The week begins with at present the Bond, Euro, Gold and Spoo all below their respective Neutral Zones for today; the other BEGOS Markets are within same, and volatility is well-moderate en route to becoming robust as the day unfolds: indeed Oil already has traded in excess of 100% of its EDTR (see Market Ranges). The Gold Update points to the yellow metal’s nearing the end of its weekly parabolic Short trend, (now entering its tenth-consecutive week as such), barring overly StateSide inflationary data due both tomorrow and Wednesday; too from a short-term trading perspective, our report highlights the recent “in hindsight” success of Gold’s one-hour Price Oscillator as a trading study to monitor. Oil’s cac volume is rolling from February into that for March. And ’tis a very busy week for the Econ Baro with 18 incoming metrics on the slate, beginning today with December’s Treasury Budget.