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Happy lunar new year!

With various Asian markets closed today, and as the US prepares to resume after a 3-day weekend, major assets are starting off the new lunar year in the red:

• Bybit's SP500 - which tracks the benchmark S&P 500 stock index - is testing its 100-day simple moving average (SMA) once more for critical support

• Gold (XAUUSD+) is testing the $4,900 psychological level for support, down about 1.4% so far today, while Silver (XAGUSD) is down 2%