Chris Weston – The Armchair Trader

Chris Weston

Chris Weston

Chris Weston is Pepperstone’s Head of Research and holds over 20 years of experience trading and analysing markets. A highly-respected markets expert, Chris has worked at IG, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, covering research as well as sales and trading roles. His extensive exposure to the FX, equities and fixed income markets puts him in a unique position to provide inspiring insights, research, ideas and risk-management strategies that support every step of your trading journey. Based in Australia, Chris is a well-known global media figure, regularly appearing on Bloomberg, CNBC, Channel News Asia and Sky News.

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Latest articles by this author

Earth globe

Technical analysis: calm before the storm

5th December 2022

US Dollar currency

Technical analysis: closing an incredibly eventful November

28th November 2022

Earth globe

Technical analysis: trading opportunities in an evolving world

21st November 2022

US Dollar currency

Technical analysis: Will a calm descend after a cross-asset storm?

14th November 2022

City

Technical analysis: China and US CPI in focus

7th November 2022

Earth globe

Technical analysis: a week littered with landmines

31st October 2022

US Federal Reserve

Technical analysis: a positive bias to risky assets

24th October 2022

GBP Pound Coin

Technical analysis: UK politics takes back some control

17th October 2022

Wall Street

Technical analysis: it’s hard not to be bearish

10th October 2022

Earth globe

Technical analysis: a slave to price action

3rd October 2022

US Federal Reserve

Technical analysis: soothing words from central bankers?

26th September 2022

Bank of England

Technical analysis: preparing for a GBP volatility storm

20th September 2022

US Dollar currency

Technical analysis: taking a positive stance with risk on a roll

12th September 2022

Natural Gas

Technical analysis: Energy markets to drive sentiment

5th September 2022

Wall Street

Technical analysis: US equity index to revisit June lows?

30th August 2022

US Federal Reserve

Technical analysis: Jackson Hole the focal point

22nd August 2022

Earth globe

Technical Analysis: a major move for GBPAUD?

15th August 2022

City columns

Technical Analysis: how high can US rates go?

8th August 2022

EU flags

Technical Analysis: technically long, tactically cautious

1st August 2022

EU flags

Technical Analysis: the emerging case for gold appreciation

25th July 2022

EU flags

Technical Analysis: Europe to take centre stage

18th July 2022

US Dollar currency

Technical Analysis: Hanging on US CPI data

11th July 2022

EU flags

Eurovision – dollar and commodity prices push Europe into recession

8th July 2022

US Federal Reserve

Technical Analysis: It’s all about growth

4th July 2022

Wall Street

Technical Analysis: is investor mood lifting?

27th June 2022

Earth globe

Technical Analysis: a look ahead to the key risk drivers

20th June 2022

The Bulls

The risk bulls have had their fun

6th June 2022

Wall Street

Technical Analysis: a look ahead to the key risk drivers

23rd May 2022

The Bulls

Technical Analysis: a look ahead to the key risk drivers

16th May 2022

US Federal Reserve

Technical Analysis: a look ahead to the key risk drivers

9th May 2022

Earth globe

Technical Analysis: a look ahead to the key risk drivers

3rd May 2022

US Dollar currency

Technical Analysis: a look ahead to the key risk drivers

21st March 2022

gold mining

Technical Analysis: a look ahead to the key risk drivers

7th March 2022

Earth globe

Technical Analysis: a look ahead to the key risk drivers

28th February 2022

Coins

Technical Analysis: A rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine

21st February 2022

Oil sector

Technical Analysis: Crude Oil in focus as headlines around Russia dominate

14th February 2022

City columns

Technical Analysis: a new leg lower coming in risk?

7th February 2022

notebook

Technical Analysis: a traders view of the event risks in play

31st January 2022

Earth globe

10 market forces that are front of mind

24th January 2022

Cliff edge

Technical analysis: the week of real event risk

13th December 2021

US Federal Reserve

Technical analysis: Inflation and Omicron to drive markets

6th December 2021

Cliff edge

New virus fears smash market sentiment as headlines dominate

29th November 2021

Euro currency

Technical analysis: growing restrictions and tensions across Europe

22nd November 2021

US Federal Reserve

Technical analysis: Are the Federal Reserve behind the curve?

15th November 2021

Tesla share price

Is the party over for Tesla bulls?

8th November 2021

Gold bars

Gold price: Could inflation fears set off the next bull market?

26th October 2021

Wall Street

A big week for stock and index traders as US earnings season kicks in

25th October 2021

Bitcoin

Is Bitcoin set for new all time highs?

18th October 2021

The Bulls

US earnings reports to watch as we head in to reporting season

6th October 2021

US Federal Reserve

Catalysts for the markets following the upcoming BoE and FOMC meetings

22nd September 2021

City columns

Could stagflation be the smoking gun for higher volatility in markets?

7th September 2021

Wall Street

Look out bulls, September is the worst month for returns

1st September 2021

Wall Street

A look ahead to the July FOMC and a blockbuster week of US earnings

23rd July 2021

Wall Street

With US earnings season upon us, we preview the opportunities for traders

2nd July 2021

City columns

FOMC preview: will sleepy markets be given a Fed wake-up call?

15th June 2021

US Dollar Currency

What is driving the USD, EUR, JPY, AUD currency markets?

21st May 2021

Gold bars

With Gold grinding its way to $1800, where next for the yellow metal?

4th May 2021

Tesla share price

Tesla Q1 earnings preview – Keeping the dream alive

23rd April 2021

Dow Jones

What can we expect from the upcoming Q1 US earnings season?

7th April 2021

City columns

How to truly monitor the biggest risk to the financial markets

22nd March 2021

Federal Reserve

FOMC Review: Lower interest rates for longer

18th March 2021

Gold bars

With all eyes on the FOMC meeting, is it make or break time for gold?

9th March 2021

US Federal Reserve

The world is shifting, and the markets are looking past this period of incredible uncertainty

5th March 2021

Gold bars

Gold price: Amid bearish sentiment, what can investors expect next?

1st March 2021

Gold Mining

The long- and short-term trading case for gold

15th February 2021

The Bull Market

Irrational exuberance – addressing bubbles in financial markets

12th February 2021

GameStop Shares

GameStop stock: for the first-time retail has a way to game the system

27th January 2021

Wall Street

Will US earnings season be the catalyst for a leg higher in equities?

15th January 2021

US Dollar currency

A macro vision for 2021: Inflation, Banks and the future of QE

14th December 2020

US Federal Reserve

Key thematic for 2021: Inflation testing the resolve of central banks

3rd December 2020

Bitcoin

The institutional awakening of Bitcoin and the crypto space

23rd November 2020

EU flag

The prospects for an explosive move in the GBP and UK assets

17th November 2020

Wall Street

The US Election: How are the markets likely to react?

2nd November 2020

US Dollar currency

Blue wave election scenario – why the USD is going down hard

12th October 2020

Coins

AUDNZD: trading central bank divergence

9th October 2020

Wall Street

How will the markets play out following the US Presidential Election?

30th September 2020

Wall Street

US election: Why a blue wave may be the USD’s most bullish case

18th September 2020

City columns

Why this FOMC meeting could see significant volatility in markets

11th September 2020

EU flags

Game playing or the start of a no-deal?

11th September 2020

Euro notes

Trading the EURUSD in the near-term

3rd September 2020

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