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S&P 500 Technical Update: Levels & Lines to Consider

Published

9 år ago

29 november, 2016

DailyFX

What’s inside:

The SP 500 keeps on moving to new levels, but…
Likely to go through a choppy period of trading
Support is likely to hold on a first dip lower

In our last post, prior to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., we had this to say about the SP 500: “The combination of persistent upward pressure, new highs, and holiday trading environment make fighting the trend a difficult proposition. No need here to be a hero.” (Meaning, no need to try and find a top.)

Indeed, the market has been persistently higher in recent sessions. New highs often times create a tricky environment, as trading conditions turn choppy with buyers becoming shy at elevated levels, but also lacking any real reason to become aggressive sellers.

The current advance could use some backing-and-filling, which we suspect will take place soon, but at this time we are not looking for downside momentum to become aggressive. On Tuesday, we were looking at ‘hidden’ resistance in the form of a trend-line running over peaks starting back in H1 2015, around 2207, but the SP on Friday didn’t find issue as it floated on through. Given the longer-term nature of the line, a margin of a few handles above and below needs to be given.

Depending on how one draws it, we are in the territory of the back-side of the Feb 11 trend-line broken last month. Like the 2015 trend-line, this one is only considered minor in nature. The two are near an intersection right now and could reinforce one another.

Obviously, though, it’s difficult to find resistance at record highs. Gravity eventually becomes the biggest form of resistance.

Dip buyers are likely to show up on any initial drop, which will make the old highs at 2194 down to around 2188 our first area of interest. To pique our interest as sellers we will need to see price action tell us a top, even if only temporary, is carving itself out.

SP 500: Daily

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EURUSD Weekly Technical Analysis: New Month, More Weakness

Published

8 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

8 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

8 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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