Technical Analysis

In New Zealand today, the key quarterly employment statistics will be released expectations at the unemployment rate is expected to rise to 4.3% from 3.9%. The labor cost index is expected to rise also by 0.8% versus 0.8% last month. Technically, the price of the NZDUSD is “hanging around” some key/important technical levels. On the

Both the S&P and NASDAQ habit dipped into negative territory. S&P index tested the all-time high closing level For the S&P, the high price reached 4957.77. That was it just short of the all-time high closing level at 4958.62. Staying below that level is a modest negative. Buyers had their shot. The ran into willing

AUDUSD daily The RBA decision is about five hours away and Australian dollar bulls could certainly use a lifeline. Unfortunately, I don’t see many paths today that. No change in the 4.35% cash target is coming today and I can’t imagine some kind of shift back to rate hikes. The market is pricing in fractional

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The AUDUSD fell sharply after the US jobs report as yields surged (2-year up 18 bps, 10 year up 17.4 bps). Technically, the price fell below its 200 day moving average at 0.6572 and more recently below its 100-day moving average at 0.65276. A key swing. 0.65229 was also broken Recall from yesterday, the price

The S&P is training to a new all-time high. When the price is trading at a new high, there is no prior history that traders can target from a price perspective. We are in a open-air area. However, technical tools can be used to forecast the next target/risk levels. In this video, I look at

The NZDUSD moved sharply lower on the USD buying after the better than expected jobs data. In doing so, the price of the pair has moved below it 200 day moving average or 0.6087, and the 50% midpoint of the move up from the October low the December high. That level comes in at 0.60716.

The price of crude oil isn’t selling at $72.28. That’s down $-1.54 or -2.09%. The low for the day was at $71.79. The high for the day was at $74.52. The price decline comes despite the stronger-than-expected US jobs report and other reports that Biden has decided on a counterattack plan in retaliation for the

For those who have seen my daily posts/videos on the GBPUSD (any of them), the pair has been trading in an up-and-down trading range going back to December 14. That range is between 1.2600 and 1.2800. Today, the price moved sharply lower after the stronger US jobs report, and the price move to a lower

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The NZDUSD moved lower (higher USD) like most pairs today in the early US session, but after the US data came out weaker, yields started to move lower helped by regional banking concerns, the trend lower reversed and the price reversed higher. Technically, the low for the day did see the price move below its

The USDCHF moved from a key swing area at 0.86058 in the early Asian session. That was a floor but back to January 17 before breaking to downside yesterday ahead of the FOMC rate decision. The subsequent move to the upside after Fed Chair Powell put the kibosh on a March rate cut, sent the

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The USDJPY is making a run to the downside and in the process is breaking to a new low for the day and new low for the week. The price is falling below it 100 bar moving average on a 4-hour chart at 146.96, and is also below a swing area between 146.96 – 147.067.

The broader US stock indices are getting it ahead of the earnings after the close including Microsoft and Alphabet. The NASDAQ index is leading the way with the decline of -124 points or -0.80% at 15504.51. The S&P index is now down -11 points or -0.22% at 4917.03. The Dow Industrial Average remains higher by

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The lower than expected borrowing numbers from the Treasury is leading to: Stocks moving higher Bond prices moving higher/yields lower, and the USD to the downside. Looking at the US stock market, the NASDAQ index is now up 163 points or 1.05%. The S&P index is up 33.81 points and trades at a new record

The USD vs the 3 major currencies is mixed to start the training week in the US session. The EURUSD is back below eight 200-day moving average is 1.08420. That tilts the overall bias to the downside. The price is trading within a swing area between 1.0803 and 1.0824. If that swing area is broken,