Markets enter the week on edge\u200a\u2014\u200athe US\u2013Iran Strait of Hormuz standoff continues, while April NFP surprised to the upside at 115K (vs. 62K expected). Here\u2019s what to watch\u00a0\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcb6 EUR\/USD\u200a\u2014\u200a1.1748<\/strong> The ECB is turning hawkish (50 bps priced by year-end), the Fed is frozen on hold. The pair is knocking on 1.1800\u200a\u2014\u200aa soft US CPI on Tuesday could break it open. \ud83d\udcc8 Mildly bullish above\u00a01.1720.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Brent Crude\u200a\u2014\u200a$101.29<\/strong> First weekly drop (\u22126.4%) since the Strait closed, but the physical market is still screaming: Dated Brent above $130. Everything hinges on Tehran\u2019s response to the US peace proposal. \ud83d\udca5 Extreme volatility ahead.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd47 Gold\u200a\u2014\u200a$4,730.70<\/strong> Gold clawed back above $4,700 after a brutal week. CPI on Tuesday is the trigger\u200a\u2014\u200asoft data could push it toward $4,800\u2013$4,840. Goldman Sachs target: $5,400. \ud83d\udcc8 Mildly bullish above\u00a0$4,700.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd48 Silver\u200a\u2014\u200a$80.865<\/strong> Best performer of the week: +5.4%! The Wednesday peace-talk surge sent silver flying. Strong Buy signal on all timeframes. Next target: the 50-day SMA at $82.67. \ud83d\ude80 Bullish above\u00a0$79.20.<\/p>\n \u20bf Bitcoin\u200a\u2014\u200a$80,165<\/strong> BTC hit $82,000 this week\u200a\u2014\u200ahighest since January\u200a\u2014\u200abefore pulling back. Exchange reserves at a 7-year low, whale accumulation at record levels. The 200-day EMA at $82,228 is the line to beat. \ud83d\udcaa Bullish above\u00a0$80,000.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd37 Ethereum\u200a\u2014\u200a$2,284.70<\/strong> ETH touched $2,412 mid-week but gave it all back. The converged 50\/200-day MA cluster at $2,361\u2013$2,367 remains the wall. Higher beta = bigger moves in both directions. \u2696\ufe0f Neutral above\u00a0$2,250.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd11 Key events this week:<\/strong> \ud83d\udcc5 Tue May 12\u200a\u2014\u200aUS CPI April \u2190 the big one \ud83d\udcc5 Wed May 13\u200a\u2014\u200aUS PPI \ud83d\udcc5 Thu May 14\u200a\u2014\u200aUS Retail Sales \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f Iran\u2019s response to the US peace MOU\u200a\u2014\u200acould move everything<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcd6 Full analysis with levels, technicals & baseline views: \ud83d\udd17 https:\/\/nordfx.com\/market-news\/forex-cryptocurrency-forecast-may-11-15-2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u26a0\ufe0f Trading involves risk. This is not investment advice.<\/em><\/p>\n #NordFX #Forex #Crypto #Bitcoin #Ethereum #Gold #Silver #Brent #Trading #ForexForecast #CryptoForecast #BTC #ETH #XAU #MarketAnalysis<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcca NordFX Weekly Forex & Crypto Forecast | May 11\u201315, 2026<\/a> was originally published in Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Markets enter the week on edge\u200a\u2014\u200athe US\u2013Iran Strait of Hormuz standoff continues, while April NFP surprised to the upside at 115K (vs. 62K expected). Here\u2019s what to watch\u00a0\ud83d\udc47 \ud83d\udcb6 EUR\/USD\u200a\u2014\u200a1.1748 The ECB is turning hawkish (50 bps priced by year-end), the Fed is frozen on hold. The pair is knocking on 1.1800\u200a\u2014\u200aa soft US CPI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":163631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=163630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/163631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=163630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=163630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=163630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}