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 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
Trading gold's volatile technical overview
The technical overview shifted to volatile before last Tuesday’s plunge putting breakout strategies in play, while in sentiment fresh longs remain exposed.
07:46, 23 October 2025
Trading the Dow 30 Ahead of More Earnings
Last week was mostly a story of recovery shaking off a couple key negative factors, but it’s about to get more interesting with more earnings this week.
06:14, 20 October 2025
Trading the S&P 500 After Earnings from the Financial Heavyweights
Impressive results have helped it overcome trade worries and an ongoing shutdown for now, but the technicals are still conflicted on the shorter-term daily time frame due to last Friday’s plunge.
07:51, 16 October 2025
Trading the Nasdaq 100 After the Tariff Posts
Trade war is back on the menu even after cautious optimism it’ll get sorted and throws a wrench into shorter-term technicals, while sentiment shows it’s still a story of majority buy bias.
07:54, 13 October 2025
Trading Gold Above $4K: Fear, Foresight or Simply FOMO?
The technicals remain bullish with plenty of factors cited on the fundamental front, and traders both large and small remain very much in majority buy territory.
07:14, 8 October 2025
Trading WTI After the OPEC+ Decision
Gaps into the $61s but yet to truly disrupt what have been bearish technicals, and in sentiment it’s very much a story of majority buy bias.
10:07, 6 October 2025
