Talking Points:
- US Dollar Continues to Cling to 17-Month Trend Support
- SP 500 Recoils Downward After Setting New Record High
- Crude Oil Hits 5-Month High, Gold at Familiar Resistance
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US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices continue to consolidate above support at a rising trend line set from September 2012. A break above resistance at 10614, the 23.6% Fibonacci expansion, initially exposes the 38.2% level at 10673. Trend line support is now at 10554, with a reversal below that eyeing the February 17 low at 10520.
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SP 500 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices are testing below resistance-turned-support at 1851.40, the 2013 high, after recoiling from resistance at 1863.60 marked by the 23.6% Fibonacci expansion. A break below rising channel support at 1840.90 targets an upward-sloping trend line set 1814.40. Alternatively a reversal above 1863.60 aims for the intersection of the 38.2% level and the channel top at 1881.30.
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GOLD TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices put in a bearish Evening Star candlestick pattern below resistance at a falling trend line set from April 2013, hinting at a turn lower ahead. Negative RSI divergence bolsters the case for a downside scenario. A break below support at 1306.00, the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement, exposes the 38.2% level at 1281.71. Trend line resistance is now at 1343.92, with a push above that targeting the 23.6% Fib expansion at 1358.83.
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CRUDE OIL TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices testing above resistance at 103.89, the 23.6% Fibonacci expansion. Confirmation of a break on a daily closing basis exposes the 38.2% level at 105.67. Support is seen at a rising trend line set from mid-January, now at 102.11, with a reversal below that targeting the December 27 high at 100.73.
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— Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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