Axel Rudolph | Market Analyst | IG South Africa

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Articles

Nasdaq 100 expected to recover while EUR/USD loses upside momentum and WTI remains sidelined

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-27T09:51:05+0100
Kingfisher Q1 2025/26 trading update preview: can B&Q owner navigate challenging retail landscape?

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-23T10:00:10+0100
Nikkei 225 stabilises while EUR/GBP, copper prices continue to sideways trade

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-23T08:31:05+0100
Dow drops on US fiscal concerns, natural gas futures keel over as EUR/JPY slips

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-22T08:26:32+0100
Japan's bond market turmoil: understanding the causes and global implications

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-21T13:48:22+0100
S&P 500 looks short-term top heavy as USD/JPY slides and silver price rises

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-21T09:05:33+0100
JD Sports FY25 earnings preview: can the sportswear giant overcome challenging market conditions?

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-20T11:43:19+0100
FTSE 100 trades in 2-month high, GBP/USD rallies while gold price sidelined

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-20T08:42:58+0100
Trade of the week: long GBP/USD

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-19T14:26:20+0100
Greggs Q1 2025 earnings preview: can the bakery chain overcome early year slowdown?

Axel Rudolph, Publication date: 2025-05-19T14:05:52+0100

Axel Rudolph

Axel Rudolph is a Senior Financial Analyst at IG and a multiple award-winning cross asset technical analyst, having over the last decade been ranked in the top 3 in the international FX Euromoney Survey and winning it in 2014 and in 2019.

Before joining IG Axel held technical analysis and trading positions at Commerzbank, Société Générale, The Co-Operative Bank and Dow Jones Newswires. He is a Fellow, Non-Executive Director and Head of Education at the Society of Technical Analysts (STA), having previously been its chairman.

Axel has also been a lecturer in technical analysis at several London universities for over two decades and Vice-Chairman Europe on the board of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA).

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