and daily closed bullish
Scenarios
Actual/Better (higher) - Gold Sells
Worse (lower) - Gold Buys
Wednesday 1st May
USD ADP @ 1.15pm
Forecast:179K
Wednesday 3rd April
Forecast:148K
Actual: 184K (Better than expected)
XAUUSD
Gold dropped 74 pips then retraced
Trend - Bullish and continued
Scenarios
Actual/Better (higher) - Gold Sells
Worse (lower) - Gold Buys
USD ISM Manufacturing PMI @ 3.00pm
Forecast: 49.9
Monday 1st April
Forecast: 48.5
Actual: 50.3 (Better than expected)
XAUUSD
Gold dropped 150 pips on the news
Trend - Bullish and continued
Scenarios
Actual/Better (higher) - Gold Sells
Worse (lower) - Gold Buys
USD JOLTS Job Openings @ 3.00pm
Forecast: 8.68M
Tuesday 3rd April
Forecast: 8.76M
Actual: 8.76M
XAUUSD
Gold pushed 117 pips on the news
Trend - Bullish and continued
Scenarios
Actual/Better (higher) - Gold Sells
Worse (lower) - Gold Buys
USD Federal Funds Rate @ 7.00pm
Forecast: 5.50%
Wednesday 20th March
Forecast: 5.50%
Actual: 5.50%
XAUUSD
Gold pushed up 180 pips and continued bullish for the rest of the session
Trend - Bullish, continuation from lows
Scenarios
Actual/Better (higher) - Gold Sells
Worse (lower) - Gold Buys
Friday 3rd May
USD NFP/Unemployment Rates @ 1.30pm
Forecast: 243K/3.8%
Friday 5th April
Forecast: 212K/3.9%
Actual: 303K/3.8% (Better than expected)
XAUUSD
Gold dropped 155 pips on the news then retraced and close weak bearish
Trend - Bullish and continued
Scenarios
Actual/Better (higher) - Gold Sells
Worse (lower) - Gold Buys
USD ISM Services PMI @ 1.30pm
Forecast: 52.0
Wednesday 3rd April
Forecast:52.8
Actual: 51.4 (Worse than expected)
XAUUSD
Gold pushed up 100 pips then reversed and closed weak bullish
Trend - Bullish and continued
Scenarios
Actual/Better (higher) - Gold Sells
Worse (lower) - Gold Buys
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