EURUSD braces for the first positive week in six, despite recently drop back to a two-week-long symmetrical triangle during early Friday. Given the bullish MACD signals and firmer RSI, the major currency pair is up for crossing the aforementioned triangle’s resistance line, near 1.1105. Even so, the 200-SMA and a seven-week-old horizontal area, respectively around...
GBPUSD holds onto recovery moves from 16-month low post FOMC showdown. In doing so, the cable pair remains firmer above a convergence of the 10-DMA and a three-week-long descending trend line, around 1.3120 by the press time. Given the RSI rebound supporting the latest run-up of the pair, it will attract more bids on successfully crossing December 2021 bottom...
Gold prices pare the previous day’s downside break of a six-week-old rising trend line, as well as the 21-DMA around the mid-2021 peak. As the RSI line remains far from oversold territory, the latest breakdown can keep favoring sellers amid firmer US Treasury yields ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) widely anticipated rate hike. That said, a horizontal region...
USDJPY cheers the greenback’s robust strength ahead of the Fed’s widely anticipated rate-hike to refresh five-year high. In doing so, the yen pair defied an upward sloping trend channel from late November, backed by the bullish MACD signals. However, overbought RSI and double tops around 118.65 could challenge the quote’s further upside. In a case where the pair...
GBPUSD refreshed a 16-month low on Friday amid broad US dollar strength, as well as preparations for this week’s key monetary policy meetings of the Bank of England (BOE) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed). With that, the cable pair also broke 2021 bottom and 61.8% Fibonacci Expansion (FE) of June 2021 to January 2022 moves, respectively around 1.3160 and 1.3070. As...
Despite the recent pullback from a 19-month high, gold remains above a fortnight-long ascending support line to keep buyers hopeful. The bullish bias also gains support from an upward sloping RSI, not overbought. That said, the metal currently eyes 78.6% Fibonacci Expansion (FE) of late January-February moves, around $2,030. However, the metal’s further upside...
EURUSD extends the early week rebound from a 22-month low, also holding the previous day’s break of a bearish broadening pattern as traders brace for the European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy meeting. Given the recently improving MACD and RSI, the pair’s recovery moves are likely heading towards a six-week-old horizontal area between 1.1100 and 1.1125....
Silver pierced 61.8% Fibonacci retracement (Fibo.) of May-September 2021 downtrend to refresh seven-month high on Tuesday. Following that, an upward sloping trend line from September 2021 challenged the metal’s buyers but couldn’t hold the forte. Also acting as the key hurdle is the overbought RSI conditions suggesting a pullback. Given the quote’s sustained...
Having successfully crossed the 200-DMA burden during the last week, AUDUSD rose to the four-month high on Monday. However, a broad horizontal area between 0.7425 and 0.7440, also comprising the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement of October 2021 to January 2022 downside, challenged bulls. Amid the overbought RSI conditions and a likely caution ahead of RBA Governor...
GBPUSD marked the second consecutive weekly loss, following a U-turn from the 10-DMA on Thursday. That said, bears keep reins around the lowest levels last seen during late December 2021, backed by a downside break of a five-week-old descending trend line. As a result, the pair sellers eye further declines towards the 1.3170-60 area that comprises multiple lows...
Gold seesaws around weekly tops after poking $1,951 during early Friday. In doing so, the bullion remains well above short-term key supports ahead of crucial US jobs data. Also keeping gold buyers hopeful is the ongoing Russia-Ukraine standoff. That said, overbought RSI conditions and recently easing bullish bias of the MACD hint at gold’s extended pullback...
EURUSD remains on the back foot around a 21-month low, despite the recently sidelined performance. That said, the bearish MACD signals do support the latest break of a descending support line from late November, around 1.1080 at the latest, which in turn hints at the quote’s further weakness. However, the RSI line nears the oversold territory and hence indicates...
Bank of Canada (BOC) is up for the first rate-hike since 2017 but the markets are have already priced in a 0.25% lift to the benchmark rate, which in turn may not entertain the USDCAD bears until forward guidance appears hawkish. Technically, 100-EMA and 200-EMA offer strong supports near 1.2660 and 1.2640 to limit the quote’s short-term downside. If the pair...
AUDUSD holds onto Friday’s recovery moves from a three-week-old support line around the 100-DMA as Aussie traders brace for the RBA monetary policy meeting. Although Australia’s central bank has been dovish of late, any hints of a tighter monetary policy for the future may allow the AUDUSD prices to extend the latest run-up beyond the 100-DMA level of 0.7240. Even...
USDCHF posted weekly gains but eased from the short-term key horizontal area as Ukraine-Russia headlines controlled safe-haven pairs. That said, the risk-barometer currency pair retreated from a seven-week-old broad resistance zone, between 0.9275 and 0.9295, by the end of Friday. In addition to the market’s risk appetite, Swiss Q4 GDP will also make USDCHF...
As Moscow proved the Western forecasts right by invading Kyiv, markets players rushed to risk safety on Thursday. The sour sentiment propelled prices of traditional safe-havens, like gold and USD, which in turn caused the EURUSD pair’s slump. The south-run also conquered three-month-old horizontal support around 1.1185-70. The same opened doors for the quote’s...
Despite reversing from an eight-month high, gold prices recently crossed the stated key resistance, also rallied beyond June 2021 peak. Additionally, favoring gold buyers is the metal’s ability to stay above the previous double-tops, as well as a three-week-old support line, amid bullish MACD signals. However, the RSI pullback from the overbought territory may...
GBPUSD bears flex muscles inside the one-month-old symmetrical triangle, recently easing from the resistance. Although downbeat RSI and MACD signals keep sellers hopeful of breaking the stated triangle’s support line, around 1.3550 at the latest, a convergence of the 100-DMA and the 50-DMA highlights the 1.3500 threshold as strong support. Even if the cable pair...