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FTSE 100: Trend Support Holds, Looking for End to Consolidation Period

Published

8 år ago

11 april, 2017

DailyFX

What’s inside:

FTSE 100 holds June trend-line, creates a ‘line-the-sand’
Consolidation taking shape of descending wedge ending, still possible bearish pattern comes into play, but unlikely
2013-present top-side trend-line needs to be firmly overcome when looking at the big picture

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The FTSE 100 hasn’t provided great directional indications recently, with choppy trading dominating the trading backdrop for global indices as a whole. With that said, though, the broader trend higher remains, and the UK index looks to be building a base for another push towards the prior record highs etched out in March. During the past week the footsie tested and held the trend-line extending higher from June, which is another bullish development and also creates a bit of a line-in-the-sand.

The general shape of the chop-fest since the 3/17 high is that of a descending wedge, with the market starting to move higher from the consolidation pattern. However, we can’t yet fully rule out a possible head-and-shoulders pattern until the FTSE surpasses the 3/30 peak at 7385. The bearish scenario in this form looks unlikely, just a possibility. A move beyond the 3/30 swing-high would also strengthen the bulls’ case with a higher high developing after a successful hold of the June trend-line.

There is a long-term top-side trend-line extending over from the peak created in 2013 and then across the 2015 high. Given how long-term it is we aren’t paying too much attention to it on a short-term basis, but it has clearly been a hurdle since January which needs to be firmly surpassed if the FTSE is to continue higher.

For now, we will continue to give the benefit of the doubt to the long-side and lean on the June trend-line as support.

FTSE 100: Daily

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EURUSD Weekly Technical Analysis: New Month, More Weakness

Published

7 år ago

30 september, 2017

DailyFX

What’s inside:

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

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Euro Bias Mixed Heading into October, Q4’17

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7 år ago

29 september, 2017

DailyFX

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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7 år ago

29 september, 2017

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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.

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