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Price & Time: Watching Risk Markets Closely Here

Published

11 år ago

13 februari, 2014

DailyFX

Talking Points

USD/JPY stalls near key resistance
USD/CHF testing important support
SP 500 test key Fibonacci 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 closed over the 3rdsquare root relationship of the year-to-date high on Tuesday
Our near-term trend bias is now higher in the exchange rate
The 2nd square root relationship of the year’s low at 102.75 is critical resistance that needs to be overcome soon to signal that a more important move higher is taking hold
A cycle turn window is seen around the middle of next week
A daily close below the 4th square root relationship of the year’s high at 101.35 would turn us negative again on USD/JPY

USD/JPY Strategy: Like being square for the time being, but may look to buy a break of 102.75.

Price Time Analysis: USD/CHF

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

USD/CHF tested the .8935 61.8% retracement of the December to January range again today
Our near-term trend bias is higher while over .8935
The 3rd square root relationship of the year’s low at .9080 is key resistance and needs to be breached to signal a resumption of the uptrend
A cycle turn window is seen Friday/Monday
A daily close below .8935 would turn us negative on the rate

USD/CHF Strategy: May look to buy next week.

Focus Chart of the Day: SP 500

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The SP 500 has rallied aggressively since reversing during last week’s cycle turn window. A move through 1850 would confirm the significance of last week’s low and set up a further push higher into the next turn date of importance in March and possibly even into 3Q14. Yesterday the index encountered good resistance near the 78.6% retracement of the year-to-date range at 1827. A retracement of the 80+ handle move over the last week seems natural. Such a decline could extend all the way to Gann support at 1780 without inflicting any real sort of technical damage. A move below 1780 on a daily close basis would begin to cloud the positive technical outlook, but only aggressive weakness below 1738 would completely undermine the positive technical structure. Such an occurrence would signal a major shift in the index’s behavior and set up a more important distribution phase. This is not our favored scenario – just yet.

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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

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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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