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Currency Majors Technical Analysis

Thu, Oct 2 2008, 05:24 GMT

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European Session

EUR/USD - Euro Dollar

1,3949. EUR USD is in an downtrend directed by 1H exponential moving averages. The volatility decreases. Bollinger bands are parallel and form the trend. ForexTrend 1H, 4H, daily (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bearish configuration. 4H ForexSto (Modified Stochastic) indicate a bearish pressure on EUR USD. The downtrend should continue to gather momentum.
=> We could take a short position at 1,3970. We will put the stop loss above 1,4060 (-90 pips). The targets are 1,3880 (+90 pips) 1,3850 (+120 pips). Each trade is dangerous, take care and put your stop loss. Trade configuration (1 Speculative -> 4 Trend following): 3.

Resistances

1,4050 - 1,4120

Supports

1,3925 - 1,3880

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GBP/USD - British Pound Dollar

1,7704. GBP USD is in an downtrend directed by 1H exponential moving averages. The volatility is low. Bollinger bands are parallel and form the trend. ForexTrend 1H, 4H, daily (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bearish configuration. 4H ForexSto (Modified Stochastic) indicate a bearish pressure on GBP USD. The downtrend should continue to gather momentum.
=> We could take a short position at 1,7700. We will put the stop loss above 1,7820 (-120 pips). The targets are 1,7580 (+120 pips) 1,7500 (+150 pips). Each trade is dangerous, take care and put your stop loss. Trade configuration (1 Speculative -> 4 Trend following): 3.

Resistances

1,7730 - 1,7820

Supports

1,7650 - 1,7580

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USD/CAD - US Dollar Canadian Dollar

1,0638. USD CAD is in an uptrend supported by 1H exponential moving averages. USD CAD is in a consolidation after the last bullish movement. The volatility is low. ForexTrend 1H (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bullish configuration. The price should find a resistance below 1,0660. The consolidation should continue. If the resistance is broken then the target will be 1,0800.
We are waiting for a break of the resistance to take a long position.

Resistances

1,0660 - 1,0680

Supports

1,0615 - 1,0550

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USD/CHF - Dollar Swiss Franc

1,1276. USD CHF is in an uptrend supported by 1H exponential moving averages. The volatility is low. Bollinger bands are parallel and form the trend. ForexTrend 1H, daily (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bullish configuration. 4H ForexSto (Modified Stochastic) indicate a bullish pressure on USD CHF. The price should find a resistance below 1,1300. The consolidation should continue. If the resistance is broken then the target will be 1,1400. We won't take a position. The risk/reward ratio is too high to take a position..

Resistances

1,1300 - 1,1400

Supports

1,1240 - 1,1150

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USD/JPY - Dollar Yen

105,83. There is an horizontal range between 105,60 and 106,30. Support and resistance are given by Bollinger bands. USD JPY moves without trend and swings around exponential moving averages (EMA 50 and 100). The volatility is low. Bollinger bands are flat. Oscillators are neutral. The price should continue to move in Bollinger bands. If the support is broken then the target will be 104,20. We won't take a position. The risk/reward ratio is too high to take a position..

Resistances

106,50 - 106,90

Supports

105,50 - 104,90

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