The price of gold may continue to retrace the decline from the September high ($1834) as long as longer dated US Treasury yields remain under pressure.
Traders are further net-short than yesterday and last week, and the combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a stronger Germany 30-bullish contrarian trading bias.
The FTSE is making another push at breaking out of a multi-month range; if a breakout is successful then it could clear a path to the 2020 highs, or better.
Sterling continues to advance against other major currencies, with GBP/USD up and EUR/GBP down, but GBP/JPY is now close to previous highs that could impede its upward progress.