The AUDUSD moved higher this week after bottoming ahead of support near 0.7142 to 0.7145 on Monday. THe momentum started to pick up on Tuesday and on Wednesday after moving above its 200 hour moving average with momentum, the pair shot to and through the 100 day moving average at 0.72842. After correcting lower in
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It’s been a one-way trade in oil since the spike down to $66 in early December but we’re now testing a big resistance level. Brent touched $86.71 today, which is a cent higher than the October high of $86.70, but we’ll call it even since it’s now back to $86.58. What’s more is that the
The USDCHF peaked on Tuesday at 0.92776. That was short of the December high at 0.92937. On Wednesday, the price fell sharply and in the process cut through its 100 day MA (blue line on the daily chart above) at 0.92128, and the 200 day moving average at 0.91629. Yesterday the price fell for the
The USDCAD is moving higher in reaction to the USDs general move to the upside. Helping the trend is the rise in yields. 2 year 0.955%, +5 point basis points 10 year 1.759%, +5.3 basis points 30 year 2.098%, +5.2 basis points Technically, the pair also is getting a boost in the North American session
The NZDUSD has been stepping lower and lower and lower, since it’s high at the start of the London morning session. Recall from yesterday’s trade, the price moved above the swing highs from December 29 and January 3 at the 0.6856 level. The move above, gave the buyers to push up toward the 0.6900 level
The NASDAQ index as traded up and down and trading today and toyed with the idea of trading below its 200 day moving average. That moving average currently comes in at around 14726. The low price for the day reached 14689.43, and the current price is trading at 14789.54 There are still a few more
The EURUSD moved lower and lower today. In the process, the pair moved below what was a swing area going back to November. That area held earlier in the week. Moving below, increased the bearish bias and kicked the price lower. Looking at the 5 minute chart below, the move to the low for the
The GBPJPY is trading lower for the second consecutive day after the high price from yesterday stalled against the swing area/ceiling between 157.42 and 157.766. Today, the pair moved below a old ceiling/floor going back to December 31 between 155.918 and 156.06. The price is currently trading within that swing area after running to a
Selling in the major stock indices accelerated into the close, with all the indices all closing near the lows for the day. The NASDAQ index was the biggest loser and fell for the first time in four trading sessions The Dow and S&P broke their two day win streak All three indices are now on
The price of the USDCAD has moved to the lowest level since November 10th today, and in the process moved below the 200 day MA at 1.24984 (green overlay line). The price also fell below a swing area on the 4-hour chart above between 1.2485 and 1.2497. The low price reached 1.2452 before bouncing back
In an earlier post(s), I was targeting the 50% of the move down from the October 28 high. That was the corrective high from that day and started the sharp move to the downside that bottomed on November 24th. The midpoint was at 1.14385 (see last post here). The price has reached that target and
The EURGBP has moved once again, above its 100 hour MA today. Recall from last week, and on Monday too, the price of the EURGBP moved above its 100 hour moving average. On Friday it moved above on Monday back above. Yesterday the 100 hour moving average stalled the rally off the low. Today, the
The major European shares are ending higher on the day, and in the process snapping three day losing streaks (for most of the indices). The closes are showing: German DAX, +1.1% France’s CAC, +0.95% UK’s FTSE 100 +0.62% Spain’s Ibex, +0.56% FTSE MIB +0.66% The German DAX index moved down toward its 100 day moving
The AUDUSD made a two week low on Friday after the nonfarm payroll report. At the low, the pair moved below its 50% midpoint of the move up from the December low at 0.71342, but quickly reversed and has not returned back to that key level since then. The low price from yesterday and the
The USDCHF moved lower on Friday, and closed the day right near its 100 hour moving average (blue line currently at 0.9189). The price in the early Asian session based near that moving average line and closing level and started to move higher. After a brief look above the 100 day moving average at 0.9212
The price of WTI crude oil futures are settling at $78.23. That’s down $0.67 or -0.05% The high for the day reached the $79.43. The low for the day extended to $77.86. Looking at the hourly chart, the price over the last five or six hours has been trading above and below its 100 hour
A snippet from a note via Scotia on the euro. Analysts at the bank expects its more likely for the Federal Reserve to hike by 100bps this year than it is for the European Central Bank to hike by even 10bps (and order of magnitude difference). This is a driver of Scotia’s view of EUR/USD
Both the EURUSD and the GBPUSD are moving higher, but the EURUSDs rises outperforming the GBPUSD. That has the EURGBP moving higher. The EURGBP has been trending more to the downside cents the December 8 peak at 0.8598. The price reached a low on Wednesdaytrade at 0.83340. Technically, the correction yesterday saw the price move