The economic calendar in Asia for Friday, 12 September 2025, features data from New Zealand and Japan. However, these releases are not expected to cause much movement in the markets.<\/p>\n
In other finance news, the FT reports that there is an effort to impose a 15\u201320% minimum tariff on all EU goods. As a result, the EURUSD has seen a downward shift. Meanwhile, American indices like the Dow, NASDAQ, and the S&P have reached record levels. <\/p>\n
A recent report reveals a jump in initial jobless claims overshadowing the Consumer Price Index. Tesla shares rise to their best level since February, breaking the summer high. This comes as major US indices are near their highs as the day approaches the close.<\/p>\n
A general risk warning has been issued, stating that foreign exchange trading comes with high risk, and leverage adds to both risk and potential losses. Interested parties are advised to assess their investment goals and consult with financial advisors. Additionally, investingLive provides information for educational purposes, stressing that past performance does not guarantee future results and disclaims liability for any losses from reliance on its content.<\/p>\n
With a light economic calendar in Asia tomorrow, we see little reason for major moves there. The focus should therefore shift to the unresolved tensions brewing in US and European markets. This suggests positioning for volatility rather than clear direction in the short term.<\/p>\n
US indices like the S&P 500 have been pushing record highs, but we are seeing signs of nervousness. The VIX, a key measure of market fear, has crept up from 12 to over 15 in the past week despite the new highs. This divergence suggests buying protective puts on broad market ETFs or considering call options on the VIX itself to hedge against a potential pullback.<\/p>\n
The renewed threat of 15-20% tariffs on EU goods is a significant risk for the Euro. We only need to look back at the trade disputes of the late 2010s to see how such rhetoric consistently weakened the EUR\/USD exchange rate. Buying puts on the Euro or establishing bearish option structures could prove timely as this story develops.<\/p>\n
We are also caught between conflicting US economic signals, with weekly jobless claims recently jumping to over 250,000 while the latest CPI inflation report remained sticky at 3.1%. This uncertainty about the Federal Reserve’s next move creates opportunities in interest rate derivatives. Watching options on Fed Funds futures could provide a direct play on shifting monetary policy expectations in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
On the single-stock front, Tesla breaking its summer high to trade above $310 is a strong bullish signal for momentum traders. Given its historically high implied volatility, buying long-dated call options might be expensive but could capture further upside. A more cost-effective strategy could be a call debit spread to profit from a continued rally.<\/p>\n
Create your live VT Markets account<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0start trading<\/a>\u00a0now. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Markets rally; Tesla surges; EURUSD dips on tariff talk; jobless claims rise; caution urged in forex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":16986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-updates"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}