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Currency Majors Technical Analysis

Thu, Oct 9 2008, 12:50 GMT

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American Session

EUR/USD - Euro Dollar

1,3706. EUR USD is in an downtrend directed by 4H exponential moving averages. EUR USD is in a consolidation after the last bearish movement. The volatility is low. Bollinger bands are flat. ForexTrend daily (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bearish configuration. The consolidation should continue. The price should continue to move in 1,3590 / 1,3800 range. We won't take a position. The risk/reward ratio is too high to take a position..

Resistances

1,3800 - 1,3850

Supports

1,3640 - 1,3590

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GBP/USD - British Pound Dollar

1,7347. GBP USD is in an downtrend directed by 1H exponential moving averages. GBP USD is in a consolidation after the last bearish movement. The volatility is low. Bollinger bands are flat. ForexTrend 4H, daily (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bearish configuration. 4H ForexSto (Modified Stochastic) indicate a bullish pressure on GBP USD. The price should find a resistance below 1,7400 (53 pips). The downtrend should continue to gather momentum.
=> We could take a short position at 1,7350. We will put the stop loss above 1,7410 (-60 pips). The targets are 1,7200 (+150 pips, risk/reward 1:2.5), 1,7100 (+250 pips, risk/reward 1:4.2) . Each trade is dangerous, take care and put your stop loss. Trade configuration (1 Speculative -> 4 Trend following): 3.

Resistances

1,7400 - 1,7515

Supports

1,7200 - 1,7070

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USD/CAD - US Dollar Canadian Dollar

1,1241. 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. Bollinger bands are flat. ForexTrend 4H, daily (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bullish configuration. 4H ForexSto (Modified Stochastic) indicate a bullish pressure on USD CAD. The price should find a support above 1,1190 (51 pips). The uptrend should continue to gather momentum.
=> We could take a long position at 1,1220. We will put the stop loss below 1,1170 (-50 pips). The targets are 1,1300 (+80 pips, risk/reward 1:1.6), 1,1380 (+160 pips, risk/reward 1:3.2) . Each trade is dangerous, take care and put your stop loss. Trade configuration (1 Speculative -> 4 Trend following): 3.

Resistances

1,1290 - 1,1380

Supports

1,1190 - 1,1080

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USD/CHF - Dollar Swiss Franc

1,1296. USD CHF is in a consolidation after the last bearish movement. USD CHF 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. We won't take a position.

Resistances

1,1315 - 1,1490

Supports

1,1220 - 1,1190

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USD/JPY - Dollar Yen

100,78. USD JPY is in an downtrend directed by 1H exponential moving averages. USD JPY is in a consolidation after the last bearish movement. The volatility is high. Bollinger bands are flat. ForexTrend 4H (Mataf Trend Indicator) is in a bearish configuration. The price should find a resistance below 101,40 (62 pips). The downtrend should continue to gather momentum.
=> We could take a short position at 100,80. We will put the stop loss above 101,50 (-70 pips). The targets are 100,00 (+80 pips, risk/reward 1:1.1), 99,00 (+180 pips, risk/reward 1:2.6) . Each trade is dangerous, take care and put your stop loss. Trade configuration (1 Speculative -> 4 Trend following): 2.

Resistances

101,35 - 101,90

Supports

100,40 - 99,00

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