Bitget analyst says easing Fed hike fears may shift markets back to technicals

Lewis Huang said cooling expectations for further aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes are reducing macro pressure on global markets, with chart structures in gold and U.S. equities regaining focus.

Summary

Bitget CFD chief analyst Lewis Huang said expectations for further aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes are cooling, a shift he said is easing macro pressure on global markets. In an online livestream, Huang said that could move trading behavior away from news-driven swings and back toward technical analysis (price-chart based market study), with chart patterns in gold, U.S. equities, and major stock indexes becoming more relevant.

Terms & Concepts
  • technical analysis: Price-chart based method for studying markets
  • Federal Reserve: U.S. central bank that sets monetary policy
  • stock indexes: Benchmarks tracking groups of stocks