EUR/USD: Investors add bets to position for weakness in the Euro

EUR/USD printed its worst daily close in nearly three years on Tuesday.
Risk reversals drop to lowest since October on put demand.
Broader market sentiment and Eurozone data are likely to guide EUR/USD pair.

Omkar Godbole FXStreet Contributor

EUR/USD is looking south and investors are adding bets to position for deeper losses in the common currency.

Bearish daily close

The pair closed below 1.08 on Tuesday, confirming its weakest daily close since April 2017.

The daily and weekly candlestick arrangement shows the path of least resistance is to the downside.

Risk reversals hit lowest since October

Risk reversals on EUR/USD, a gauge of calls to puts on the common currency, plunged to their lowest levels since October on Tuesday, indicating investors are adding bets to position for further weakness in the euro.

One-month risk reversals fell to -0.55, the lowest level since Oct. 28. The negative number indicates the demand for put options (bearish bets) is higher than that for calls.

The common currency could suffer a deeper drop as anticipated by investors if the coronavirus-led risk aversion worsens, strengthening the haven demand for the US Treasuries.

At press time, the futures on the S&P 500 are reporting a 0.35 percent drop. As a result, EUR/JPY is flashing green near 118.80 and helping EUR/USD stay sidelined just below 1.08.

Apart from the broader market sentiment, the pair could take cues from the Eurozone Current Account and Construction Output data scheduled for release during the European trading hours.

Technical levels

EUR/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.0798
Today Daily Change	0.0002
Today Daily Change %	0.02
Today daily open	1.0796

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.0969
Daily SMA50	1.1069
Daily SMA100	1.1064
Daily SMA200	1.1111

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.0838
Previous Daily Low	1.0785
Previous Weekly High	1.0958
Previous Weekly Low	1.0827
Previous Monthly High	1.1225
Previous Monthly Low	1.0992
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.0806
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.0818
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.0775
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.0754
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.0722
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.0828
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.086
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.0881

Author

Omkar Godbole

FXStreet Contributor

Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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