Tuesday 1st August
USD ISM Manufacturing PMI @ 15.00pm
Forecast: 46.9
Monday 3rd July
Forecast: 47.2
Actual: 46.0
XAUUSD
Short bullish spike at the news release but minor downtrend continued
Scenarios
Actual/Better than expected = Gold Sells
Worse than expected = Gold Buys
USD JOLTS Job Openings @ 15.00pm
Forecast: 9.61M
Thursday 6th July
Forecast: 9.93M
Actual: 9.82M
(released same time as positive ISM services PMI)
XAUUSD
Gold pushed bearish and made new daily lows
Scenarios
Actual/Better than expected = Gold Sells
Worse than expected = Gold Buys
Wednesday 2nd August
USD ADP @ 13.15pm
Forecast: 195K
Wednesday 5th July
Forecast: 226K
Actual: 497K
XAUUSD
Very good numbers, Gold fell 140pips
Scenarios
Actual/Better than expected = Gold Sells
Worse than expected = Gold Buys
Thursday 3rd August
GBP Official Bank Rate (Interest Rates) @ 12.00pm
Forecast: 5.25% (0.25% raise)
Thursday 22nd June
Forecast: 4.75%
Actual: 5.00%
GBPJPY
GJ whipsawed on the release but continued bullish for the rest of the day
Scenarios
Actual/Better than expected = GJ Buys
Worse than expected = GJ Sells
USD ISM Services PMI @ 15.00pm
Forecast: 53.0
Thursday 6th July
Forecast: 51.3
Actual: 53.9
(released same time as JOLTS)
XAUUSD
Gold pushed bearish and made new daily lows
Scenarios
Actual/Better than expected = Gold Sells
Worse than expected = Gold Buys
Friday 4th August
USD NFP/Unemployment Rate
Forecast: 200K/3.6%
Friday 7th July
Forecast: 224K/3.6%
Actual: 209K/3.6%
XAUUSD
Gold whipsawed, pushed bullish but flipped and closed bearish then continued bullish for the rest of the session
Scenarios
Actual/Better than expected = Gold Sells
Worse than expected = Gold Buys
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