Free webinar on ForexPros - Let's do some simple Trend Trading Expert: Kellie Durazo When: Tue, Aug 17, 2010, 10:00 EST
Why spend hours analyzing charts when you can learn a few simple trading strategies that are effective and easy to learn. During this webinar, Kellie Durazo will teach you how to follow and trade the trend "making the trend your friend", enhancing your technical analysis and giving you more trading opportunities for profit in the fx market.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the changes in the price of goods and services. The CPI measures price change from the perspective of the consumer. It is a key way to measure changes in purchasing trends and inflation in the US. A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the USD (as the common way to fight inflation is raising rates, which may attract foreign investment), while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the USD. The analysts predict a future reading of 0.20%.
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Euro Dollar
The Euro broke the support specified in yesterday's report 1.3032, and dropped as expected, reaching both suggested targets 1.2961 & 1.2875 with complete success, to move 400 pips away from last Friday's "Jobs-report-top". We have commented on the retest case which took place after the Fed's statement Tuesday evening by saying: "it is a well known technical principle that such an accurate retest confirms the break it followed, and the new direction, which is down in this case. Looking at the attached chart, we can see that: 1. the rising trend line was broken decisively and 2. the price retested this line in an accurate fashion. These are obvious indication of a falling trend. Therefore, unless the price goes back up to trade above the broken trend line, we expect more downside activity." Today, there is more to talk about technically; there is a complete 5-wave count for the rise from 1.1875, but does it mean that the uptrend is over? Also, there is not one but 2 channels on the daily chart. The first (shown in RED on the attached chart), combining the tops of the waves 1 & 3, which is already broken. The second channel (shown in BLACK on the attached chart) combines the tops of waves 3 & 5, and although the price tried to break it, it went back to trade inside it. The bottom of the second channel is at 1.2869, that is why this will be our support for today. If broken, the horror movie will go on for the Euro, and we will drop to 1.2775 & 1.2681. The resistance is at the Asian session high 1.2917, and if broken, a short term correction will target not less than 1.2981 & not more than 1.3074.
Support: * 1.2869: the bottom of the rising channel on the daily chart. * 1.2775: first of the main Fibonacci retracement levels (the 38.2% level) for the whole rise from this year's low 1.1875 to last Friday's and 3-month high. * 1.2681: Jul 14th low.
Resistance: * 1.2917: Asian session top. * 1.2981: short term 38.2% Fibonacci level. * 1.3047: short term 61.8% Fibonacci level.
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USD/JPY
The Dollar/Yen broke the support specified in yesterday's report at 85.16, and dropped to 84.70 which is a 15-year low not seen since June 1995! Later, it consolidated above 85, and corrected the drop up to short term Fibonacci 50% level at 85.46. With this, we have finally reached the main target of this falling wave, which we talked about for the last 2 weeks: a drop below 84.81 & a new 15-year low, but what are the next targets? In the attached chart, which is a weekly one, we can see the falling channel from Sep 07 top. Although the bottom of this channel is very far away, and is just above 74, but there is an interesting trend line inside it, combining the monthly lows of Dec 08, Jan & Nov 09. This line is around 82.65 currently, providing us with a perfect target for this dropping wave, since we still expect, as we did before, that it will dive below 84.70. Therefore, we expect the price to reach this target, and as we do, we also realize that the limited volatility of this pair indicates that this will take some time. As for the short term, the support is at 85.28, and breaking it would indicate that we are already moving lower with the objective of breaking 84.81, and reaching lows not seen in 15 years. This will target 83.87 & at a later time, we still believe in our 82.65 target. The resistance is at 85.90, and if broken, the price will continue its bounce, targeting 86.43 & 87.49
Support: * 85.28: important intraday level. * 83.87: Fibonacci extension level 138.2% for the falling wave from 86.86, compared to the wave which started at 88.10. * 82.65: the trend line combining the monthly lows of Dec 08, Jan & Nov 09, on the weekly chart.
Resistance: * 85.90: short term Fibonacci 61.8% level . * 86.43: the top of the rising corrective trend channel on the hourly chart. * 87.49: Jul 29th high.
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