GBP/USD sitting atop a major pivot while EUR/USD threatens key support at 1.3220. A correction is due in Gold.
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Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:
Price Time Analysis: EUR/USD
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- EUR/USD’s week long consolidation just below the 2Q13 high has led to a fairly aggressive downside break
- However, while over the 2nd square root progression of the year’s high at 1.3220 our near-term trend bias has to remain higher
- The 1.3415/30 area remains a critical upside pivot with traction through this area needed to set off a more significant move higher in the exchange rate
- The latter part of this week is a medium-term cycle turn window
- Weakness below 1.3220 especially on a closing basis would point to a trend shift and turn the outlook negative
EUR/USD Strategy: Will sell a closing break of 1.3220.
Price Time Analysis: AUD/USD
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- AUD/USD tested the .8890 88.6% Fibonacci retracement near of the early August advance on Wednesday
- Under .8890 will turn our trend bias lower, but weakness below .8850 is really needed to turn the chart more overtly negative
- Gann related resistance near .9040 needs to be overcome to alleviate some of the immediate downside pressure
- Minor cycle turn windows are seen today and early next week
- A close under the year’s low at .8850 would signal the broader downtrend is resuming.
AUD/USD Strategy: Bit of a mess cyclically. Square here.
Price Time Analysis: GOLD
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- XAU/USD overcame the June high on Wednesday and traded to its higest level since the middle of May
- Our near-term trend bias remains higher in the metal and will remain so while above Fibonacci polarity in the 1350 area
- A potential near-term stopping point on the upside is the 1440 100% projection of the July range
- Cycle studies suggest the next few days could provoke at least a minor turn
- Intermediate support is seen around 1385, but only a close under 1350 would turn the technical outlook to negative in the metal
XAU/USD Strategy: Like the long side while over 1350.
Focus Chart of the Day: GBP/USD
The 1.5500 area is proving to be instrumental for Cable. From a Gann or market geometry perspective the area has significance as it marks a clear convergence of the 1×1 Gann angle line and the 6th square root progression as drawn from the year’s high. The break through the 1×1 line at the beginning of the month turned the outlook much more positive for GBP/USD, but ultimately the reaction around this level over the next few days will tell whether this latest move lower is just a back test of the break out point or a full fledge reversal. Wednesday’s weakness below the 1×1 line initially pointed to the latter, but this weakness could not be sustained on closing basis leaving us with little clarity. For us a move back over the 50% retracement of the year’s range near 1.5575 will signal an upside resumption while traction below (close) the 1×1 Gann angle line now at 1.5485 will suggest a broader reversal. Until then it is just wait and see.
— Written by Kristian Kerr, Senior Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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