Market Overview

Aggregate sentiment across all 8 pairs

NY Session March 22, 2026

Market Indicators

Overall Sentiment
3/10 Risk-Off
πŸ”΄ Fear 🟑 Neutral 🟒 Greed
Dollar Index (DXY)
108.500 +0.15%
Volatility Index (VIX)
14.20 Low fear
US 10Y Treasury
4.520%

Analysis

Market Overview - NY Session

Aggregate Sentiment

Overall Bias: Risk-Off
Confidence: Medium
USD Outlook: Bullish

Session Summary

USD strength is the dominant theme, pressuring EURUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, and XAUUSD lower, while supporting advances in USDJPY, USDCHF, and USDCAD. GBPUSD stands out as a divergence with a long bias amid the markup phase across most pairs. DXY’s modest uptick to 108.5 reinforces the risk-off tone in a low VIX environment.

MCM State Distribution

  • Markup: 7 pairs
  • Markdown: 0 pairs
  • Accumulation: 0 pairs
  • Distribution: 1 pair

Key Themes

  1. Widespread USD bullishness in markup phase, likely to extend gains in high-priority NY pairs like USDCAD and USDJPY
  2. Commodity bloc (AUD, NZD) and gold vulnerable to further downside on risk-off flows
  3. GBPUSD divergence warrants caution, possible mean reversion against the USD trend

Risk Events

  • None scheduled

Session Outlook

Prioritize USD longs in USDCAD and USDJPY during overlap, scaling in on pullbacks to fresh zones while fading GBPUSD strength.

Pair Sentiment Matrix

Pair Bias Confidence Fear Score Key Level
XAUUSD πŸ”΄ Short Medium 3/10 --
AUDUSD πŸ”΄ Short Medium 4/10 0.70423
EURUSD πŸ”΄ Short Medium 5/10 1.15473
GBPUSD 🟒 Long Medium 5/10 1.33511
USDJPY 🟒 Long High 6/10 158.97
USDCHF 🟒 Long Medium 6/10 0.78800
USDCAD 🟒 Long High 6/10 1.37000
NZDUSD πŸ”΄ Short Medium 3/10 0.58480

Correlation Notes

USD Strength Impact

Dollar strengthening (DXY +0.15%) β†’ Inverse pairs (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, Gold) under pressure. Direct pairs (USD/JPY, USD/CHF, USD/CAD) supported.

Risk Sentiment

Risk-on environment (VIX 14.20) β†’ AUD/NZD/CAD strength expected. JPY/CHF (safe havens) likely weaker. Gold neutral to lower.

NY Session Context

USD-Centric

All pairs active, USD/CAD peak volume

Overlap (8 AM-12 PM)

Highest volatility window across all pairs