I am choosing AUD instead of CAD because I am not sure about Bank of Canada. The data has been good enough, but easy to look through. It would make sense for them to cut again given the housing situation, but the blip in jobs and CPI could make them hesitate.

Short EUR/USD at 1.1585 with a stop at 1.1711. Target 1.1409.

Risking 126 to make 176.

Entry point is not great, but I still think it goes down from here.

Short EUR/CHF at 0.9228 with a stop at 0.9285. Target 0.9111.

Risking 57 to make 117.

Again, I normally like selling high, not low, but my instincts tell me EURCHF is gearing up for a crack of the famous 0.9205/20 level. If it’s going to happen, month end would be the time.

My logic is that with two cuts fully priced for the Fed, the asymmetry on CPI is to the strong side and the flow asymmetry from here until month end is buying USD. I expect that, similar to last month, there will not be enough supply of USD to meet the demand. I also don’t think the BOJ will hike, so that’s another small kicker for the JPY trade.

Keeping it short today. You could also do these plays via 2-week options, but when I priced them all up, none of them looked particularly cheap. Realized has been low, but you could expect that it might pick up given we are finally about to get a bunch of events.

Silver

My guess is that silver and gold margins are increased after 3 p.m. today. If they are not, I will probably square up shorts and move on. $46 is the first TP zone for shorts.

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Brent Donnelly

Spectra Markets

Brent Donnelly is the President of Spectra Markets. He has been trading currencies since 1995 and writing about macro since 2004. Brent is the author of “Alpha Trader” (2021) and “The Art of Currency Trading” (Wiley, 2019).

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