-EURUSD middle of channel, no directional bias
-GBPUSD down over 400 pips, 1.35 in sight
-AUDUSD .6247 important level for bulls
-NZDUSD .4892 critical
-USDJPY 101-103 topping zone
-USDCAD breaks out!
[B]Euro / US Dollar
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Since the January 23th low, the EURUSD has unfolded in a triangle and terminal thrust or zigzag and ending diagonal or both. The point is that all price action for over the past month has been corrective. I wrote yesterday that “as such, know that once the turn occurs, it will be fast as turns that occur from ending diagonals are. Until that turn occurs, the EURUSD likely continues its frustrating choppy trade. There are 2 areas to look for longs; the low side of the diagonal line and a break of the top side.” The bottom of the channel crosses slightly below 1.23 tomorrow and the top side just below 1.28.
[B]British Pound / US Dollar
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The count on the daily, which shows 5 waves down from the 2007 high, indicates that risk of a sharp advance is high. The count that I am working with now treats the rally from 1.35 to 1.4990 as wave A of a flat (flats have subwaves 3-3-5). B waves of flats retrace a significant portion of wave A, sometimes retracing more than 100% of wave A (in the case of an expanded flat). I wrote last week that “with this risk, being long at this point against 1.3990 is risky. Still, the next large move is expected to be up through 1.4990; it is unclear whether or not this occurs prior to a test of 1.35.” With this morning’s developments, expect a test of 1.35 prior to a low.
[B]Australian Dollar / US Dollar
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It is entirely possible that a larger flat is underway in the AUDUSD in the guise of a complex W-X-Y pattern that will end above .7275. Exceeding .6562 would shift the odds in favor of this bullish interpretation. Until then, the AUDUSD is in “no-man’s” land. Coming below .6245 would give scope to a test of .60.
[B]New Zealand Dollar / US Dollar
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The NZDUSD has declined impulsively (5 waves) since its 2008 high and that decline was followed by a 3 wave rally (from the November low). The decline from .6090 is now in 5 waves and the risk of a sharp advance back to at least .5454 in a small second wave is high. The close above the trendline from early January as well as divergence with RSI on the daily favor bulls.
[B]US Dollar / Japanese Yen
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Resistance for the USDJPY is at 100.50 / 101; which is the November 4 high / 61.8% of the decline from 110.71. RSI is rolling over from above 70, which warns of a top. Still, short term structure suggests that one more is needed before a more permanent top is in place. Expectations this week are for a push above 100. 101-103 is the reversal zone.
[B]US Dollar / Canadian Dollar
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The USDCAD has exceeded the October high and there is no chart resistance until 1.3260, which is the October 1995 and November 1996 lows. It is entirely possible that 1.40, the May 2003 high, is reached given that this break comes from a consolidation of 4+ months. Risk can be moved from 1.2350 to 1.2712.
[B]US Dollar / Swiss Franc
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“Expectations are for the USDCHF to decline to at least 1.13. This is where the ending diagonal, which are usually fully retraced, began.” Staying below 1.1891 keeps this outlook favored.
Jamie Saettele publishes Daily Technicals every weekday morning (930 am EST), COT analysis (published Monday mornings), technical analysis of currency crosses throughout the week (EUR on Tuesday, JPY on Wednesday, GBP on Thursday, AUD on Friday), and the DFX Trend Index every day after the NY close. He is also the author of Sentiment in the Forex Market.
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