Crude Oil inventories much lower than expected - maybe this is the catalyst for a rally off the trendline.

USO 60 min retest of broken trendline.

Bit of a stir in London:

NAFTA? .... although that announcement was made almost an hour before the pop, so doesn't actually make sense.

Bouncing off primary pivot. Note MA configuration above.

ruscitti - THANK YOU... that's exactly the explanation I was after!

Very interesting article here explaining the squeeze in Oil and Natgas:

https://www.themacrotourist.com/posts/2018/11/13/chipper/

QQQ going for the gap fill?

Sorry about the bold type!

Trump: Another $267B China tariffs ready to go, added to $200B

Hi Max, I reside in Europe and have been trading CFDs for more than a decade now. As a rule I think it can be said that CFDs are simply not the correct instrument with which to trade individual stocks. You can of course research the commissions charged by the myriad of CFD providers you'll find online, but in my experience all of them charge rather high commissions for stocks. My advice would be to use CFDs for forex, commodities and indices, and to place your stock trades with a regular online broker (even though you will not get the leverage there). As an aside note, since the European Nanny State has now decided that we may no longer trade with such high leverage, I have switched my trading account to an Australian outfit.

Let's see whether GDX can get above the 9 EMA on the hourly chart

Looks like a doji forming on GOLD daily chart

Trump: Has Asked US Trade Representative To Identify USD200 Bln In Chinese Goods For Additional Tariffs At A Rate Of 10 Percent

source:  @LiveSquawk

SPX gap closed

That's one heck of a 5 minute candle there   

Matt, it would appear that your aforementioned 20 day MA provided a little bit of resistance   

Reaching for that fib Matt mentioned yesterday.

DJIA 10 SECOND CHART 900 point IHS   

Didn't think I'd ever witness this!

peterjennings71 - my apologies for the delay in replying.

IG Index is certainly a good choice. I live in Germany and use CMC Markets as a CFD provider. CFDs allow me to go long or short all the major indices, currency pairs, commoditiesand literally thousands of company names all over the world (although a CFD is not really the best way to trade individual shares IMO).

Spread betting is tax-free in the UK and Ireland only if you trade either tiny volumes and/or very few trades per year. As soon as the powers that be decide that you make a significant portion of your income from trading you will have to pay tax, as far as I know.

ghunt's point about playing with 100 x leverage is extremely important: money management is absolutely crucial with this kind of leverage, so you must over-equitise, or you may well wipe out your entire account in the blink of an eye. 

Best regards, and trade well!