EUR/USD is coming perilously close to carving out a bearish price sequence in the days ahead. We’ve been discussing quite a bit lately the impact of the 2008 trend-line, and as long as the euro stays below it will struggle. The struggle could turn into an outright sell-off if a bounce soon fails. The double-top at the 2008 trend-line put into motion the notion we may be seeing a top form at an important line of resistance. And now with ...
Over the past couple of week’s we’ve been following a rather pensive test of a long-term support zone in EUR/JPY. Throughout most of last year, EUR/JPY remained in a bullish trend that kept some very clean characteristics; key of which was what happened around the October ECB rate decision. This is when the ECB extended their stimulus program, disappointing the hopes that had built for some type of announcement around taper or stimulus exit. This led ...
Institutions are known as smart money, but they often get caught crowded into popular trades that are quick to reverse. One of those is the play of selling the US Dollar. Per Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the short US Dollar trade is the second most crowded trade second to bullish US equities and the most crowded FX trade. The short-term outlook has seen focus turned to the concerns of the US fiscal expansion late into an economic cycle ...
Litecoin posted massive gains, still has room to run Litecoin lit up the board with a 30%+ gain yesterday, and tacking some more on today. On Monday, we made note of key reversals in the cryptocurrency sector, and that they likely pointed to higher prices, but the rally has exceeded short-term expectations. The break above 210 has the 257/270-area in focus, and if the rally really gains steam resistance beyond that area doesn’t ...
The New Zealand Dollar is attempting a cautious recovery against its US namesake but overall positioning continues to hint the path of least resistance favors the downside. The currency found interim support near the 0.72 figure but a series of lower highs and lows defining the near-term trend remains intact. An immediate upside barrier comes in at 0.7332, the 23.6% Fibonacci expansion, with a break above that on a daily closing basis opening ...
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