EUR/USD Price Analysis: An explosive holiday season breakout could be on the cards

EUR/USD bears are eyeing the trendline support for an explosive breakout.
The price is being resisted and a break of 1.0575 will likely encourage the bears to target a break of 1.0500.

Ross J Burland FXStreet

As per the prior analysis, EUR/USD Price Analysis: Bears sink in their teeth to test bulls at a critical support structure, the bears are capping the bull's attempts to break higher. We have seen the price start to coil on the backside of the prior bullish trend but still, the Euro remains on the front side of the more dominant bullish trend as the following will illustrate.

EUR/USD prior analysis

the above showed the prospects of an explosive move below trendline support and given the holidays, a narrow range could still be the fuel for the same in the full trading days between Christmas and New Year.

EUR/USD update

The price is being resisted and a break of 1.0575 will likely encourage the bears to target a break of 1.0500.

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Ross J Burland

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Ross J Burland, born in England, UK, is a sportsman at heart. He played Rugby and Judo for his county, Kent and the South East of England Rugby team.

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