The EURCHF has continued its run to the downside as investor exit the EUR and buy the relative safety of the CHF. The pair has reached a low 1.0019 and in the process is getting closer and closer to parity. The EURCHF has not traded below parity since January 2015. The move has gotten the
Technical Analysis
The price of GBPUSD has moved to a new low for the day at 1.32014. Support buyers are seemingly putting a toe in the water near the natural support target. The price is trading back up at 1.3218 as I type. Looking at the daily chart, be aware that the pair is also approaching the
The USDJPY has ticked to a new week low taking out the lows from Tuesday near 114.69. The not so good news is the low price just reached 114.68. That may disappoint sellers and lead to corrective probing. A move back above 114.85 will be eyed. Move above and we could see more upside corrective
The AUDUSD has seen up and down volatility today. At the start of the day, the price moved lower and back below the 200 day MA at 0.7322. Yesterday, the price closed just above that moving average level. However, after stalling right around natural support at 0.7300, the price moved back higher and extended up
The major indices are trading mixed with the Dow industrial average up 0.34%. The S&P index of 0.16% while the NASDAQ index is down -0.56% currently. If you were to look at the hourly chart of the NASDAQ index above, the high for the day at 13837.59 stalled right near its 200 hour moving average
The GBPUSD has been waffling above and below its 100 hour moving average of 1.33742 over the last six or so trading hours. The price has also been staying above the swing lows from January 27 and January 28 between 1.3357 and 1.3373 during that time. However the last few minutes have seen a move
The AUDUSD is trading to new session highs and in the process is trading at the highest level in 34 trading days. The price traded above the high price from yesterday which tested swing highs going back to January 12 and January 14 between 0.7289 and 0.7292. The current prices trading at 0.7303. The aforementioned
The USDCAD has moved down to test the low of the swing area between 1.2649 and 1.2656. The low price just reach 1.26475 but has since bounced back up to 1.2663. The 100 day moving average of 1.26377 is also in play as is the failed swing low from February 10 at 1.26344. So although
The price of gold is trading to a new session high of $1935.21. The price trades just off that level at $1934.71. The price is currently up $25.87 or 1.35%. Looking at the hourly chart, the low price yesterday stalled near its rising 200 hour moving average (green line). That gave the buyers the go-ahead
The JPY is the strongest and the EUR is the weakest as European traders look to exit. Taking a quick look at some of the technicals for the major currency pairs: USDJPY : The USDJPY is lower on the day and in the process moved below a swing area between 114.759 and 114.834. The low
The USDJPY opened the day above its 100/200 hour MAs (blue and green lines). The price broke below those MAs near the end of the London session, and stayed below and moved lower into the NY afternoon session as selling intensified. The pair has moved down to test a swing area between 114.83 to 114.759.
The Nasdaq index is trading back in the black after trading as low as -134.92 points or -0.99%. A new high price has just been reached at 13777.66. That is up around 83 points or 0.60% Looking at the hourly chart above, the price is approaching its 100 hour MA at 13831.16. The 200 hour
Yesterday, the USDCAD made a move outside of a “red box” that has confined up and down price action in the pair since January 27. The high of that up and down red box range was at 1.27956. The strong dollar buying yesterday saw the price of the USDCAD extend all the way up to
The major European indices are closing sharply higher on the day, but it wasn’t enough to erase declines for the week. For the day: German Dax, 3.66% Francis CAC +3.54% UK’s FTSE 100 +3.91% Spain’s Ibex +3.5% Italy’s FTSE MIB +3.5% For the trading week: German Dax, -3.3% Francis CAC -2.56% UK’s FTSE 100 -0.33%
The price of wheat traded up the daily limit all day yesterday. The price was locked near $9.34. In the new trading day, the contract moved higher reaching $9.60 before it started to rotate back to the downside. The move to the downside has now taken the price to the down limit level at $8.59.
The price of crude oil settled today at $91.59. That is down $1.22 on the day. For the week, last Friday the price closed at $92.00. So believe it or not, the price is closing lower on the week after trading as high as $100.50 on the spike high on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Looking
Gold , like crude oil , is closing near unchanged/lower on the week despite mid week spikes on the back of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The spike high in yesterday’s trading, saw the price move up to a high of $1974.40. That took the price to the highest level since September 2020. After trading
The price of the AUDUSD this week extended above its 100 day moving average (top blueline currently at 0.72376) on Wednesday for the first time since January 14. The run to the upside saw the price extend up to a high of 0.72831. The RBNZ rate hike helped to push the price higher in sympathy