Daily Market Outlook, November 28, 2022

‘Risk Sentiment Softens As China Protests Escalate ’

  • Overnight Asian equity markets opened with a subdued tone as investors expressed concern with protests in China growing. Protesters took to the streets over Covid restrictions, which many believe played a major part in deaths in a fire in a block of flats. With Covid cases at record levels and civil unrest growing, markets are wary of further potential impacts on supply chains. Apple announced this morning that they will lose about six million iPhone Pros due to protests at its plant. The potential impact on global growth driven by China’s Covid policies coupled with civil unrest in the region has caused oil to plunge in overnight trade printing lows not seen since 2021 below $75 a barrel for WTI Crude.  Black Friday retail data seems to suggest robust consumer spending with a projected record $9.12bln online sales, focus now shifts to Cyber Monday, Reuters expects record spending today as online sales grow 5.1% year over year to over $11bln.


  • For the day ahead: Markets will continue to monitor developments in China. On the data slate, there is a lack of tier-one data due today, in the Eurozone M3 money supply is expected to show modest annual growth falling from 6.3% to 6.1% for October.  Later today ECB President Lagarde is to appear before the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary affairs, markets will parse her comments for any further clues as to the ECB's rate path and monetary policy outlook, as recent comments from ECB officials seem to suggest that the rate move for the December is a close call between 50-75bps. In the US markets will be looking to Fed speakers Bullard and Williams, Bullard is likely to push the line of a higher terminal rate, he is of the view that 5-7% is the appropriate ballpark, however, more weight will be given to Fed Chair Powell's speech later this week, for more details on the fundamental and technical drivers for the week ahead see my market outlook video here

Overnight Headlines

  • Chinese Protests Spread Over Government’s Covid Restrictions

  • China Markets Slide As Covid Protests Put Investors On Edge

  • Oil Retreats To The Lowest Since 2021 On China’s Covid Unrest

  • China's Party Paper Reiterates Enforcement Of Covid Policies

  • China Reports Another Daily Record Of Covid Cases Amid Protests

  • China’s Industrial Profits Drop As Covid Surges, Prices Fall

  • Australia Retail Sales Fall For First Time In 2022 As Rates Bite

  • RBA’s Lowe Sees Better Chance Of Australia ‘Soft Landing’ Than Peers

  • RBNZ’s Silk: NZ Faces 'Shallow' Recession As Rates Need To Rise More

  • ECB's Makhlouf Sees Smaller Interest Rate Hikes In 2023, If Needed

  • Yuan, Commodity Currencies Slide As China Covid Unrest Hits Mood

  • Iraq Plans To Start Expanding Oil Export Capacity From Next Year

  • Black Friday Lured Shoppers Back, In Early Test For Holiday Spending

  • US Bans Huawei, ZTE Equipment Sales, Citing National Security Risk

Technical & Trade Views

SP500 Bias: Bullish Above Bearish Below 3990/80

Technicals

  • Primary support is 3990/80

  • Primary upside objective is 4120

  • Next pattern confirmation, acceptance above 4050

  • Failure below 3950 opens a test of 3900

  • 20 Day VWAP bullish, 5 Day VWAP bullish

EURUSD Bias: Bullish Above Bearish below 1.0340

Technicals

  • Primary support is 1.0340

  • Primary upside objective is 1.0620

  • Next pattern confirmation, acceptance above 1.0485

  • Failure below 1.03 opens a test of 1.0220

  • 20 Day VWAP bullish, 5 Day VWAP bullish

Today’s New York Cut Option Expiries: 1.0240-50 (2.4BN), 1.0250 (2.0BN), 1.0300 (737M), 1.0350 (377M), 1.0390-00 (1.06BN), 1.0405-15 (777M),  1.0425 (1.0BN), 1.0450-55 (708M)

GBPUSD Bias: Bullish Above Bearish below 1.1950

Technicals

  • Primary support is 1.1950

  • Primary upside objective 1.22

  • Next pattern confirmation, acceptance above 1.21

  • Failure below 1.19 opens a test of 1.1770

  • 20 Day VWAP bullish, 5 Day VWAP bullish

  • Today’s New York Cut Option Expiries: 1.2100 (991), 1.2300 (439M)

  • EUR/GBP: 0.8630 (229M), 0.8650-60 (310M)

USDJPY Bias: Bullish above Bearish Below 140

Technicals

  • Primary resistance is 140

  • Primary downside objective is 136

  • Next pattern confirmation, acceptance below 138

  • Acceptance above 142.20 opens a test of 143

  • 20 Day VWAP bearish, 5 Day VWAP bearish

  • Today's New York Cut Option Expiries: 137.50 (214M), 138.30 (900M), 138.50 (842M)

  • EUR/JPY: 145.95-05 (628M)

AUDUSD Bias: Bullish Above Bearish below .6650

Technicals

  • Primary support is .6650

  • Primary upside objective is .6900

  • Next pattern confirmation, acceptance above .6775

  • Failure below .6660 opens a test of .6600

  • 20 Day VWAP bullish, 5 Day VWAP bullish

  • Today’s New York Cut Option Expiries: 0.6600 (308M), 0.6700-05 (819M), 0.6710-15 (270M)

  • NZD/USD: 0.6140 (313M)

  • USD/CAD: 1.3300 (220M), 1.3325 (220M) 1.3400 (250M), 1.3540 (230M)

BTCUSD Bias: Intraday Bullish Above Bearish below 16100

Technicals

  • Intraday 16100 is primary resistance

  • Primary upside objective is 17000

  • Next pattern confirmation, acceptance below 16750

  • Failure 16000 opens a test of 15500

  • 20 Day VWAP bearish, 5 Day VWAP bullish