Technical Analysis

GBPUSD back above the 100/200 hour MAs The GBPUSD is snapping back higher. In the kickstart technical video from earlier, the pair had moved back below the 100/200 hour MAs which are converged at 1.2719. That tilt of the bias more to the downside but a swing area between 1.2678 and 1.26988 stalled the fall

USDJPY back down testing the lows The early buying of the USD in the North American session, took the price above its 100-hour moving average near 145.70. The high price reached 145.755 and 145.733 consecutive hourly bars. However, momentum could not be sustained (with the next key target at 145.90), and short-term buyers were forced

The USDCAD has found sellers near the 61.8% retracement of the 2023 trading range. With the USDCAD up each of the trading days today, will the sellers look to lean against the retracement level and start a corrective move to the downside? The 61.8% retracement comes in at 1.35674. The high price stalled at 1.3573

The USDCHF has chopped parsley higher this week. On the downside, a swing area support held near 0.8742. On the top side, there were some modest moves above a swing area high near 0.88193 that failed. However, as we head closer to the close for that week, the price is retesting that swing area between

Crude oil sets the support and resistance going into next wk A week or so ago, the price of crude oil moved above a key swing ceiling between $82.43 and $83.44 (see yellow area and read numbered circles on the chart above). The price moved above that ceiling on Wednesday of last week, closing at

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USDJPY tumbles into the US close As stocks started to slide and US rates also came off of it’s highs, the USDJPY started a reversal to the downside. The current hourly bar has seen the price of the pair move from 146.16 to a low of 145.63. That move to the downside, took the price

Both the AUDUSD and the NZDUSD found support buyers on their earlier day breaks to the new 2023 low and bounced higher. Each pair is approaching/testing falling 100-hour moving averages. Getting above the 100-hour moving average is the minimum target to get to and through if buyers are to start to be taken seriously after

AUDUSD making new lows In an earlier video on the AUDUSD, I talked to the possibility of a bounce in the AUDUSD. The pair is oversold. The RSI was diverging on the hourly chart the price needed to get back above the end-of-May low near 0.64587. Looking at the hourly chart, the price could not

The USDCAD has been trading above and below its 200-day moving average over the last few trading days. Yesterday it broke to the upside and also extended above the 50% midpoint of the 2023 trading range. Both those developments tilts the bias of further in favor of the buyers. Stay above the 50% midpoint at

USDJPY trades near unchanged The USDJPY traded lower in the US session (see 4-hour chart above), but did find support near the high of a swing area between 144.898 and 145.07. The low price for the day reached 145.10. The price has rebounded back toward the close from yesterday at 145.54. Of significance is that

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Nvidia saves the day If you are looking for a savior in the stock market today, it is back to Nvidia whose shares are up $25.73 or 6.3% at $434.21. The low price for the day toyed with the $400 level at $403.11 before jumping to the upside. The catalyst was Morgan Stanley’s reiteration of

The EURUSD is moving to a new session low and trades at the lowest level since July 7. The move lower has now taken the price below its 50% midpoint of the range since the January 2021 high at 1.0942, and the 100 day moving average at 1.0930. Those levels are now close risk. Staying

Bitcoin continues to surprise as it remains resilient to many headwinds. Yesterday we even saw a big rally after some banking woes, which resembled the bullish reaction following the regional banking crisis seen in March. Looks like Bitcoin is the go-to asset in case we see more troubles in the banking sector. Anyway, the price

The FOREX markets are quiet in the Asia-Pacific session. Japan is on holiday contributing to the lackluster price action. Yesterday’s US CPI data whipped traders around as well as the initial reaction was to the downside in the greenback, and then reversed back to the upside with the rise in US rates However in the

The strongest to the weakest of the major currencies The EUR and CHF are neck-and-neck for the strongest of the major currencies, while the JPY is the weakest. The USD initially moved lower after the CPI data, but quickly snapped back to the upside. The EURUSD erased all pre-release gains on the day. The GBPUSD

The USDJPY is ticking to a new high and is up for the 3rd consecutive day. In the process, the price is extending above a key swing area between 143.44 to 143.54. That area will now be a close risk level for traders going forward. Stay above is more bullish. Move below and we should