• Euro setbacks continue to be very well supported
• Dollar/Yen locked in choppy consolidation trade
• Cable easily exceeds key psychological barriers; ignores overbought readings
• Dollar/Swiss rallies one again well capped ahead of 1.0930
EUR/USD
[B]EUR/USD –[/B] With the daily RSI rolling over from overbought, the risks from here are for a material pullback over the coming days. However, Tuesday and Wednesday’s jackknife reversals off of the respective daily lows is concerning and we will need to see a break back below 1.3860 to get things once again moving back to the downside. Above 1.4050-60 delays and exposes the 1.4100-50 area. [B]Strategy: SIDELINED; AWAIT CLEARER SIGNAL.[/B]
[B]Level[/B]
[B]Resistance[/B]
[B]Details[/B]
1.4150
R3
12/31 high
1.4060
R2
1/2 09 high
1.4050
R1
5/22 high
[B]Level[/B]
[B]Support[/B]
[B]Details[/B]
1.3900
S1
Figure
1.3860
S2
5/26 low
1.3795
S3
10-Day SMA
USD/JPY
[B]USD/JPY –[/B] The market had been well offered over the past several weeks but setbacks have now stalled out just shy of next key support by 93.55 from March, which guards against the critical 87.15 multi-year trend lows. Friday’s bullish close has been followed by some constructive consolidation this week which could now suggest that an interim base is in place by 93.85 ahead of a bounce back towards 96.70 over the coming days. Below 93.85 negates. [B]Strategy: SIDELINED; AWAIT CLEARER SIGNAL.[/B]
[B]Level[/B]
[B]Resistance[/B]
[B]Details[/B]
96.70
R3
5/19 high
96.25
R2
5/20 high
95.55
R1
5/27 high
[B]Level[/B]
[B]Support[/B]
[B]Details[/B]
94.40
S1
5/25 low
93.85
S2
5/22 low
93.55
S3
3/19 low
GBP/USD
[B]GBP/USD – [/B]Any pullbacks intraday have been met with some very strong buying and the market continues to ignore daily overbought readings in favor of a retest on critical psychological barriers by 1.6100. Tuesday’s price action initially looked quite bearish after breaking down to take out the previous daily low and end a sequence of 5 consecutive daily higher lows. However, the sharp rebound into the afternoon quickly dashed any hopes for a more significant retreat in favor of a push to fresh 2009 highs easily exceeding 1.6000. While we do anticipate a major pullback over the coming days, recent price action suggests that the time has not yet come for said correction. [B]Strategy: SELL @1.6120 FOR A 1.5520 OBJECTIVE, STOP @1.6270. [/B]
[B]Level[/B]
[B]Resistance[/B]
[B]Details[/B]
1.6200
R3
11/5 high
1.6110
R2
11/4 high
1.6100
R1
Figure
[B]Level[/B]
[B]Support[/B]
[B]Details[/B]
1.5780
S1
5/26 low
1.5755
S2
5/22 low
1.5700
S3
Figure
USD/CHF
[B]USD/CHF[/B] – Any hopes for a recovery on Tuesday were delayed with the sharp pullback into the afternoon back to daily opening levels. The market has since been chopping around, considering its next move. A break below 1.0800 will open the door for bearish resumption exposing the 2009 lows at 1.0610, while back above 1.0930 would suggest that an interim base is in place, favoring a more significant corrective rally. [B]Strategy: SIDELINED; AWAIT CLEARER SIGNAL.[/B]
[B]Level[/B]
[B]Resistance[/B]
[B]Details[/B]
1.1130
R3
5/20 high
1.1055
R2
5/21 high
1.0930
R1
5/26 high
[B]Level[/B]
[B]Support[/B]
[B]Details[/B]
1.0810
S1
5/22 low
1.0715
S2
78.6% fib
1.0610
S3
1/2 09 low
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