EURUSD Forecast May 23, 2017, Technical Analysis
The EURUSD pair initially fell on Monday, but found the 24-hour exponential moving average to be supportive enough to turn the market around, and send it back above the 1.12 level.
The EURUSD pair initially fell on Monday, but found the 24-hour exponential moving average to be supportive enough to turn the market around, and send it back above the 1.12 level.
The Australian dollar had an explosive session on Monday, initially gapping lower, filling the gap, and then continue the down move.
The AUDUSD pair had a very strong session on Friday, reaching towards the highs that we had touched on Thursday. That’s a very bullish sign, and I think that the market is now trying to reach towards the 0.75 level above.
Economic data out of the UK released in the last couple of days has been pound-positive, yet the GBPUSD is still holding below the 1.30 handle. But for how long? Given that the positively-correlating EURUSD pair has already broken well above its own corresponding psychological hurdle at 1.10 after a sharp rally, the cable could be playing catch up.
The Australian dollar has rallied during the session on Monday, breaking above the 0.74 level. We found a bit of resistance at the 0.7450 level, and then dropped.
The EURUSD pair broke higher during the session on Friday, clearing the top of both the Wednesday and Thursday candles after less than stellar US numbers came out.
AUDUSD has been trending lower recently and is now moving inside a descending channel on its 4-hour chart. Price just bounced off support and is looking to pull back to the resistance at the .7450 minor psychological level.
The USDCAD pair had a very rough session on Thursday, initially surging much higher, then pulling back drastically, only to bounce again to the highs, and then pulling back to show weakness yet again.
The Australian dollar had an interesting session, initially falling, perhaps in sympathy to the moves in the New Zealand dollar.
Commodities price are firmer today with base and especially precious metals ending a bad run off losses, while crude oil has extended its gains from the day before when it rallied sharply on the back of the weekly US oil inventories report.