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Price & Time: Gold Refusing to Join the "Party"

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Talking Points

  • USD/JPY climbs back over 101.70
  • GBP/USD closing in on new highs for the year
  • GOLD closes again on important Gann support level

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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 reversed from the 3×1 Gann angle line of the year’s high at 101.15 early on Thursday
  • Our near-term trend bias remains higher in USD/JPY while over the 4th square root relationship of the year’s high at 99.65
  • The 4×1 Gann angle line of the year’s high at 101.80 is immediate resistance ahead of the next zone of importance at 102.70
  • The 1st half of December is the next cycle turn window of importance
  • A daily close below 99.65 would turn us negative on the exchange rate

USD/JPY Strategy: Favor the long side while over 99.65.

Price Time Analysis: GBP/USD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • GBP/USD traded to its highest level since early January on Thursday
  • Our near-term trend bias is higher in Cable while above 1.6135
  • A convergence of the 127% extension of the late October/November decline and the 13th square root progression of the year’s low at 1.6375 is the next attraction/reaction zone of importance
  • A minor cycle turn window is seen on Friday
  • Only a daily close below the 11th square root progression of the year’s low at 1.6135 would turn us negative on the exchange rate

GBP/USD Strategy: Favor the long side while over 1.6135.

Focus Chart of the Day: GOLD

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Gold continues to perplex. Despite a fairly offered tone over the past week the metal has not been able to close under key Gann support at 1242 (5th square root relationship of the August high). Given this failure to crack the 1242 support level we suppose there is still a possibility that the metal is in the midst of some sort of bottoming process from last week’s cycle turn window. However, for this scenario to gain a bit more credence in our view we would need to see the metal make some more immediate upside progress. Traction over this week’s high at 1258 would be initial proof, but a move through the 1×2 Gann angle line of the August high near 1287 is really required to confirm that some sort of bottom is indeed in place. A close under 1242 at any time would undermine this potential.

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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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