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Weekly Price & Time: Looking For More Direction in the 4th Quarter

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Talking Points

  • EUR/USD unable to gain much traction over 1.3500
  • USD/JPY nearing the apex of a multi-month triangle
  • Gold still holding above key support zone

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Weekly Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:

Weekly Price Time Analysis: EUR/USD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • EUR/USD remains in consolidation mode near the 7th square root progression of the year’s low in the 1.3545 area
  • Only weakness below the September low near 1.3100 would shift the trend bias to negative
  • The 7th square root progression of the year’s low at 1.3545 remains an important upside pivot with traction above needed to accelerate the advance towards important attractions at 1.3600 and 1.3665
  • A cycle turn window is seen next week
  • The 2nd square root progression of the month-to-date high at 1.3335 is important support, but only weakness below the September low near 1.3100 would turn negative

Weekly EUR/USD Strategy: Looking to initiate tactical long positions in the Euro – ideally on weakness after next week.

Weekly Price Time Analysis: USD/JPY

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • USD/JPY remains in consolidation mode below key Gann resistance at 99.65 and Gann support at 97.60
  • While above the Gann convergence at 97.60 our trend bias will remain higher in the exchange rate
  • The 99.65 and 100.65 levels remain pivotal for the exchange rate with traction above the latter required to signal a broader upside resumption
  • The second half of next week is a medium-term cycle turn window
  • Weakness on a daily close basis below 97.60 would turn the broader technical outlook to negative in USD/JPY

Weekly USD/JPY Strategy: Tactical longs favored over 97.60

Weekly Price Time Analysis: GOLD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • XAU/USD remains in consolidation mode above 1300
  • While over Gann support near 1292 our broader trend bias will remain higher in the metal
  • The 61.8% retracement of the May to June decline at 1370 is now a key upside pivot with traction above needed to signal a broader upside resumption
  • The middle of October is a cycle turn window
  • Weaknes below 1292 on a closing basis would turn the broader technical outlook on Gold very negative

Weekly XAU/USD Strategy: Like tactical long positions in Gold while above 1294.

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 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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