Weekly waves: EUR/USD, Bitcoin, and US 30

Our outlook has become a little more bearish on all 3 instruments - although a bullish correction is expected to emerge after the bearish swing is completed.
The EUR/USD made the bearish breakout below the support trend lines (dotted green) as mentioned in last week’s Elliott Wave analysis:
The Bitcoin crypto pair (BTC/USD) seemed to have completed a bearish wave A last week. But this week we decided to make a revision to that Elliott Wave forecast.

Chris Svorcik Elite CurrenSea

Our weekly Elliott Wave analysis reviews the EUR/USD, the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, and the US30 stock market

EUR/USD downtrend resumes towards 1.10

The bearish momentum showed decent strength and is likely a wave 3 (red) price swing. The bullish correction is expected to be a choppy wave 4 (red).
The wave 4 usually retraces to and bounces at a shallow Fibonacci retracement level such as the 38.2% Fib (or 23.6% and 50%).
An unexpected bullish breakout above the resistance (orange box) places this wave 3-4 analysis on hold (orange circle). A deep push higher (red circle) invalidates it. A bearish continuation (orange arrows) is expected to aim at the target zone around 1.10.

BTC/USD changes to wave four pattern

The bullish correction has been relatively slow and choppy. Price action made a retracement only up to the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level so far.
Therefore, price action could easily be in wave 4 (pink) correction of a larger wave 1 (gray) - as long as price action remains below the 50% Fibonacci level.
A deep bullish push places the Elliott Wave analysis on hold (orange) or invalidates it (red).
A bullish bounce is expected at the Fibonacci target or support areas (green boxes) due to end of the wave 1 (gray) and the start of wave 2 (gray).

US30 choppy pattern remains a weak signal

The US30 chart is also showing bullish weakness. The choppy and corrective pattern indicates that the bulls were unable to retake control at a support zone:

The US30 chart is also showing bullish weakness. The choppy and corrective pattern indicates that the bulls were unable to retake control at a support zone: Price action has respected the 50% Fibonacci resistance retracement level three times in a row. The triple top could indicate a wave 4 (pink) pattern.
A bearish breakout below the support trend lines (green) could indicate a continuation of the downtrend (orange arrows).
A bullish breakout would make it more likely that the bearish swing is not a wave 3 (pink) but rather the end of wave 5 of wave 1 or wave A. (see attachment US30).

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Chris Svorcik

Elite CurrenSea

Experience Chris Svorcik has co-founded Elite CurrenSea in 2014 together with Nenad Kerkez, aka Tarantula FX. Chris is a technical analyst, wave analyst, trader, writer, educator, webinar speaker, and seminar speaker of the financial markets.

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