Here to explain why the stock market is crashing and why you should be concerned as a trader

In the last press conference of the Fomc Jerome said they're trying to achieve a "soft-ish landing".

In my opinion according to my research a soft-ish landing means artificially crashing the market (as we are seeing now) so that when the actual depression kicks in it won't come as much of a surprise therefore the market will not tumble any lower than how low it should go.Think of it as a goat poisoning itself right before its slaughtered. 

"I'm a Forex trader. I trade currencies & Gold, how is this article relevant to me?"
Simply put, an economy isn't an economy without goods & services. Therefore, companies provide these goods and services thus making up the stock market and a country's economy is controlled by supply and demand for goods & services and the medium of exchange is a country's currency thus a stock market especially the US stock market has a direct influence on the exchange rate not just of the dollar but of other currencies since it's considered a world currency.
Other than currencies, prices of commodities you trade such as Gold and Oil and Cryptocurrencies are indirectly affected by the stock market. How? You may ask, for these two usually it's because they are considered an alternative investment to investing in stocks.

Back to the stocks, increased volatility will be seen all round the financial market during the recession, the charts will go crazy, I can't tell you a specific direction currently but you can just do some backtesting and check during the last financial crisis how did the market behave, how did the currencies move and any other info you may find relevant.

I'll stop here for today. 

Thanks :)

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