Weekly Updates 9/6/25 – 13/6/25 June 9, 2025

This weekly update is designed to help you stay informed and relate economic and company earnings to potentially value-add your CFD (Contract For Difference) trading via hedging (risk reducing). This article should be used for educational purposes only and not as financial advice. We urge all traders to carry out your own due diligence before submitting trades.
Recap for last week (2 Jun – 6 Jun 2025)
*These prices are taken based on the previous Monday’s opening price and the preceding Friday’s closing price.
Last week’s market action revolved around the US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (Richest man on earth) having a public showdown and disagreement causing threats and accusations to be thrown at each other. Tesla Motors shares plunged 14.26% in a day with Donald Trump threatening to cut Elon Musk’s contracts and subsidies, furthermore the “Big Beautiful Bill” proposed to remove EV tax credits by 2026. President Donald Trump is starting to put pressure on nations to come forth to negotiate a trade deal with the United States, by imposing deadlines. Trade talks between the US and China have been confirmed causing markets to rally from deescalation of the global trade war. Warning signs in the bond markets as US 10 year bonds hit 4.5% again.
Updates for the week (9 June – 13 June 2025)
The data below showing the economic releases read as “Analyst’s estimate/ Consensus | Previous data”.
This week’s upcoming macro-economic news releases mainly focuses on China’s Exports YoY, CPI and PPI data coming out on Monday. Furthermore, the US is releasing CPI data and U. of Mich. Sentiment data on Wednesday and Friday. With China being the second largest economy in the world, any contraction from China’s economy will spill over to the Asia region and trickle down globally. While market participants are focusing on the CPI data coming out of the US, with the effects of Tariffs slowly appearing in the real economy, any uptick in CPI data will affect Fed’s upcoming FOMC meeting decision.
US earnings releases for this week focus on Oracle, Adobe and Chewy. With Chewy and Oracle up 42.34% and 4.81% year to date respectively, market participants are looking forward to their forward guidance for indication if the rally can continue or will fizzle due to external forces and challenges. No major earning releases from SG, HK or China for the week of 9th June 2025.
Alibaba (9988.HK) Range Trade by Sean Ng
Key Entry Price Pivot(s)
- $125.00
Recommended Trade
- Long above $125.00
- Take Profit at $145.90
- Stop Loss at $113.00
Alternative Case
- Short below $113.00
- Take profit at $95.70
- Stop loss at $125.00
Remarks
- 9988.HK has been trading in a converging range and is about to breakout
- Price is currently above the 200-day moving average (blue line in the chart)
- Traders could potentially seek to take a long trade if its price breaks out above $125.00. Otherwise, a short trade could be considered below $113.00
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Investments are subject to investment risks. The risk of loss in leveraged trading can be substantial. You may sustain losses in excess of your initial funds and may be called upon to deposit additional margin funds at short notice. If the required funds are not provided within the prescribed time, your positions may be liquidated. The resulting deficits in your account are subject to penalty charges. The value of investments denominated in foreign currencies may diminish or increase due to changes in the rates of exchange. You should also be aware of the commissions and finance costs involved in trading leveraged products. This product may not be suitable for clients whose investment objective is preservation of capital and/or whose risk tolerance is low. Clients are advised to understand the nature and risks involved in margin trading.
You may wish to obtain advice from a qualified financial adviser, pursuant to a separate engagement, before making a commitment to purchase any of the investment products mentioned herein. In the event that you choose not to obtain advice from a qualified financial adviser, you should assess and consider whether the investment product is suitable for you before proceeding to invest and we do not offer any advice in this regard unless mandated to do so by way of a separate engagement. You are advised to read the trading account Terms & Conditions and Risk Disclosure Statement (available online at https://www.poems.com.sg/) before trading in this product.
Any CFD offered is not approved or endorsed by the issuer or originator of the underlying securities and the issuer or originator is not privy to the CFD contract.
This advertisement has not been reviewed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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About the author
Sam Hei Tung (Assistant Manager, Dealing) | Onisha Thye (Dealing)
Sam graduated from National University of Singapore with a Master of Science in Finance. He personally manages his own investment portfolio and does equity and economic research in his free time. Sam believes that education and information is essential to making good financial decisions.
Onisha is a dealer at the CFD Dealing Desk. She graduated from Monash University with a double major in finance and econometrics. Her natural curiosity for finance is what drove her to be in this field as she is fascinated by all the possibilities and opportunities.