Daily brief

Each market day's score moves, bias changes, strongest and weakest setups, releases due and COT shifts, written by a model from MarketBox's stored data.

Brief for Fri, 30 Oct 2026

An earlier day's brief. Read the newest, Wed, 11 Nov 2026

AUD and GBP strength lift several pairs as EUR and NZD stay weak.

Biggest moves

AUDCAD rose 8 points to 5 and GBPCAD gained 6 to 9 on the day. Over the week AUDNZD climbed 9 points to 8 while EURUSD fell 8 to −9.

Bias changes

AUDCAD, GBPUSD and AUDUSD moved to bullish, and GBPCAD to strong bullish. CADJPY slipped to neutral and the Canadian dollar index turned bearish.

Strongest and weakest

GBPNZD leads at 10 with a strong bullish bias, followed by GBPCAD at 9. EURGBP sits lowest at −11 and EURUSD at −9, both strong bearish.

Releases due

USD NFP and the USD unemployment rate are due Fri 6 Nov, with consensus at 65K and 4.2%. EUR CPI YoY is due Wed 4 Nov at 3.9%.

COT positioning

Japanese yen net long rose by 31,713 contracts to 101,591, with long share up 4 percentage points to 64.5. Platinum net fell 3,868 to 9,294.

Briefs by day

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Wed, 11 Nov 2026US dollar strength dominates as GBPUSD turns bearish and gold stays weak.
Tue, 10 Nov 2026US Dollar Index strengthens while metals and NZDUSD remain weak.
Mon, 9 Nov 2026USDCAD and USDJPY lead strong bullish scores while NZDUSD and gold sit at the bottom.
Fri, 6 Nov 2026US Dollar Index turns strong bullish as USDJPY leads broad dollar gains.
Thu, 5 Nov 2026Dollar pairs weaken as EURUSD turns bearish and USDCAD leads bullish setups.
Wed, 4 Nov 2026Gold and silver weaken sharply while sterling crosses lead a bullish board.
Tue, 3 Nov 2026Gold and spot gold drop 10 points on the week as USDJPY turns bullish.
Mon, 2 Nov 2026

Daily brief

Each market day's score moves, bias changes, strongest and weakest setups, releases due and COT shifts, written by a model from MarketBox's stored data.