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An AUD/CHF Short That’ll Test Your Mettle

Published

10 år ago

4 februari, 2014

DailyFX

Talking Points:

Accelerating Downtrend in AUD/CHF
”Bounce-or-Break” Scenario on Daily Chart
3 Ways to Trade This Short Set-up

AUDCHF is not a pair that often features in most traders’ considerations, but it may well be setting up for a nice move soon.

The weekly chart below shows a downtrend that has accelerated over the past year, as evidenced by the steeper trend line. Although there is almost certainly divergence regardless of which indicator is used, even a single weekly candlestick downwards could potentially yield 150 pips or more. Given how long this trend has been in force, it is certainly wiser to go with the downward flow rather than bet against it.

Guest Commentary: Accelerating Weekly Downtrend in AUD/CHF

The daily chart below shows an even more optimistic picture, as AUDCHF is currently testing resistance and there are approximately 300 pips between the current price and the previous low. As with all “bounce-or-break” scenarios involving trend lines, it is far wiser to assume that the trend is still intact, and that makes this an excellent short set-up.

Guest Commentary: “Excellent” Short Set-up in AUD/CHF

The four-hour chart is most forthcoming with regard to support and resistance. Previous horizontal levels from a consolidation zone have just come into effect for this trade and are likely to provide a potential turning point.

Guest Commentary: Potential Turning Point for AUD/CHF

The key resistance zone is defined as 0.8050-0.8141, but mildly disturbing about this zone is that it is 91 pips wide, which is close to a day’s average true range for this pair. Thus, more conservative traders may actually prefer to take a trigger off the four-hour chart. The risk would be somewhat larger (most likely in the 30- to 40-pip range), but given the potential for 300 pips or more, this would hardly be a problem. This is actually the best way to trade this set-up.

It is also possible to trade it on an hourly time frame, with only some modifications.

Guest Commentary: Hourly Set-up in AUD/CHF

The recent momentum that has caused price to barrel into the resistance zone is cause for concern. Thus, an additional level of resistance has been estimated using the Fibonacci expansion tool. This provides a smaller resistance area (0.8090-0.8134) within the larger zone, but given how close the top is to the larger zone, the final preferred risk zone is 0.8090-0.8141. This zone is only 51 pips in depth, which is acceptable on the risk side of the equation.

It is worth noting that by targeting a smaller resistance zone, the trade may actually miss triggering by just a little before shooting down, but that is a trade-off that more conservative traders must accept. Aggressive traders, on the other hand, could still use the original blue box on the hourly chart, provided they are extremely defensive in their trade management.

Trades on both time frames may be initiated using bearish reversal divergence, pin bars, and/or bearish engulfing candlesticks as triggers. Two or three attempts should be made to get onto the move.

The interesting thing about this set-up is that there may actually be a case for more highly skilled traders to enter scalps off the white box on the 15-minute chart (not shown). Less-experienced traders should stay away from this approach, however, as it requires expert trade management.

By Kaye Lee, private fund trader and head trader consultant, StraightTalkTrading.com

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EURUSD Weekly Technical Analysis: New Month, More Weakness

Published

7 år ago

30 september, 2017

DailyFX

What’s inside:

EURUSD broke the ‘neckline’ of a bearish ‘head-and-shoulders’ pattern, April trend-line
Resistance in vicinity of 11825/80 likely to keep a lid on further strength
Targeting the low to mid-11600s with more selling

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Coming into last week we pointed out the likelihood of finally seeing a resolution of the range EURUSD had been stuck in for the past few weeks, and one of the outcomes we made note of as a possibility was for the triggering of a ’head-and-shoulders’ pattern. Indeed, we saw a break of the ’neckline’ along with a drop below the April trend-line. This led to decent selling before a minor bounce took shape during the latter part of last week.

Looking ahead to next week the euro is set up for further losses as the path of least resistance has turned lower. Looking to a capper on any further strength there is resistance in the 11825-11880 area (old support becomes new resistance). As long as the euro stays below this area a downward bias will remain firmly intact.

Looking lower towards support eyes will be on the August low at 11662 and the 2016 high of 11616, of which the latter just happens to align almost precisely with the measured move target of the ‘head-and-shoulders’ pattern (determined by subtracting the height of the pattern from the neckline).

Bottom line: Shorts look set to have the upperhand as a fresh month gets underway as long as the euro remains capped by resistance. On weakness, we’ll be watching how the euro responds to a drop into support levels.

For a longer-term outlook on EURUSD, check out the just released Q4 Forecast.

EURUSD: Daily

—Written by Paul Robinson, Market Analyst

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Euro Bias Mixed Heading into October, Q4’17

Published

7 år ago

29 september, 2017

DailyFX

Euro Bias Mixed Heading into October, Q4'17

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EURUSD: Retail trader data shows 37.3% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.68 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-short since Apr 18 when EURUSD traded near 1.07831; price has moved 9.6% higher since then. The number of traders net-long is 15.4% lower than yesterday and 16.4% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 0.4% higher than yesterday and 10.5% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests EURUSD prices may continue to rise. Positioning is more net-short than yesterday but less net-short from last week. The combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a further mixed EURUSD trading bias.

— Written by Christopher Vecchio, CFA, Senior Currency Strategist

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British Pound Reversal Potential Persists Heading into New Quarter

Published

7 år ago

29 september, 2017

DailyFX

British Pound Reversal Potential Persists Heading into New Quarter

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GBPUSD: Retail trader data shows 38.2% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders short to long at 1.62 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-short since Sep 05 when GBPUSD traded near 1.29615; price has moved 3.4% higher since then. The number of traders net-long is 0.1% higher than yesterday and 13.4% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 10.6% lower than yesterday and 18.3% lower from last week.

We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-short suggests GBPUSD prices may continue to rise. Yet traders are less net-short than yesterday and compared with last week. Recent changes in sentiment warn that the current GBPUSD price trend may soon reverse lower despite the fact traders remain net-short.

— Written by Christopher Vecchio, CFA, Senior Currency Strategist

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