Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 16/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January successfully broke the neckline level at 713.5 recovered most of loss from last trading day. Thus, iron ore return to neutral level. Hourly slow stochastic KD created a gold cross. Hourly MACD potentially create gold cross. Technical signals were indicating a neutral sentiment.   The first …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 16/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • Chinese central bank PBOC lowered one-year length Medium Lending Facility rate from 2.85% to 2.75%. Market expect Loan Prime Rate in China should follow the decrease soon. • NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Index(HMI) decrease 6 to 49, created the eighth consecutive monthly decrease. The number was …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 15/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January broke down important support at 713.5, which was the neckline of a top reversal pattern. Unless iron ore recover this level with much higher price, iron ore entered a short-run correction phase. Hourly slow stochastic KD created lower dead cross. Hourly MACD created lower dead cross. …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 15/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • The U.S. House passed Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. The Act will focus on increase company taxes, reaction to environmental changes, decrease prescription medicines and decrease financial deficit. • Chinese July new issued loans 679 billion yuan, M2 up 12% on the year. The difference …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 12/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January gave back gains from previous day and still resisted by roof area from 745.0 – 755.0. In general the price movement remained in rangebound as expected. Trading volume was in similar amount during the past five trading days. Iron ore approached the neckline observed from 15 …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 12/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • U.S. July CPI up 8.5%, last 9.1%, est. 8.7%. China July CPI up 2.7 on the year, last 2.5%, est. 2.9%. • Chinese machinery sales in July turned from negative to positive, ended a negative number last for previous 14 months. Jan – Jul machinery …

Export Tax On Steel Is Being Considered By Indian Steel Minister 12/08/22

Export duty under examination: Indian steel minister   A 15pc export tax on steel imposed by the Indian government in May is being considered and examined by the country’s new steel minister, although no changes have been announced.   “These [export tax removal proposals] are things that I am engaging myself on currently, we will …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 11/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January contract created roof area from 745.0 – 755.0, as intra-day high rejected by this area. Thus, iron ore was still in bearish territory. Hourly slow stochastic KD created a bearish divergence with hourly candles movement. Hourly CCI returned to bullish territory. Short-run signals were indicating a …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 11/08/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • U.S. July CPI up 8.5%, last 9.1%, est. 8.7%. China July CPI up 2.7 on the year, last 2.5%, est. 2.9%. • Chinese machinery sales in July turned from negative to positive, ended a negative number last for previous 14 months. Jan – Jul machinery …

Iron Ore DCE January Daily Technical Review 10/08/22

Verdict – Short-term neutral.   DCE iron ore January contract maintained neutral as expected, closed with a doji pattern. It is worth noticing that daily CCI and slow stochastic KD both created bearish divergence with iron ore price chart, which indicated that the current price was in testing mid-run bearish trend. However short-run signals were …