US stocks continue to fall. It's a tough dip to buy ahead of non-farm payrolls

The S&P 500 has extended its decline to 1% on the day after earlier rising as much as 0.8%. The turnaround has come on fears of an Iran-Israel war.I would put the actual odds of a war at 'remote' so the trade here is to buy this dip. And I think many traders would like to do just that but it's a tough trade to make when you could easily be right about it and get blown up by non-farm payrolls.Moreover, after non-farm payrolls, you have to think about the weekend and there's the risk of getting caught out by a war/attack over the weekend.So that's the problem for the bulls here. So while there's a good case for buying risk here, it's tough to argue against waiting until Monday to do it. This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

US stocks continue to fall. It's a tough dip to buy ahead of non-farm payrolls

The S&P 500 has extended its decline to 1% on the day after earlier rising as much as 0.8%. The turnaround has come on fears of an Iran-Israel war.

I would put the actual odds of a war at 'remote' so the trade here is to buy this dip. And I think many traders would like to do just that but it's a tough trade to make when you could easily be right about it and get blown up by non-farm payrolls.

Moreover, after non-farm payrolls, you have to think about the weekend and there's the risk of getting caught out by a war/attack over the weekend.

So that's the problem for the bulls here. So while there's a good case for buying risk here, it's tough to argue against waiting until Monday to do it. This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.