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Price & Time: GBP/USD What Now?

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Talking Points

  • GBP/USD top in place or consolidating before another run higher?
  • USD/JPY threatening key break
  • Gold remains under pressure

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Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:

Price Time Analysis: USD/JPY

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • USD/JPY has moved steadily higher over the past few days to test the 2nd square root realtionship of the year’s high at 103.40
  • Our near-term trend bias is higher in the exchange rate while over 101.35
  • The 3rd square root relationship of the year’s low at 103.75 is critical near-term resistance with traction over this level needed to signal that the rate has broken out of its multi-month consolidation
  • A very minor cycle turn window is seen today
  • Interim support is eyed at 102.35, but only a move under 101.35 would turn us negative

USD/JPY Strategy: We like the long side while over 101.35.

Price Time Analysis: GOLD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • XAU/USD has come under further pressure on Tuesday to trade at its lowest level since early February
  • Our near-term trend bias is lower in Gold while below 1336
  • The 50% retracement of the December/March advance at 1285 is key support with a daily close below opening the way for a much deeper decline
  • An important cycle turn window is seen starting around the end of the week and extending into the middle of next week
  • A move back over 1336 would turn us positive again on the metal

XAU/USD Strategy: We like the short side while below 1336.

Focus Chart of the Day: GBP/USD

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The move lower we have been looking for in GBP/USD has so far proven elusive. Monday’s high, however, did come around the 1.6685 61.8% retracement of the mid-February/March range and there is a chance that it marks some sort of secondary top in the exchange rate. The next few hours are critical. Follow on weakness below 1.6600 is now needed to confirm a reversal and set the stage for a stronger move lower in the days ahead. With the cyclical turn period we highlighted last week ending yesterday, any strength back through 1.6685 by more than a few pips would completely negate the potential negative cyclicality that we see at work and re-focus attention higher.

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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

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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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