Each day on the European market opening Anthony Cheung, Sam North, and Amplify Trading gets you prepared for the trading day. They focus on relevant macroeconomic insights and trade idea generation for the global macro futures markets.

Binance allegedly allowed U.S. residents to trade derivatives that violate local rules, Bloomberg reports. This is confirmation that crypto, particularly unlicensed foreign derivative venues, remain in the focus of U.S. regulators.

General demand optimism has had an influence on oil, as the market expects that we’ll see oil demand come back to pre-pandemic levels quickly as the world gets vaccinated. However, now there’s a fly in the ointment.

Is emphasis on “remaining accommodative” merely enough now? Markets want to hear something on the steeping yield curve. They've become accustomed to continued assistance and yield curve control is now what they’re asking for.

Each day Ira Epstein gets you up to speed on what happened in the metals futures markets. He focuses on relevant economic and geopolitical topics that affect the precious metals and base metal markets.

Each day on the European market opening Anthony Cheung, Sam North, and Amplify Trading gets you prepared for the trading day. They focus on relevant macroeconomic insights and trade idea generation for the global macro futures markets.

Recent increased interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has come to a head with the sale of digital artist Beeple’s “Everydays” piece for USD 69 million. Though NFTs have recently seen breakout levels of attention, this type of digital asset has been present in the crypto space for years.

Both Chinese and Indian demand for oil are exceeding pre-pandemic levels, and now the U.S. gasoline demand is also recovering to near-normal levels. Data shows that U.S. gasoline demand last week was just 0.98% below what it was during the same week last year, considered pre-pandemic.

U.S. benchmarks were little changed ahead of Monday’s opening bell. The easing of state and local restrictions coupled with Congress passing President Biden’s fiscal package has brought a continued tailwind to many sectors.

Each day Ira Epstein gets you up to speed on what happened in the metals futures markets. Ira focuses on relevant economic and geopolitical topics that affect the precious and base metals markets.