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Price & Time: Do or Die Levels For Risk?

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  • USD/JPY breaks key Gann support level
  • GOLD rally stalls
  • SPX tests key support

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Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:

Price Time Analysis: USD/JPY

Price amp; Time: Do or Die Levels For Risk?

Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • USD/JPY has fallen to its lowest level in almost a month
  • Our near-term trend bias is lower in the exchange rate while below 109.00
  • A confluence of Gann levels between 106.95 and 106.65 is the next downside pivot of note with weakness below needed to set off a deeper decline
  • A very minor turn window is eyed tomorrow
  • A close over 109.00 is needed to turns us positive on the exchange rate again

USD/JPY Strategy: Like selling on strength while below 109.00

Price Time Analysis: GOLD

Price amp; Time: Do or Die Levels For Risk?

Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • XAU/USD has continued higher since successfully testing last year’s low near 1179 earlier in the month
  • Our near-term trend bias remains lower in the metal while below 1247
  • Interim support is eyed at 1206, but a move under 1179 is really needed to set off a more important decline
  • A minor turn window is tomorrow
  • A close over 1247 would turn us positive on the metal

XAU/USD Strategy: Square

Focus Chart of the Day: SP 500

Price amp; Time: Do or Die Levels For Risk?

Do or die level for “risk” as the cash SP 500 closed right on its 200-day moving average on Friday. The break in the index under a key Gann level at 1932 last week looks important and warns the market has entered a venerable corrective phase. That said the 200-day moving average hasn’t been tested in almost two years so a bounce at least is to be expected. This immediate positive view is bolstered by contrarian sentiment readings which saw the DSI (Daily Sentiment Index) in the SPX and NDX reach extremes not seen in years on Friday with both falling to just 5% bulls. In many ways we are more interested in what the index does after the bounce (assuming there is one) as if the market fails to gain much momentum the disappointment to rally from such a widely anticipated level could easily prompt a bon a fide liquidation phase and a quick move down to the low 1800s. A move back over 1932 is needed to stabilize things, but the index probably needs to recapture the 50-day moving average way up around 1975 to trigger a more serious FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) end of year rally push.

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Written by Kristian Kerr, Senior Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com

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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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