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Here are some key price action this Monday, June 15th:
Brent Oil (UKOUSD): -4.1%, hits 3-month low! (though still 15% higher since Iran war erupted on Feb 28th)
Gold (XAUUSD+): +2%, back above $4300
Dow Jones index (DJ30): +1%, almost matching (21 index points/0.04% away from) its all-time intraday high!
S&P 500 (SP500) +1.3%, Nasdaq 100 (NAS100) +2% - each <2% below respective all-time intraday highs!
Bitcoin (BTCUSDT): +2.8%, resisted so far around the $66k upside target we shared this time last week (June 8th)
Did you miss out on the trade setups from last week's “3 Assets to Watch” report?
No worries: With a new week comes new trading/investing opportunities.And there are multiple major events due in the days ahead that could trigger outsized market moves!
While the latest developments surrounding the Middle East conflict always warrant close attention ...
The mid-week Fed rate decision, featuring Kevin Warsh’s first FOMC meeting as Fed Chair, makes it arguably the must-watch event of the week.
DECODE: The Federal Reserve a.k.a. The Fed is the world’s most influential central bank - any US rate adjustments in the future are bound to move market prices in the present.
As things stand, markets have lowered their expectations for a Fed rate hike in 2026, now down to 69% odds, versus the 100% certainty this time last week (Monday, June 8th).
Those lowered odds for a Fed rate hike have helped the latest rebound in risk assets of late (stocks, cryptos, etc.)
As cited at the top of this article, at the time of writing, the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index is a mere 1.7% away from emulating its all-time intraday high.
This tech-heavy index last flirted with the 30,800 level earlier this month (June 3rd), fueled by the AI-mania.
After a sharp pullback, the NAS100 more recently rebounded on the blockbuster SpaceX IPO (last Friday, June 12), and today’s rejoicing of easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
POTENTIAL SCENARIOS
NOTE: Riskier assets such as cryptos and stocks often cheer the prospects of lower US interest rates (or at least when Fed rates are not moving up as quickly as expected)
So far in June 2026, the British Pound is the G10’s smallest loser against the US dollar, with GBPUSD+ merely falling 0.15% month-to-date.
Amid the relatively muted price moves, there still lies potential trading opportunities.
Such a trade was evidenced when GBPUSD+ hit our upside target cited on May 18th - with the 1.3500 psychological level being as good as it’s gotten since for “bulls” (those hoping an asset’s price will rise):
Over the coming week, Bloomberg’s FX model predicts a 75% chance that GBPUSD+ will trade between 1.3300 - 1.3590 range.
POTENTIAL SCENARIOS
NOTE: Markets currently expect just 1 rate hike by the Bank of England for all of 2026.
NOTE: A currency tends to weaken at the thought of its country’s interest rates not rising as fast as its peers.
Over the past 7 days, according to CoinGecko calculations ...
SOL has rebounded 8% - the highest among the 10 largest digital assets.
That rebound was likely fueled by sustained net inflows into Solana spot ETFs (exchange-traded funds) of about US$ 350 million so far in 2026, despite the token's year-to-date drop which briefly exceeded 50% (intraday low on June 6th).
This recent rebound has now brought SOLUSDT on the cusp of facing resistance around its 21-day simple moving average (SMA).
POTENTIAL SCENARIOS
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