The Bank of Japan took control of it’s currency in grand style last week, having duly selected the largest hypodermic they could find, filled it with steroids, and then injected a syringe full directly into the artery of the dollar yen.
Morning Coffee Break – Tuesday April 2 April what is thought of being a strong month historically began the month and second quarter at a slow snail pace. The Dow and the bulls have look to April as the best month of the year as far back as 1950 with an average 2.7% gain for the month.
Morning Coffee Break – Monday April 1 In today’s Morning Coffee Break we find as traders come to their trading systems after a 3 day weekend and the start of the second quarter have several milestones to build on from record closes on the Dow and S&P 500.
Morning Coffee Break – Wednesday March 27 Today’s Morning Coffee Break is finding U.S. equity futures are indicating a lower open this morning after yesterday’s push higher towards an all-time high of less than two points in the S&P 500.
USDCHF’s fall from 0.9302 extends to as low as 0.9110. Deeper decline to test 0.9083 support would likely be seen, a breakdown below this level could signal resumption of the downtrend from 0.9511, then next target would be at 0.9000 area.
USDCAD breaks above the upper line of the price channel on 4-hour chart, suggesting that lengthier consolidation of the downtrend from 1.0055 is underway. Range trading between 0.9824 and 0.9920 would likely be seen in a couple of days. Resistance is at 0.9920, as long as this level holds, the downtrend could be expected to resume, and another fall towards 0.9700 is still possible, and a breakdown below 0.9850 could signal resumption of the downtrend.
Long Term AUDUSD Analysis indicates EURUSD breaks above 1.3171 resistance, suggesting that the uptrend from 1.2042 has resumed. Further rise could be expected next week, and next target would be at 1.3400 area.
Being contained by 1.0624 (Sep 14 high) resistance, AUDUSD pulls back from 1.0585, suggesting that a cycle top is being formed on 4-hour chart. Range trading between 1.0500 and 1.0585 would likely be seen in a couple of days. As long as the channel support holds, the fall would possibly be consolidation of the uptrend from 1.0287, and another rise to test 1.0624 resistance is still possible.
Traders start out the week with the U.S. dollar broadly lower against the major currency pairs. The moves comes on the hope the U.S. policymakers can reach a deal before the fiscal cliff deadline which in turn pushed sentiment toward risk appetite assets and away from the safety of the U.S. dollar.
A portion of this post was published also in the public section Traders start out the week with the U.S. dollar broadly lower against the major currency pairs. The moves comes on the hope the U.S. policymakers can reach a deal before the fiscal cliff deadline which in turn pushed sentiment toward risk appetite assets and away from the safety of the U.S. dollar.
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