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S&P 500 Buy the Dip or Sell the Rip?

Published

8 år ago

1 februari, 2016

DailyFX

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Talking Points

SP 500 reaches crucial resistance area
Action over next few days should signal if the trend truly has changed

SP 500: Buy the Dip or Sell the Rip?

The SP 500 has reached levels where we should learn a lot about the true intentions of the latest recovery. On January 20 the index reverse from just above 1800 which was near a convergence of the measured move of the May – August decline and the bottom of a channel from the trendline connecting the July and November highs. The positive spin on things would be that this turnaround occurred almost precisely where you would want to see the index find support if it is indeed still in the midst of a broader uptrend.

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However, the big glaring difference this time around that has me wondering if this really is the case is that the SP 500 is working its way lower from a failed lower high in November after several quarters in 2015 of deteriorating internals. This is not an end all be negative setup (nothing is in technical analysis) as we had a lower high in 2011 when the index corrected sharply before screaming higher, but there was not the negative breadth issue then either. If the market really is changing it stripes here for the worse then I would expect important resistance between 1935 and 1955 to cap this recovery. This area marks a confluence of the 38% retracement of the May – August decline, the 3rd square root relationship of the year’s low and the 4th square root relationship of the all-time high. It is pretty important resistance in my view and a move through 1965 (fudge factor of about 10 handles) would be a strong sign that the bearish majority have been fooled again. On the other hand, a clear failure at resistance followed by weakness under 1875 would suggest the move over the past couple of weeks has just been an oversold bounce and would open the door to another downside acceleration to at least re-test the year’s lows.

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— Written by Kristian Kerr, Senior Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com

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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.

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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

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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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