EUR/USD should meet contention in the 1.1150/06 band – Commerzbank

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Karen Jones, Team Head FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, suggested occasional pullbacks in EUR/USD should meet support in the 1.1150/06 area.

Key Quotes

“EUR/USD is consolidating tightly sideways just below resistance at 1.1285 and the 200 day ma at 1.1293. The consolidation is viewed in a positive light, intraday Elliott wave counts remain positive, however lack of upside progress is worrying and it is possible that we will see a minor sell off first. Key resistance is 1.1354/71, the 2018-2019 down channel and the 55 week ma. A weekly close above this latter level is needed for us to adopt an outright bullish stance”.

“Dips lower are likely to find some support circa 1.1150/06. Key support is the 1.0961 2018-2019 support line and below here lies the 78.6% retracement at 1.0814/78.6% retracement”.

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