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Price & Time: Cyclical Convergence in Gold Suggests Volatility Ahead

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Talking Points

  • USD/JPY touches highest level in over a month
  • GBP/USD nearing key support level
  • Key time period approaching for Gold

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Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:

Price Time Analysis: USD/JPY

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • USD/JPY traded at its highest level since late January on Friday before encountering stiff resistance at the 3rd square root relationship of the year’s low near 103.75
  • Our near-term trend bias is positive in the exchange rate while above 101.35
  • The 103.75 level is an important near-term pivot that needs to be surpassed soon to pave the way for a more important push higher
  • A minor cycle turn window is seen today
  • A close under the 4th square root relationship of the year’s high at 101.35 would turn us negative on the exchange rate

USD/JPY Strategy: Like the long side while over 101.35.

Price Time Analysis: GBP/USD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • GBP/USD failed on Friday at the 127% extension of the Jan/Feb decline near 1.6780
  • Our near-term trend bias is higher in Cable while over 1.6600
  • A daily close over 1.6755 is needed to signal a resumption of the broader uptrend
  • The next couple of days are a medium-term cycle turn window in the exchange rate
  • Only a daily close below the 38% retracement of the February range near 1.6600 would turn us negative on the Pound.

GBP/USD Strategy: Like the long side while 1.6600 holds.

Focus Chart of the Day: GOLD

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The next week or so is shaping up to be an interesting one for Gold. The middle of this week is an important cycle turn window related to the 2012 high in the metal while the first part of next week is another window related to the low from the first half of 2013. Given the proximity of these two potentially important cyclical relationships we are tempted to view the next week as one large window where a material change in trend is likely to occur. We slightly favor a top heading into this key time period given the clear prevailing trend in place since the end of last year. However, this is only an assumption and could quickly change should the correction from last week gather pace over the next few days. The 1300 level remains a key support area. We will write more on the metal as this develops.

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Written by Kristian Kerr, Senior Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com

This publication attempts to further explore the concept that mass movements of human psychology, as represented by the financial markets, are subject to the mathematical laws of nature and through the use of various geometric, arithmetic, statistical and cyclical techniques a better understanding of markets and their corresponding movements can be achieved.

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EURUSD Weekly Technical Analysis: New Month, More Weakness

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  • 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.

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EURUSD: Daily

EURUSD Weekly Technical Analysis: New Month, More Weakness

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Euro Bias Mixed Heading into October, Q4’17

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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

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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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