Talking Points
- Important cycle turn window next week in the Euro
- USD/JPY threatening a break from the contracting range
- Gold nearing critical support level
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Weekly Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:
Weekly Price Time Analysis: EUR/USD
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- EUR/USD traded to its lowest level since mid-September this week before stalling just ahead of the 50% retracement of the July to October advance in the 1.3290 area
- Our broader bias is now negative and will remain so while below 1.3595
- The 1.3290 area is now a key pivot with weakness below needed to trigger a more material decline
- The latter half of next week and the first few days of the week of the 18th is an important cycle turn window
- Any strength back through 1.3595 would shift our broader trend bias back to higher
Weekly EUR/USD Strategy: Like holding tactical short positions while below 1.3595.
Weekly Price Time Analysis: USD/JPY
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- USD/JPY remains near the middle of a multi-month contracting range but has begun to show some signs of life with recent spells of dramatic intraday volatility
- Our broader trend bias is now positive on USD/JPY and will remain so while above 96.55
- The 99.40 level is now important resistance with traction above needed to confirm the start of a more important push higher in the exchange rate
- The latter half of the month is a potentially important cycle turn window in the rate
- Any weakness below 96.55 would re-invigorate downside prospects and pave the way for a decline over the remainder of the quarter
Weekly USD/JPY Strategy: Like being long against 96.55.
Weekly Price Time Analysis: GOLD
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- XAU/USD has come under further downside pressure over the past few days to trade to its lowest level since the middle of last month
- Our broader trend bias is positive in the metal while above the 1×1 Gann angle line of the year’s closing low near 1275
- The 1322 area is interim resistance ahead of the critical 1364 level which needs to be overcome to signal a resumption of the uptrend
- A minor cycle turn window is seen over the next few days
- A move under 1275 on a multi-day close basis would turn us negative on the metal
Weekly XAU/USD Strategy: Like the long side against 1275.
— Written by Kristian Kerr, Senior Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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