EUR/USD trades in wide range

Source: Dukascopy Bank SA
The EUR/USD currency pair has been highly volatile, as it has been reacting to major US fundamental events throughout the week. Namely, the Fed rate hike and monetary policy announcement together with the US GDP have been creating major moves. In general, the pair has been observed to be fluctuating between the support of the 1.0097/1.0115 zone and resistance at 1.0255/1.0258.

Economic Calendar Analysis



Next week, on Wednesday, the US ISM Services PMI at 14:00 GMT might impact the pair through the value of the US Dollar.

On Friday, one of the top events of the month will take place. At 12:30 GMT, the US employment data sets are scheduled to be released. The release will consist of the US Average Hourly Earnings, Non-Farm Employment Change and the Unemployment Rate.

EUR/USD hourly chart

At mid-day on Friday, the pair was located in the middle of the range near the 1.0200 mark. A potential decline would look for support in the 1.0097/1.0115 zone, before approaching parity and the weekly S2 simple pivot point at 0.9990.

On the other hand, a recovery of the Euro against the US Dollar would have to pass the 1.0255/1.0258 zone, before approaching the weekly R1 simple pivot point and the 1.0300 mark.

Hourly Chart

EUR/USD daily chart's review

On the daily candle chart, the pair has been trading around the 1.0200 mark throughout the second half of July. Meanwhile, the pair remains in a broad 2022 channel down pattern.

Daily chart




Traders are long on EUR/USD

On Thursday, on the Swiss Foreign Exchange, trader open positions were bullish, as 60% of open position volume was in long positions.

Meanwhile, trader set up pending orders in the 100-pip range around the pair were 53% to buy the Euro against the USD.

On Friday, traders were 62% long and orders were 58% to buy.

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