EUR/USD rally facing tougher resistance - Commerzbank

Sandeep Kanihama FXStreet Contributor

Karen Jones, analyst at Commerzbank, suggests that the EUR/USD pair is likely to slip back to the low 1.1200 region as it appears to be baulking just ahead of the 55 and 100 day ma at 1.1366/68.

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“We have our doubts that the market will at this juncture retest the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the 2017-18 advance at 1.1186 but Intraday Elliott wave counts remain negative There is now a considerable amount of resistance above the market extending up to the 200 day ma at 1.1486. Rallies will find initial resistance at 1.1366/68 the 55 and 100 day ma, which guard the 1.1420 end of February high and the 1.1425 downtrend. Below 1.1185/75 lies the 1.1110, the May 2017 low and the 1.0814/78.6% retracement.”

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Sandeep Kanihama

FXStreet Contributor

Sandeep Kanihama is an FX Editor and Analyst with FXstreet having principally focus area on Asia and European markets with commodity, currency and equities coverage. He is stationed in the Indian capital city of Delhi.

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