Hamster Kombat Data

This is the most crowded week of the quarter. Alphabet and Microsoft report on Wednesday night, a few hours after the Federal Reserve announces its October decision. Amazon follows on Thursday, the same day as the advance read on third quarter GDP and September PCE inflation. The Bank of Canada, the ECB and the Bank of Japan all meet before Friday. And with the US midterms a week away on November 3, election-driven volatility starts to seep into prices from here.

NinjaTrader Group has launched its futures-only trading platform in the UK, giving traders access to CME and Eurex contracts, a free simulator and GBP or USD funding, following earlier 2026 expansion across Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Spain and wider EU markets. Web, desktop and mobile access is offered.

US stock futures are positive in early trading today with the Dow rising 0.2%, while Nasdaq-100 futures gained 0.1%.

The Nasdaq 100 remains under bearish pressure after failing to sustain its recent recovery toward the 29,400–29,500 area. Following the sharp decline toward 28,838, the index entered a consolidation phase before rebounding toward approximately 29,400.

Hyperliquid says Kraken parent Payward is intended to be the first CFTC-regulated deployer on its HIP-3 markets, using Bitnomial and NinjaTrader Clearing to offer perpetual futures to U.S. clients, subject to approval. Hyperliquid also outlined HIP-3*, which adds optional permissioned markets with on-chain allowlists.

Deutsche Börse Group has launched 24/7 trading in DAX 40 equities via 360X’s regulated MTF, using a request-for-quote model outside Xetra hours. Existing clients can onboard directly, trade standard DAX ISINs and settle in euro into their Clearstream accounts, while core Xetra auctions and opening prices stay unchanged.

DXtrade, the multi-asset trading platform from Devexperts, has integrated with KuCoin, giving brokers licensing DXtrade access to KuCoin’s aggregate liquidity for spot and perpetual futures markets through its Market Maker Support System, which covers trading incentives, OTC lending and matching latency as low as 3ms.

AUDCAD remains bearish below 0.98500–0.98750 resistance. Explore confirmation signals for a decline toward 0.97900 or a bullish recovery toward 0.99100.

Nasdaq 100 forecast recap: NAS100 falls after breaking 29,800–30,400 support. Review bearish price action, the daily 50 EMA and the original 29,000 target.

AUDCAD turns bearish after breaking key support and the 50 EMA. Watch 0.98455–0.98720 resistance for confirmation, with 0.98075 the downside target.