Experience
Monte’s career began as an economics lecturer before shifting to finance over a decade ago in roles that primarily dealt with analysis and strategy. He spent over five years at IG before joining Capital.com in 2025. Monte is a regular contributor to the region’s media heavyweights including Asharq Bloomberg and Sky News Arabia.
Education
Monte has a Masters degree in Economics from Waye State University where he lectured undergraduate students.
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Latest articles by Monte
Trading Gold as it Breaches $5,000
Technical overview remains very much volatile for the precious metal as it seemingly goes parabolic, and traders both large (CoT) and small (retail) remain majority buy.
05:41, 26 January 2026
Trading the S&P 500 Following the Greenland Tariff Threat
Equity index takes a hit in the futures market down less than 1% denting short-term technicals, and in sentiment CoT speculators remain net short.
07:25, 19 January 2026
Trading the Nasdaq 100 as Chair Powell is Under Investigation
Risk-off moves in the financial market see futures go for a dip, but it’ll require a bit more to shake off longer-term positive technicals and majority buy sentiment among traders.
10:42, 12 January 2026
Trading WTI Following the Weekend Geopolitical Events
Movement relatively contained considering the fundamental update with the technical bias still negative, while in sentiment both CoT speculators and clients are extreme buy.
07:46, 5 January 2026
Trading Gold as it Breaches $4,400
Technical overview remains volatile on the precious metals front with gold no exception, and both clients and CoT speculators are majority buy.
07:50, 22 December 2025
Trading the Dow 30 as it Benefits from Rotation
Rotation out of AI and into value the name of last week’s game helping keep the Dow’s technicals positive, while in sentiment retail traders briefly flirt with majority short bias.
08:11, 15 December 2025
Trading the Nasdaq 100 on Reopening Progress
Optimistic start for markets following the fundamental updates, though the technical overview remains unchanged in both time frames while trader sentiment is majority long.
08:08, 10 November 2025
Market Mondays: Balancing cuts, earnings, and a stronger dollar
Markets digest the impact of last week's volatility after a hawkish cut from the FOMC and tech earnings that didn't quite meet the mark
11:14, 3 November 2025
Trading Ether as it approaches its short-term support
A break beneath the key level would hurt what are already weakened short-term technicals, and test what is clearly extreme buy bias among retail traders.
07:12, 3 November 2025
Trading the Nikkei 225 After its 50K Breach
The technicals remain bullish on both daily and weekly time frames, while in sentiment it’s a story of majority buy bias.
09:28, 27 October 2025
