Technical Analysis

The move to the upside continues and the major indices are not on pace to all close at record levels today. Dow record high close coming into the day was at 39807.38. The index is up 274 points at 39832 currently. Both the Nasdaq and S&P closed at record levels yesterday. ANything positive today would

The AUDUSD moved above a ceiling area between 0.6635 and 0.66439. Although the price dipped back below that level after the US data today, the price has rebounded higher. On a topside, is the 61.8% retracement at 0.66759. That is also part of a swing era between 0.6676 and 0.66896. Get above that area opens

Fundamental Overview Yesterday, the USD weakened across the board following the US PPI release where the data came in line with expectations. The reaction showed that the market is eager to buy risk and that even little signs of better inflation figures can trigger positive risk sentiment. This will be important to remember in light

GBPUSD just short of the 50% of the 2024 trading range The GBPUSD is trading at a new high and in the process is moving to the 50% midpoint of the 2024 range. The midpoint level comes in at 1.25957. The high price today has come in at 1.25922 (see 4-hour chart above). That midpoint

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High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not

The NZDUSD is staying below its key 200 day moving average of 50% retracement target. Those levels, are between 0.6033 and 0.6035. The high price today stalled at 0.6030. Stalling against the area, keeps the sellers in play. Going forward it would take a move above that level – and staying above – to increase

The AUDUSD fell in the early Asian-Pacific session, and in the process tested a short-term swing area seen over the last few weeks at 0.6585. Points are held, the price reversed and started to extend the upside. The move has now taken the price above the 50% midpoint of the move down from the December

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not

The University of Michigan inflation expectation data sent the US dollar higher and the AUDUSD and NZDUSD pairs lower. Those moves to the downside, extended each pair to new session Lois, and in the process, each are also testing their 100-hour moving averages. Both also have found some risk-focused buyers leaning against the moving average

EURUSD falls back to support targets after resistant test The EURUSD moved higher in the early US session reaching a new intraday high of 1.07895. That got within a paper so of the 50% midpoint of the move down from the March 2024 high to the April 2024 low at 1.07906. The 200 day moving

In the kickstart video for April 10, I take a look at three of the major currency pairs from a technical perspective – the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. In this report, I also take a quick look at the USDCAD after it’s stronger than expected April jobs report which showed a gain of 90.4K –

The USD weakened across the board yesterday following a notable miss in the US initial claims data as that added some more pressure on the USD with the market weighing the possibility that the labour market could weaken fast enough in the next months to justify more rate cuts than expected. Overall though, the price

The USD weakened across the board yesterday following a notable miss in the US initial claims data as that added some more pressure on the USD with the market weighing the possibility that the labour market could weaken fast enough in the next months to justify more rate cuts than expected. Overall though, the price

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not

Both the AUDUSD and NZDUSD are moving higher on the general USD selling after the weaker than expected initial jobless claims. For the AUDUSD, that move has taken the price away from its 100-day moving average at 0.6574, and toward its 50% midpoint of the move down from the end of December high to the

The Bank of England kept rates unchanged but the vote of 7-2 with two dissenters for interest rate cuts and Gov. Bailey’s assertion that the market may be under pricing the end of year rate cut projection initially sent the GBPUSD lower, however failure to extend to the downside led to shorts covering in volatile

The BOE rate decision will announced at 7:00 AM. No change is expected. However, it is in the nuances of the statement and comments that will drive the roadmap for traders – either bullish or bearish. To understand that, it is important to understand where the technical levels are that the “market” will pay attention

As we head toward the end of trading on May 8 and look toward the beginning of trading on May 9, the USDJPY is keeping its buyers more in control. For buyers looking for more upside the 200-hour moving average at 155.45, and the 38.2% retracement of the move lower from the end of April

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not

The USDCAD has made a move to the upside today with the help of technical breaks through some key moving averages. More specifically, the. 100 and 200 hour moving averages were broken near the same level at 1.3688 100 bar moving average on the four hour chart was broken at 1.37169 The move higher also

The S&P has he raised it against and trades near unchanged After trading up to an intraday high of 5200.23 – a nice round number for the index – the S&P index has reversed to the downside and now trade near unchanged at 5180.60. At session highs, the index was up 19.50 points. The low

As the North American session begins, what are the key bias, risks, targets for the 3 major currency pairs – the EURUSD, USDJPY and the GBPUSD. It is important as a trader to understand, what the price action is saying. The price action with technical tools, give traders a roadmap for their trading. In this

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not

The GBP is the strongest and the JPY is the weakest as the NA session begins. The USD is mostly lower with modest declines of -0.08% to -0.26% for the EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, and NZD. The greenback is unchanged vs the CHF and stronger by 0.52% vs the JPY after its -3.38% decline last

The 3 major US stock indices closed higher today and this week. The gains were led by the NASDAQ on both measures. A summary of the day shows: Dow Industrial Average rose 450.02 points or 1.18% at 38675.69 S&P index rose 63.61 points or 1.26% at 5127.80 NASDAQ index rose 315.37 points or 1.99% at

High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not

May is normally the strongest month for crude oil but it certainly hasn’t started out that way. WTI crude fell another 57-cents today to bring the weekly decline to $5.50 in five straight days of selling. The weekly chart is set to post the lowest close since the week ending March 8 while the daily