With another trading week over, and Non Farm Payroll having come and gone for another month, markets in general are now looking forward, as the minor reversal in the US dollar’s unstoppable progress appears to have simply been a temporary pause and reaction to the worse than expected employment data.
It was another day of solid gains for equity markets yesterday, with the NQ E-mini leading the way higher, and closing with a wide spread up candle ending the session at 4094, just shy of the psychological 4100 price level which was missed by o.25 of a point!
For gold, October could best be described as a game of two halves, with the rally of the early part of the month, now appearing to have run out to steam as the longer term bearish sentiment begins to dominate once more.
EURUSD may be in for another set of losses, as the pair formed a reversal chart pattern on its 1-hour time frame. A double top formation can be seen, with price nearing the neckline around the 1.2600 major psychological support.
EURUSD has been moving in a downtrend for quite some time, forming a descending trend line in connecting the recent highs.
It’s been a period of pause and reflection for equity markets, following the picture perfect price action of August, as the up elevator finally reached the next level, rolling gently over into the current phase of price congestion.
USDJPY has recently made a strong upside breakout from the descending triangle on a longer-term time frame. From there, price has made a strong rally past 102.00 then formed a bullish flag pattern, indicating that there could be buying pressure left.
If any further evidence were needed of the bearish sentiment towards oil, yesterday’s price action confirmed this weakness once more, as the commodity attempted to rise in early trading, before selling off sharply later in the oil trading session, with the June WTI futures contract closing at 101.28 per barrel, having hit an intra day high of $102.20 per barrel.
EURUSD recently broke above a falling trend line on its 1-hour time frame, indicating that the downtrend is already over.
U.S. futures as well as Europe’s markets remain flat this morning ahead the 2:00 pm EDT Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy statement and Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s first news conference will follow at 2:30 pm EDT.
