EUR Firms As Traders Eye Tighter ECB Policy
The euro finds itself higher across the board. The EUR/USD has risen above the 1.0800 handle again, the EUR/GBP to 0.8650 and the EUR/JPY was back at 120.00 at the time of writing.
The euro finds itself higher across the board. The EUR/USD has risen above the 1.0800 handle again, the EUR/GBP to 0.8650 and the EUR/JPY was back at 120.00 at the time of writing.
The EURUSD pair initially rallied at the open on Monday as it was announced that a deal was reached in the Greek debt crisis. However, the Greek still have to vote in Parliament, and on top of that there seems to be a lot of mistrust of the situation.
EURGBP is still on a downtrend but the pair is currently testing the top of the descending channel visible on its 4-hour time frame. If resistance around the top of the channel or .7200 holds, the pair could move back to the bottom at .7000 or lower.
The EURUSD pair broke higher during the course of the session on Wednesday, using the 1.10 level as a bit of a springboard. Because of this, the market looks as if it is ready to continue going higher, and we believe that it is only a matter of time before this market continues to go higher.
The GBPUSD pair broke down significantly during the session on Tuesday, slicing through the 1.55 handle.
The AUDUSD pair rose during the course of the day on Monday, continuing the bounce that we have seen off of the 0.76 handle.
As the Greek tragedy continues to drag on, it’s perhaps an apposite time to take a tour round the four major futures of the 6A, the 6B, the 6C and the 6E for the September contract,
EURUSD has been consolidating inside a rising wedge pattern for the past few weeks and is recently showing signs of a breakdown. Price is trading below the 1.1300 handle and may be in for around 200 pips more in losses, which is the same height as the chart pattern.
EURUSD just broke out of its short-term consolidation pattern, signaling that further gains are possible for the pair. Recall that price had traded inside a symmetrical triangle pattern before breaking to the upside past the 1.1300 major psychological resistance.
U.S. equity futures turned sharply lower over the crisis in Greece. Most recent last night the IMF discontinues negations with the Greek government and walked away from the table.