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 Prior to Non-Farm Payrolls
The technical overview remains volatile given the uptick in intraday price action combined with record highs, while in sentiment still a story of majority long bias among both clients and institutional traders.
6 hours ago
Trading silver at 2011 highs
It has made quick work of the infamous $40 level to comfortably move within the handle, and it’s still a story of majority long sentiment among traders both large and small
10:04, 1 September 2025
Trading Nvidia After its Earnings
Shares fall over 3% in extended trading following the event, yet to derail most of its key technical indicators and where client sentiment is still very much in extreme buy territory.
07:24, 28 August 2025
Trading Tesla After its 6% Jump
Risk-on moves following last Friday’s Jackson Hole tilts a few technical indicators in Tesla to green, but it is yet to shift its technical overview in either time frame.
08:42, 25 August 2025
Trading the Nasdaq 100 ahead of Jackson Hole
Rotation out of tech for two sessions in a row hits the tech-heavy index and a couple key short-term technical indicators, but both clients and CoT speculators remain majority buy.
07:20, 21 August 2025
Trading the Dow 30 after its Recent Record High
Futures take a small dip and CoT speculators remain net sell, but there’s no denying what has been more positive technical bias.
08:53, 18 August 2025
Trading the Russell 2000 as Rate Cut Likelihoods Rise
We’re at levels unseen since December of last year as the small-cap index outperforms, with technicals turning bullish and price action moving in favor of majority client sentiment.
06:27, 14 August 2025
Trading gold ahead of US CPI
Traders await updates on bullion tariffs after “misinformation” claim, but that isn’t the only event this week on the fundamental front that can move the needle.
08:41, 11 August 2025
Trading the Nasdaq 100 as Tariffs Take Effect
Not far off recovering from last Thursday’s losses buoyed by big gains from a few of Big Tech, and in sentiment still a story of majority buy bias.
06:35, 7 August 2025
Trading the Dow 30 after the disappointing Non-Farm Payrolls
Technical overview shifts in the key index following the pullback late last week made worse by a deteriorating labor market, while CoT speculators shift to net sell for the first time in months.
07:55, 4 August 2025
