During the course of last week’s session, the GBP/USD managed to recoup more than 50% of the prior week’s losses. This transported weekly price back up to the underside of a resistance level planted at 1.3301. A response from this line might force the unit down to channel support extended from the low 1.1986 in the near future.
On the daily timeframe, GBP/USD...
The commodity currency gravitated higher for a third consecutive day on Thursday, clocking a high of 0.7836. From our technical perspective, this recent surge in buying is likely due to weekly price trading from within the walls of a support area pegged at 0.7849-0.7752. For all that though, weekly buyers may start to feel the pinch today/next week. On the H4...
Despite several attempts to break back below the 1.32 handle, the British pound ended the day clocking a fresh high. After the latest round of FOMC meeting minutes, H4 price crossed swords with a nearby supply marked at 1.3250-1.3231, which happens to be positioned within the lower limits of a daily supply base coming in at 1.3291-1.3233. Given that both aforesaid...
The single currency gathered momentum following the release of September’s FOMC meeting minutes. H4 supply at 1.1861-1.1852, as you can see, came under attack. Stop-loss orders sited above the zone’s edge have likely been filled, possibly opening up space for the pair to extend higher.
In spite of this, trouble may be ahead! Less than 20 pips above the noted H4...
For those who have been following our reports over the past week you may recall we have been banging the drum about longs from the 112 handle for quite a while now. Here’s why:
• Positioned directly above daily support at 111.91.
• Located just below July’s opening level at 112.09.
• Sited nearby a Fibonacci cluster comprised of a 38.2% support at 111.96 taken...
Weekly gain/loss: + 14 pips
Weekly closing price: 112.60
Despite the USD/JPY registering its fourth consecutive bullish close last week, the weekly candles appear somewhat exhausted ahead of supply coming in at 115.50-113.85. Although we believe dollar bulls will still likely challenge the noted supply, the back-to-back weekly selling wicks may encourage sellers...
Weekly gain/loss: - 331 pips
Weekly closing price: 1.3064
Last week’s sharp run to the downside pushed the British pound into further losses, stripping a whopping 300 pips off its value!
Weekly price, as you can see, recently re-entered the ascending channel formation (1.1986/1.2673), potentially opening up downside to as low as the demand area positioned at...
Weekly gain/loss: - 78 pips
Weekly closing price: 1.1733
Over the last week, the single currency sustained further losses against its US counterpart, consequently pulling the unit deeper into nearby demand at 1.1662-1.1814. In the event that this zone eventually gives way, the large support area seen directly below it at 1.1533-1.1278 will likely be...
For those who read Thursday’s report you may recall that our desk highlighted a possible sell trade from H4 supply at 0.9808-0.9787 (pending sell order at 0.9790 – stop loss at 0.9810).
Our reasoning behind this trade call was as follows:
• High on the curve, the weekly candles are seen bumping heads with the underside of a trendline resistance extended from the...
The EUR suffered going into Thursday’s London session, consequently driving through bids at the H4 mid-level support drawn from 1.1750. The unit ended the day approaching the 1.17 handle and formed a H4 buying tail. This, given it formed off of a psychological support, will likely attract buyers into the market.
Sweeping over to the weekly timeframe, demand at...
Influenced by Wednesday’s better-than-expected US ISM non-manufacturing print, the USD/CHF managed to print a nice-looking daily buying tail and erase Tuesday’s losses. While the bulls look to reassert their dominance, we maintain a fairly pessimistic outlook for the Swissie pair at the moment, due to the following reasons:
• High on the curve, the weekly candles...
After dropping sharply over the past couple of days, the yellow metal found a floor of bids around August’s opening level at 1269.3 yesterday, which happened to converge with a H4 channel support chalked in from the low 1323.0. Providing that the bulls remain in control here, the next upside target on the H4 chart can be seen at resistance drawn from 1280.4.
In...
Using a top-down approach this morning, we can see that weekly bulls look to be taking back some control within the walls of the support area seen at 0.7849-0.7752. This zone has a strong history and held well as support during the month of August, thus there’s a good chance that we may see history repeat itself here. In conjunction with the current weekly zone, a...
Going into the early hours of Europe yesterday, the 1.17 handle elbowed its way into the spotlight and provided strong support. The euro, as you can see however, failed to sustain gains beyond the H4 mid-level resistance at 1.1750 as the USDX H4 candles retested support fixed at 11962.
Though weekly demand at 1.1662-1.1814 remains in play, the bulls have yet to...
