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Price & Time: Another Reversal in Gold

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  • USD/JPY expansion in volatility eyed
  • GBP/USD at risk of at least a minor top
  • Important turn in Gold

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Price Time Analysis: USD/JPY

Price amp; Time: Another Reversal in Gold

Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • USD/JPY spiked higher to 103.00 on Friday before reversing sharply to end the week almost unchanged
  • Our near-term trend bias is lower while below 103.10
  • A breach of 101.35 is needed to signal that a more important decline is underway
  • An important cycle turn window is seen around this time
  • A daily close over 103.10 would shift the near-term trend bias higher

USD/JPY Strategy: Looking to sell on any strength seen over the next day or two.

Price Time Analysis: GBP/USD

Price amp; Time: Another Reversal in Gold

Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • GBP/USD touched its highest level in almost 5 years last week
  • Our near-term trend bias is higher in Cable while over 1.6730
  • The 127% extension of the Feb/March decline at 1.6920 is key resistance with a daily close over this level needed to set up another leg higher
  • A cycle turn window of some importance is seen over the next few days
  • A daily close below 1.6730 would turn us negative on the Pound

GBP/USD Strategy: Like the long side while 1.6730 holds, but positions should be reduced into this turn window.

Focus Chart of the Day: GOLD

Price amp; Time: Another Reversal in Gold

As we have noted before, the reversal in Gold on March 24th off 1270 came right on the 61.8% time extension of last year’s June and December lows. Another Fibonacci cycle turn window late last week saw the March closing low tested, but 1270 easily held before the metal reversed sharply higher. This action (two large range reversals from cycle turn windows) is potentially very bullish for the metal. Today’s early push through 1306 confirms at least a minor low is in place. Focus is now on last month’s high near 1331 with a move over this level needed to signal that a much more important move higher is indeed underway. Unexpected aggressive weakness under 1270 would completely undermine our positive cyclical outlook.

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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 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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