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Price & Time: Coincidence or History Repeating?

Published

11 år ago

17 april, 2014

DailyFX

Talking Points

Upside pivot in the Euro at 1.390
AUD/USD nearing key cycle turn window
NDX rebound from important support needs to be monitored closely

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Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:

Price Time Analysis: EUR/USD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

EUR/USD has come under modest pressure since failing late last week at the 78.6% retracement of the March to April decline in the 1.3900 area
Our near-term trend bias is positive in the Euro while over 1.3730
A move through 1.3900 is needed to signal that the uptrend is resuming
A minor cycle turn window is seen early next week
Only weakness below 1.3730 would turn us negative on the Euro

EUR/USD Strategy: Looking to buy into weakness against 1.3730.

Price Time Analysis: AUD/USD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

AUD/USD has come under steady pressure since failing last week at the 8th square root relationship of the year-to-date low in the .9460 area
Our near-term trend bias is higher in the Aussie while over .9265
Interim resistance is eyed around .9420, but a breach of .9460 is needed to re-instill upside momentum
An important cycle turn window is seen over the next week or so
A move under the 2nd square root relationship of the year’s high at .9265 would turn us negative on the Aussie

AUD/USD Strategy: Like the long side while over .9265, but caution is required as the rate heads into a long-term cycle turn window.

Focus Chart of the Day: NASDAQ 100

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The NASDAQ 100 has been exceptionally weak since the start of March with the peak coming a day after the 5-year anniversary of the bear market low in the SPX (the NDX actually bottomed in November 2008). We can’t help but wonder if the price action in technology stocks this year is a “mirror image” of the topping process that unfolded in 2007? For those who don’t remember, the SPX peaked in early October that year. The NDX did not peak until November – almost a month later. This time around the NDX has seemingly peaked first with the SPX not putting in a nominal high until the start of this month and almost a month after the NDX. This obviously could just be just one big coincidence. If it is then the rebound from the 200-day moving average (red line on chart) earlier in the week should quickly begin to pick up momentum as the uptrend re-asserts itself and tech stocks regain their leadership. If it isn’t then the index will likely rollover again soon. A move under the 200-day MA near 3,400 would be a powerful sign that a much more important decline is unfolding.

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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

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

Published

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

Published

7 år ago

29 september, 2017

DailyFX

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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