From an Elliott Wave perspective this consolidation pattern that we have seen since the May 13th low could be viewed in one of two ways. The first of which is that the May 13th low was the wave a of (iv) and this consolidation pattern was a b wave triangle after which we expect a c wave down to complete wave (iv) into the 11,600 area before continuing back higher in our larger degree bullish pattern. This is my preferred count at this time and is shown in white on the attached charts. Now with that being said given the strong push off of the October 14th low we cannot rule out that this low was in fact a more significant turning point on the USDOLLAR index.
Under this alternate case in which the October 14th low was indeed a more significant turning point in the USDOLLAR index then we would count the entire consolidation pattern that began on May 13th as a larger running triangle in which the October 14th low would have marked a larger degree wave (iv) low of the overall bullish pattern in the USDOLLAR index. Not only should we not breach the October 14th low under this case but we should ideally stay over the 11,919 level if on all retraces before moving higher. This represents the 76.4 retracement level from the October 14th low to the highs that we saw on October 29th.
So while the bigger picture is still very bullish in nature as we can see on the more intermediate timeframe we the pattern is still not entirely clear. Of course given that we appear to be towards the tail end of this consolation pattern we should have resolution on the intermediate timeframe in the not so distant future.
*Note: The FXCM USDOLLAR index is not to be confused with the DXY Index as they are two different indexes. The FXCM US Dollar index is an equally weighted index of the EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY and AUD/USD. The DXY index is heavily weighted in European currency pairs with the EUR/USD representing 57% of the index as a whole. This is not to say that one index is better than the other just that they two indexes that are measuring different currency pairs against the US Dollar in an attempt to judge the strength of the US Dollar as a whole.
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