Technical Analysis
EUR/USD retreats from 1.3350
“There are more people who are thinking the euro will fall, even though such positions have been piling up.”
- Barclays (based on MarketWatch)
Pair’s Outlook
The support at 1.3350 proved to be significant last week by keeping the Euro away from 2013 Q4 low. Still, we are likely to see a test of 1.33 before there is an upward correction to 1.35, which a cluster of various resistances, including the three-month down-trend and monthly PP. Right now this course of events is also supported by the technical indicators, with weekly and daily being bearish and monthly studies pointing North.
Traders’ Sentiment
After being slightly bullish for a while the sentiment returned to being neutral once again—53% of positions are long and 47% are short. Meanwhile, a majority of the orders is placed to sell the Euro against the Buck, namely 58% of the total.
GBP/USD tests monthly S1
“U.S. dollar-long positioning still seems to be a favorite of the market, and that’s all coming from the U.S. data.”
- ANZ (based on Bloomberg)
Pair’s Outlook
GBP/USD has just hit the monthly S1, and if the bears keep forcing the pair to go lower, there are also the 200-day SMA and May low that are ready to help the Sterling. Given a large number of important levels underneath the spot, there is a high possibility the sell-off may soon discontinue without crossing 1.67. The upside risks are at the same time implied by the monthly technical indicators, as five of them are bullish.
Traders’ Sentiment
There are currently more long positions than short ones in the market—the share of the former is 61%. At the same time there are more commands placed to acquire the British Pound than to sell the currency—59 and 41% respectively.
USD/JPY underpinned by long-term up-trend
“Geopolitical issues in different parts of the world are going much further than anyone expected.”
- CitiFX (based on Reuters)
Pair’s Outlook
As turned out, USD/JPY required assistance of the major rising trend-line at 101.53 in order to preserve chances to rally. And even though on the daily and monthly time-frames the currency pair is supposed to be moving North, it fails to start a recovery and finally gain a foothold above the 200-day SMA. This would supposedly give the U.S. Dollar confidence to surpass the recent highs at 103 and then challenge the 2014 Q2 high at 101.42.
Traders’ Sentiment
Nearly three fourths (73%) of the market participants are expecting the U.S. Dollar to outperform the Japanese Yen in the future. There is also a large portion of buy orders set 100 pips around the spot price—61%.
USD/CHF to stay above 0.90
“The conclusions from the weekend are that conflicts are cooling, and the risk-off events of the past two weeks may see upside risk as de-escalation spreads across the conflicts.”
- IG (based on CNBC)
Pair’s Outlook
The Greenback remains below 0.91, the last hurdle that needs to be overcome to reach this year’s high. The daily indicators are currently supportive of such a bullish scenario, but the longer-term signals are not as encouraging, meaning 0.9150 may in the end stay intact. On the other hand, a path of the least resistance is to the upside, considering there are monthly PP, 200-day SMA and five-month up-trend supporting the currency at the moment.
Traders’ Sentiment
The advantage of the longs grew even further over the weekend, being that their share went from 71 up to 75% after the U.S. currency had become cheaper. As for the orders, 58% of them are to buy and 42% are to sell the Buck.
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