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Price & Time: Important Turn Setting Up in the Pound

Published

11 år ago

25 mars, 2014

DailyFX

Talking Points

Price action over next few days will be crucial for the Pound
EUR/USD rebounds from key support level
AUD/USD trades at highest level in over 3-months

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Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:

Price Time Analysis: EUR/USD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

EUR/USD is in consolidation mode above the 9th square root relationshipof the 2013 low near 1.3765
Our near-term trend bias is lower in EUR/USD while below 1.3930
The 1.3765 level is an important near-term pivot with a move below needed to signal a continuation of the recent decline
A cycle turn window is seen around the second half of the week
Only aggressive strength back over 1.3930 on a daily close basis would turn us positive on the Euro

EUR/USD Strategy: We like selling into strength over the next few days.

Price Time Analysis: AUD/USD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

AUD/USD overcame the 61.8% projection of the Jan/Feb advance near .9150 to trade at its highest level since early December on Tuesday
Our near-term trend bias is higher in the Aussie while over .9060
The 5th square root relationship of the year’s low at .9160 is immediate resistance ahead of an important Fibonacci convergence just above .9200
A Gann cycle turn window is eyed later in the week
A daily close below .9060 would turn us negative on the Aussie

AUD/USD Strategy: We like the long side while over .9060, but may look to trim heading into the latter part of the week.

Focus Chart of the Day: GBP/USD

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GBP/USD fell to its lowest level in almost a month and a half yesterday before rebounding sharply from the 161.8% extension of the late February/early March advance near 1.6460. An important cycle turn window related to last year’s low should influence around the end of the week, but will it lead to a high or a low? The price action over the next few days is expected to shape the answer. A continuation of yesterday’s reversal into Friday would set up some sort of secondary top. This our favored scenario as it squares up best with the action we are seeing in some of the other USD pairs. A continuation of the recent decline to new lows into the end of the week, however, would flip the script on us and set up an important low.

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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

Published

7 år ago

30 september, 2017

DailyFX

What’s inside:

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.

For a longer-term outlook on EURUSD, check out the just released Q4 Forecast.

EURUSD: Daily

—Written by Paul Robinson, Market Analyst

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Euro Bias Mixed Heading into October, Q4’17

Published

7 år ago

29 september, 2017

DailyFX

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

Published

7 år ago

29 september, 2017

DailyFX

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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