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Trade Update: Selling into Euro and GBP Strength, Aussie Weakness

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Article summary: An important drop in volatility expectations makes selling the sudden Euro and British Pound bounces attractive, while higher Aussie Dollar volatility prices point to further AUDUSD lows.

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Market conditions remain challenging for our trend and price-following Momentum and Breakout trading systems, but our low-volatility Range2 trading system stands to do well across a number of currencies in slow-moving markets.

The sudden Euro and British Pound rally/US Dollar sell-off seems an attractive opportunity to play trading ranges; as long as the British Pound remains below $1.5605 we like a short position. The Euro, on the other hand, continues to respect its month-to-date highs at $1.3242. A short position remains attractive as long as volatility remains low and key levels hold.

The Australian Dollar and New Zealand Dollar pairs are the key exceptions: both currencies show elevated volatility expectations. The AUDUSD in particular looks as though it may decline sharply as it stays below key resistance at $1.0260. The NZDUSD looks similarly bearish below $0.8590.

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See the table below for an updated breakdown of volatility and trading biases:

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Wrapping things up: We’ve seen a big slowdown in forex market moves, and our previously-favored Momentum2 and Breakout2 strategies have had a poor run of trades as they get chopped up. There’s no need to force the issue—we’ll simply shift towards our Range2 strategy and similar; the EURUSD and GBPUSD are attractive in this regard.

Momentum2 has nonetheless sold AUDUSD and NZDUSD while it’s gone long EURCHF. We like these trades as volatility prices on these pairs remain fairly elevated.

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Written by David Rodriguez, Quantitative Strategist for DailyFX.com

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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 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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