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Weekly Price & Time: USD/JPY Overcomes Key Resistance Zone

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Talking Points

  • EUR/USD remains in recovery mode
  • USD/JPY trades to highest level since early July
  • Gold on key support level

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Weekly Foreign Exchange Price Time at a Glance:

Weekly Price Time Analysis: EUR/USD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • EUR/USD has traded fairly steadily higher since finding support a couple of weeks ago at the 50% retracement of the July to October advance near 1.3290
  • However, our broader bias remains negative on the Euro while below 1.3595
  • The 1.3290 level remains a key downside pivot with weakness below needed to trigger a more material decline
  • The 2nd week of December is the next material cycle turn window
  • A move back through the 2nd square root relationship of the year’s high at 1.3595 would shift our broader trend bias to positive

Weekly EUR/USD Strategy: Like holding a tactical short position while below 1.3595.

Weekly Price Time Analysis: USD/JPY

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • USD/JPY overcame the critical resistance at 100.65 to touch its highest level since early July this week
  • Our broader trend bias is positive in the exchange rate while above the 4th square root relationship of the years’ high at 99.65
  • A convergence of several Gann and Fibonacci levels between 101.60 and 101.70 is the next big resistance zone of note
  • A Gann cycle turn window is in effect over the next couple of days
  • Only a move under 99.65 would shift the trend bias to negative in the exchange rate

Weekly USD/JPY Strategy: Like being long against 99.65.

Weekly Price Time Analysis: GOLD

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Charts Created using Marketscope – Prepared by Kristian Kerr

  • XAU/USD traded this week to its lowest level since early July
  • Our broader trend bias is negative on the metal and will remain so while below 1322
  • The 5th square root relationship of the August high at 1243 is an important downside pivot with a close below needed to signal a downside continuation
  • The first half of next month is the next important cycle turn window
  • A daily close back over a confluence of Gann and Fibonacci levels in the 1322 area will turn us positive on the metal

Weekly XAU/USD Strategy: Like being square here.

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

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  • 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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EURUSD Weekly Technical Analysis: New Month, More Weakness

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Euro Bias Mixed Heading into October, Q4’17

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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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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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