The GBP/USD held steady at the end of the week, as economic data on both sides of the Atlantic disappointed investors. The UK’s trade deficit widened in January, the government’s statistics office reported. The goods trade balance, which measures the balance between exports and imports, went from -7.662 billion pounds to -9.793 billion pounds. Economists […]
The EUR/USD pair was trading in positive territory at the end of the week, as investors absorbed the latest round of German consumer inflation data. The pair soared to a high of 1.3962 earlier in the week before paring some of those gains. Ahead of the North American session, the euro is trading slightly below […]
After the breakout above 1.6600 took place, the GBP/USD pair has been trapped within a consolidation zone located between 1.6600 and 1.6800. The bulls found 1.6600 as a prominent support to concentrate around. That’s why a recent bottom was established there on the last visit on February 24. Price level of 1.6820 remains the highest […]
On January 24, the EUR/AUD pair initiated a downside movement. This movement was maintained within the depicted bearish channel. On February 13, the bulls expressed a bullish breakout above the upper limit when the bears seemed to be weak. Simultaneously, the bulls established a bullish Head and Shoulders pattern off 1.5000. The neckline was located […]
As depicted on the chart, the next demand level is located around 50% Fibonacci at 1.6540. As long as 1.6820 remains the highest level for the month, the price level of 1.6540 remains the target for the bears. Another scenario is that a Double Top pattern is being established with the neckline located around 1.6600-1.6580. […]
Successive ascending bottoms were established on the daily chart. This means the uptrend line established on September 2013 is still intact. As expected, the ongoing bullish impulse succeeded in hitting price level of 1.3900. This level corresponds to 100% Fibonacci Expansion. Yesterday, the bulls topped at 1.3965 then bearish rejection was expressed resulting in a […]
Overview: USD/JPY is expected to consolidate with bearish bias after hitting its seven-day low at 101.54 on Thursday. It is undermined by the flows to safe-haven JPY and unwinding of JPY-funded carry trades amid increased risk aversion (VIX fear gauge surged 12.09% to 16.22, S&P tumbled 1.17% overnight) as the intensifying crisis in Ukraine and […]
Overview: The NZD/USD is expected to consolidate with bullish bias after hitting one-year high at 0.8606 on Thursday. It is undermined by the Kiwi sales on the soft NZD/JPY cross amid increased investor risk aversion, positive dollar sentiment and concerns over economic slowdown in China and weak commodity prices. But the NZD/USD losses are tempered […]
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Overview:The GBP/JPY is expected to trade in lower range.It is undermined by the increased investor risk aversion and weaker euro sentiment after euro-negative comments from ECB President Draghi and Japan exporter sales. But the EUR/JPY losses are tempered by the demand from Japan importers and loose BOJ’s monetary policy and positions adjustment before weekend. Daily […]
Overview:The USD/CHF is expected to trade in higher range after hitting more-than-two-year low of 0.8696 Thursday. It is underpinned by the positive dollar sentiment and franc sales on weak the CHF/JPY cross. But the USD/CHF gains are tempered by the franc demand on the soft EUR/CHF cross and positions adjustment before weekend. Daily chart mixed […]
Safe haven demand favoured the yen ahead of this weekend’s risk event. The Crimean referendum to secede from Ukraine will be held this Sunday while Western countries are threatening to impose sanction on Russia, which refuses to back down on its plans to annex the Crimean region. Russia has gone ahead with military exercises near […]
Overview:Since our previous analysis, the EUR/NZD pair has been trading upwards, the price rejected from previous swing lows (1.6190) and tested the price of 1.6288 on average volume. Our previous analysis is still valid. Be careful with selling since we’ve got selling climax in the background and we are near the previous lows. According to […]
FOREX Daily Outlook by Easy-Forex.com The EU Morning Report – The single currency touched its two and a half year high – 13 March 2014 Written by the easy-forex team Currencies The euro (EUR) climbed up to its two and a half year high at 1.3948 against the US dollar (USD). The single currency rose […]
Technical outlook and chart setups: 1. The EUR/JPY pair is on track towards 130.00 levels at the moment. It is testing the line of support at 140.50 levels. A clear break is required to instill further confidence in the bearish setup. It is recommended to remain short, bring risk to break even levels.(143.00) 2. Immediate […]
Technical outlook and chart setups: 1. The GBP/CHF pair is drifting lower towards 1.4350 levels now. Please note that a any bullish bounce here should remain well capped below the 1.4650/1.4700 level. It is recommended to remain short for now, risk remains at 1.4700. 2. Immediate resistance is at 1.4850/60, followed by 1.4950/60 and 1.5120/30 […]
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi said on Thursday his forward guidance may help to drag the 18-bloc euro currency lower and reduce interest rates, which could help inflation return to the goal set by policymakers. “Our forward guidance … creates a de facto loosening of policy stance, as real interest rates are set […]
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The Dollar index bounced once it touched the lower wegde boundaries but still remains in downtrend. Lower highs is not a good sign for bulls. Short-term trend remains down as the index trades below the Ichimoku cloud and has not broken above the previous high at 79.93. For the trend to change to up, we […]
The most important event of next week will be the Federal Reserve policy announcement on Wednesday following a two-day meeting. Investors will look out to see if the Fed will scale back its current bond buying program further. The current pace of purchases is at $65 billion a month after the Fed trimmed the original […]
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Japanese stocks slided 2.7 percent to a one-month low on Friday trading action as concerns over Ukraine and slowing development in China distract investors, underpinning the safe-haven yen and punishing exporters. The Nikkei share average sagged down 395.04 points to 14,420.94 in mid-morning exchange after declining to a low of 14,408.62 earlier, the lowest since […]
Safe-haven currencies like the Japanese Yen and the Swiss franc were on fire in Friday trading action, having bolstered overnight as tensions in Ukraine flared up and worries about the status of the Chinese economy continued to intensify. Russia launched new military exercises near its border with Ukraine on Thursday, displaying no indication of pulling […]
Overview: It should be noticed that the price of the GBP/USD pair has opened below the weekly support 1 at the level of 1.6650. Additionally, the market was in downtrend three days ago. Therefore, the market will probably indicate a bearish opportunity at the level of 1.6650 in the short term. Also, the weekly […]
Overview: The strong support will be set at the price of 0.8444 on March 14, 2014. Moreover, the resistance has already set at 0.8624 in H1 chart. So, we expect a range about 75 pips today. According to the previous events, the NZD/USD pair has still been moving between 0.8590 and 0.8520. It should be […]
General overview for 14/03/2014 09:00 CET The five wave impulsive progression to the downside from wave 2 green high has been finished and market is in the corrective cycle of lower degree correction. The target for now is the key level area between the levels of 1.1120 – 1.1128. Any breakout above the zone means […]
EUR/USD: Our target at 1.4000 has not been reached because the price pulled back from the resistance line at 1.3950. The bullish bias is still valid on the EUR/USD, and therefore, that drop is seen as a transient sale in the price. The price could thus rally massively again. Only a drop below the support […]
General overview for 14/03/2014 08:30 CET There is an interesting situation on H4 time frame as the price, after a sudden sell-off, almost hit the golden channel lower trendline. This wave progression can still be considered as a wave (4) correction in shape or abc irregular flat, but any breakout below the golden channel and […]
Markets Steady After Sell-Off Morning Report: 08:45 London • This morning, markets are steady with a positive edge after heavy selling on stock markets & certain FX pairs. •The Australian and New Zealand dollars are still showing signs of stress however, after pulling hard back from the highs on Thursday. […]
