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Last Week’s Trading BehaviourRetail traders adopted a cautious approach heading into the FED on Wednesday. The hike was expected, but the subsequent press conference and statement was more hawkish than what the market expected. General behaviour focused on being long after the meeting and that
Last Week’s Trading BehaviourInterest from retail participants was muted throughout last week as the wave of Tier 1 US Data continues to drive sentiment. Participation was modest but skewed towards higher prices in XAU. The volatile price action after the higher than expected CPI release
Last Week’s Trading Behaviour XAU found itself in a broad $4350/$4500 range last week and retail behaviour tended to favour the topside. Positioning was skewed long in anticipation for the NFP release and that resulted in a significant move lower with the headline 162k number
Last Week’s Trading Behaviour Participation was slightly down from the week before with the Jackson Hole speech that loomed large. Retail behaviour was concentrated towards fading the continuing uptrend in XAU during the start of the week. The hawkish tone of the Fed Chair on
Last Week’s Trading Behaviour As mentioned in last week’s brief, trends are starting to emerge and XAU rallied strongly into the weekend. Participation remained high throughout the week, and consistent fading from the retail segment aided in the solid positive price action in XAU. This
Victory Markets — Weekly Strategy Research August 2026 Last Week’s Trading Behaviour Participation remained high throughout the week with Retail Traders actively involved pre and post the US Inflation data. The bias was to generally fade the upwards price trajectory of XAU at less than
Behavioural intelligence from Victory Markets Last Week’s Trading Behaviour Trading behaviour throughout the week reflected the volatility dominating current price action. Retail traders generally traded the broad $4,000–$4,100 range effectively, and in greater volume than earlier in July. Performance was less consistent when geopolitical headlines
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