Improving German investor sentiment bullish for EURUSD
German investor expectations improved more than expected. Will the EURUSD continue climbing?
Investor sentiment in euro-zone’s largest economy improved: German ZEW investor sentiment index for the country improved to 3.1 in April, up from -3.6 in March. It was better than an expected reading of 0.8. Last Friday Eurostat upgraded euro-zone’s industrial production for February, reporting a reading of just 0.2% on month decline instead of 0.5% contraction. Better investor sentiment is bullish for euro. While euro-zone struggles to overcome the negative effects of last recession, the opening of new possible trade war front after US threatened to levy tariffs on $11 billion of EU products is a downside risk for euro. Chances are US and European Union will reach a solution which will not impeded transatlantic trade.
On the daily timeframe EURUSD: D1 is retracing after it hit 5-week low in the beginning of April.
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The Donchian channel indicates uptrend: it is narrowing up.
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The MACD indicator is below the signal line and the gap is narrowing, which is a bullish signal.
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The Parabolic indicator gives a buy signal.
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The stochastic oscillator is falling but has not reached yet the oversold zone.
We believe the bullish momentum will continue after the price breaches above the upper Donchian boundary at 1.1323. A price point above that level can be used as an entry point for a pending order to buy. The stop loss can be placed below the lower Donchian bound at 1.1206. After placing the pending order the stop loss is to be moved every day to the next fractal low, following Parabolic signals. Thus, we are changing the expected profit/loss ratio to the breakeven point. If the price meets the stop-loss level (1.1206) without reaching the order we recommend cancelling the order: the market sustains internal changes which were not taken into account.
Technical Analysis Summary
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Position |
Buy |
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Buy stop |
Above 1.1323 |
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Stop loss |
Below 1.1206 |
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