🇺🇸 US Pre-Market: Mostly Negative 📉

The US stock market is showing a predominantly negative pre-market trend, indicating a flight from risk.

In the Financials sector, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) is up 0.23%, while JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is down 0.37%.

In the Information Technology sector, NVIDIA (NVDA) is down 3.01%, while Apple (AAPL) is down 1.14%.

In the Consumer Staples sector, Walmart (WMT) is up 0.60%, while Costco (COST) is down 0.06%.

The downward trend among major large-cap names is driving risk-off sentiment: demand is shifting toward safe-haven dollar assets and Treasuries, creating conditions for local support for the dollar and dampening interest in riskier currencies.

▶️ Pro News Weekly: Stocks Hit Records as Bitcoin Slips

Welcome to Pro News Weekly!

💵 The U.S. dollar edges higher as stronger inflation data and rising expectations for future Fed tightening support Treasury yields, even as improving global risk sentiment limits safe-haven demand.

📊 Stock indices continue pushing to fresh record highs, fueled by explosive corporate earnings growth and AI-driven optimism, while investors increasingly dismiss geopolitical risks and concerns about overheating valuations.

🪙 Gold enters a consolidation phase as traders weigh Middle East uncertainty, rising U.S. yields and India’s surprise increase in gold import duties, with markets watching closely for signs of renewed central bank demand.

₿ Bitcoin comes under pressure after failing to hold above key resistance, as regulatory compromises around stablecoin rewards weaken sentiment and break crypto’s recent correlation with stocks and gold.

Will record-breaking equity markets continue to shrug off inflation and geopolitical risks, or could rising Fed tightening expectations and renewed Middle East tensions trigger a sharp reversal across global assets?

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Chevron Wave Analysis – 15 May 2026

- Chevron reversed from strong support level 180.00

- Likely to rise to resistance level 195.00

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Dogecoin Wave Analysis – 15 May 2026

- Dogecoin reversed from resistance zone

- Likely to fall to support level 0.1000

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Bitcoincash Wave Analysis – 15 May 2026

- Bitcoincash approaching support level 416.00

- Likely to fall to support level 400.00

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Platinum Wave Analysis – 15 May 2026

- Platinum reversed from resistance level 2140.00

- Likely to fall to support level 1871.50

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🗓 Economic Calendar at 2026/05/18 (GMT)

02:00 🇨🇳 Fixed Asset Investment — Exp: 1.7% Actual: -1.6%

02:00 🇨🇳 Industrial Production — Exp: 6.0% Actual: 4.1% | 5.6%

02:00 🇨🇳 NBS Press Conference

23:50 🇯🇵 ⚡️ Gross Domestic Product — Exp: 0.4% | 1.7%

23:50 🇯🇵 GDP Price Index — Exp: 3.1%


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Bitcoin is on the brink of a knockdown

The crypto market capitalisation has fallen by 5.2% over the past seven days to $2.56 trillion, with the decline accelerating in the second half of the week. Over the past 24 hours, the decline amounted to 1.5%, with selling pressure mounting at the start of Asian trading and a pullback towards the 50-day moving average and the lows seen in late April. The market is thus approaching a point at which the bulls' strength will be tested. A move lower would technically break the uptrend that has been in place since early April, and dash hopes of an end to the bear market that has been ongoing since October. Among the most active coins, roughly one in ten is rising, with the heaviest losses seen in Bitcoin Cash (-11.6%), Official Trump (-5.5%) and Doge (-4.6%). Zcash (+3%), Toncoin (+1.8%) and Cosmos (+0.9%) are gaining ground.

Bitcoin appears to be in the bears’ grip. Repeated failures to break above the 200-day moving average have sent the market into a downtrend, pushing the price of the leading cryptocurrency down to $76.6K. A 6% loss over less than four days is hardly a capitulation, but rather a disappointment for those who actively bought crypto in April. This corrective pullback has knocked the price out of the growth channel of the past month and a half. However, the uptrend is not formally considered broken until the price falls below previous local lows. And right now, the market is teetering on the edge. A breach below $76K could be followed by an acceleration of the decline, with potential targets near $65K.

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Gold is on a selling spree

Investors are offloading the precious metal due to rising bond yields.

The factors that have driven the dollar higher since March have returned.

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🇺🇸 US Pre-Market: Mixed 📊

The US stock market is showing mixed trends in pre-market trading, with a slight upward bias driven by gains among some of the largest technology companies.

In the Information Technology sector, NVIDIA (NVDA) is up 1.97%, Micron Technology (MU) is up 2.81%, while Microsoft (MSFT) is down 0.27%.

In the Communication Services sector, Alphabet (GOOGL) is down 0.13%, while Walt Disney (DIS) is down 0.05%.

In the Consumer Discretionary sector, McDonald's (MCD) is up 0.17%.

Moderate risk appetite for major tech names is creating a largely neutral backdrop for the dollar. With no significant flight to safe-haven assets, short-term USD movement is likely to remain subdued, driven by Fed rate expectations and external news rather than domestic equity flows.

▶️ Solana. Fall to $65

Today is Monday, the 18th of May, and we're going to talk about the Solana market, a coin that is currently one of the most interesting markets to trade.

Just a reminder about the major daily time frame, which indicates that we're within a very large trend in which the fifth wave has begun to actively develop with a target of falling to $60-$65.

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🗓 Economic Calendar at 2026/05/19 (GMT)

01:30 🇦🇺 ⚡️ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes

06:00 🇬🇧 Claimant Count Change — Exp: 23.1K Actual: 26.5K

06:00 🇬🇧 Unemployment Rate — Exp: 4.9% Actual: 5.0%

06:00 🇬🇧 Average Earnings Index — Exp: 3.8% | 3.4% Actual: 4.1% | 3.4%

12:30 🇨🇦 ⚡️ Consumer Price Index — Exp: 0.6% | 3.1% Actual: 0.4% | 2.8%

12:30 🇨🇦 Core CPI Actual: 0.2% | 2.1%

12:30 🇨🇦 Common Core CPI — Exp: 2.6% Actual: 2.5%

12:30 🇨🇦 Trimmed Core CPI — Exp: 2.2% Actual: 2.0%

12:30 🇨🇦 Median Core CPI — Exp: 2.2% Actual: 2.1%

14:00 🇺🇸 Pending Home Sales — Exp: 1.0% Actual: 1.4% | 3.2%


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Costco Wave Analysis – 18 May 2026

- Costco broke key resistance level 1062.00

- Likely to rise to resistance level 1077.00

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AUDUSD Wave Analysis – 18 May 2026

- AUDUSD reversed from pivotal support level 0.7110

- Likely to rise to resistance level 0.7265

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Bitcoin Wave Analysis – 18 May 2026

- Bitcoin reversed from resistance zone

- Likely to fall to support level 75000.00

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Stellar Wave Analysis – 18 May 2026

- Stellar broke key support level 0.1450

- Likely to fall to support level 0.1355

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⚠️ Japan — Gross Domestic Product at 03:00 GMT

✔️ Prev: 0.3% | 1.3%

🕒 Exp: 0.4% | 1.7%

🎯 Fact.: 0.5% 📈 | 2.1% 📈

⚠️ Australia — Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes at 01:30 GMT

⚠️ Canada — Consumer Price Index at 03:00 GMT

✔️ Prev: 0.9% | 2.4%

🕒 Exp: 0.6% | 3.1%

🎯 Fact.: 0.4% 📉 | 2.8% 📉