Talking Points
- EUR/USD fails near key retracement
- AUD/USD closing in on important resistance
- Long-term cycle turn window seen next week in USD/CAD
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Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:
Price Time Analysis: EUR/USD
Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr
- EUR/USD tested the 50% retracement of the December to February decline near 1.3685 before failing
- Our near-term trend bias is lower in the Euro while below the 2ndsquare root relationship of the year-to-date low near 1.3710
- A confluence of Gann levels near 1.3525/40 is an important near-term pivot , but weakness under 1.3500 is really needed to signal a resumption of the broader decline
- A cycle turn window is seen early next week
- A daily close over 1.3710 would turn us positive on the Euro
EUR/USD Strategy: We like the short side while 1.3710 holds.
Price Time Analysis: AUD/USD
Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr
- AUD/USD has moved steadily higher since finding support late last month near the 78.6% retracement of the 2010/2011 advance in the .8700 area
- Our near-term trend bias is higher in the Aussie while over the 2nd square root relationship of the year-to-date low at .8845
- The 38% retracement of the October to January decline near .9080 is important resistance that needs to be overcome to increase the odds that this advance is more than just a minor correction
- The middle of next week is the next important cycle turn window
- Only a daily close below .8845 would turn us negative on the Aussie
AUD/USD Strategy: Like the long side for at least a few more days.
Focus Chart of the Day: USD/CAD
The second half of next week is a long-term cycle turn window related to the 2012 low in USD/CAD. This should influence the exchange rate. The big question now is determining in which direction the reversal will be? When we first mentioned the turn date about a month ago we thought it would lead to a high (and it still can), but the persistent weakness over the past couple of weeks certainly increases the odds for a cycle inversion (low) especially if weakness continues for another week or so. This is basically just a roundabout way of saying that we will be looking to fade whatever trend materializes over the next few days. Until then we can really just observe.
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— Written by Kristian Kerr, Senior Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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