EURUSD Long-Term Selloff Oct 23, 2015
EURUSD had been trading inside an ascending triangle chart pattern since the start of the year, as price formed higher lows and found resistance near the 1.1500 major psychological level.
EURUSD had been trading inside an ascending triangle chart pattern since the start of the year, as price formed higher lows and found resistance near the 1.1500 major psychological level.
As the month of October draws to a close, and with the ghouls and ghosts of Halloween preparing to frighten and alarm in equal measure, it is the trick or treaters at the
USDCHF has been trending lower on its 1-hour chart, moving inside a descending channel and testing support. Price has formed a bearish flag right at the bottom of the channel around the .9600 major psychological support and might be due for a break lower.
NZDUSD got rejected in its test of the descending triangle resistance and is now moving back to the bottom around the .6500 major psychological level. Whether a bounce or a break takes place depends on the outcome of the economic reports from New Zealand in the next few days.
GBPUSD is currently testing the rising trend line connecting the recent lows of price action on the 4-hour time frame. The pair is also drawing support at the 50% Fibonacci retracement level and the 100 SMA.
Panic – what panic. Not according to the price of gold and whilst other markets have seen extreme volatility with equities plunging, currency pairs opening gapped down, and the VIX moving violently, gold has continued to remain calm and serene throughout, with hardly a murmur to reflect the turmoil around.
GBPUSD is currently stalling at the 1.5500 area of interest once more, which has held as resistance then support in the past.
ad news out of Europe, Germany in particular, makes two potentially profitable outcomes significantly more likely. Firstly, the European Central Bank will be more flexible in its efforts to keep Greece in the Eurozone.
GBPUSD could be done with its short-term selloff since the pair is creating a double bottom reversal formation on its 1-hour time frame.
Friday’s speech from Fed chair Janet Yellan rounded off a seminal week for the markets, with the US dollar bulls returning in force as her comments continued to confirm the prospect of an interest rate rise during 2015, provided economic data continues to support the mild recovery for the US economy.