EUR/USD Forecast: Exposing its weakness after failing to rise on good news

EUR/USD kicked off the week with a Sunday gap but closed it quickly.
A series of news that should have lifted the pair failed to do so.
The technical picture is slightly bearish for the pair.

Yohay Elam FXStreet

EUR/USD is trading in the mid-1.1300s, down from the highs near 1.1400. The trading week kicked off on a higher note for two reasons:

1) Trump calling for a weaker dollar: President Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging speech in Maryland over the weekend and bashed the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates and continuing with its monetary tightening policy. He also said that the "gentleman at the Fed" wants a stronger dollar.

2) Optimism on trade talks: The Wall Street Journal reported that further progress has been made in US-Sino trade talks. The Administration has reportedly agreed to remove the tariffs it recently imposed on China. The Middle Kingdom also revealed a new foreign investment law that would strengthen IP protection, a key US demand. The risk-on mood weighed on the safe-haven USD.

Both developments sent the US Dollar lower, with a weekend gap. EUR/USD kicked off at around 1.1380 but was unable to hold onto the gains. The greenback closed the gap also against other currencies.

It seems that markets got used to Trump's trashing of the Fed, which was more intense in late 2018. And regarding trade talks, hopeful comments have been heard before, most recently from Larry Kudlow, the Director of the National Economic Council at the White House. A more significant development would be setting a meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart.

When a currency pair cannot rally on good news, it exposes its weakness and the downside becomes more appealing.

We have witnessed the same reaction on Friday. The US ISM Manufacturing PMI dropped to 54.2 points, well below expectations and the lowest in almost three years. The pair initially rose before falling back down.

Apart from US Dollar demand, dim prospects of growth in Europe do not help either. Later today, the Sentix Investor Confidence gauge will shed more light on current business conditions. It is projected to remain in negative territory. The European Central Bank is watching the data closely ahead of its all-important meeting on Thursday.

EUR/USD Technical Analysis

Momentum has turned to the downside on the four-hour chart and the pair also slipped below the 50 and 200 Simple Moving Averages. These are bearish signs.

Some support awaits at 1.1330 that cushioned the pair several times in February. The next level to watch is 1.1315 that was a low point in late February. 1.1295 was a swing low in January and also provided support in February. 1.1275, 1.1250, and 1.1235 are next.

Weak resistance awaits at 1.1355 that supported the pair before its fresh slide. 1.1372 was a double top and remains relevant. 1.1390 capped EUR/USD on several occasions in recent days and 1.1410 was a swing high on Friday. The February high of 1.1420 is next.

All in all, the euro/dollar chart is quite choppy.

More: EUR/USD is capped after closing the gap – Confluence Detector

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Yohay Elam

FXStreet

Yohay is in Forex since 2008 when he founded Forex Crunch, a blog crafted in his free time that turned into a fully-fledged currency website later sold to Finixio.

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