This week, Bitcoin nearly touched $70,000 before tumbling on cooling Fed rate cut bets. Despite the selloff, prices are still up roughly 4% month-to-date – trading comfortably above the 200-day SMA.

Risk aversion engulfed global markets yesterday (Tuesday, 1st October) as tensions flared up in the Middle East. Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel, sparking fears of a wider conflict in the region.

Silver has jumped to its highest level since 2012, outperforming gold on a week, month, and year-to-date basis! The white metal could be injected with fresh volatility thanks to the incoming US jobs report in the week ahead.

Check out the forecasts from our September 6th NFP webinar, and how they've panned out since last Friday’s US jobs report threw up mixed data that gave something for everyone, bulls and bears alike.