Even though negative economic data raised concerns of investors, the single European currency remains among the most preferable.
Pair dipped to 0.835 where 55 and 100-day SMAs have sent it almost 100 pips up as at the moment it is testing 0.845.
Lately it seems that greenback loonie cross has lost any drivers behind its movements as today it has been moving in even narrower range than yesterday, which does not exceed 20 pips.
After consecutive quite volatile, but overall bearish sessions, pair seems to be calming down as we are observing marginal gains.
Monthly 2 at 128.44 passed the test yesterday and sent the pair back above 129 JPY.
After negative data on Chinese manufacturing industry and investors' speculation on Europe's key interest rate cut, the major currency pair dropped from the 200-day SMA at 1.3055 to the weekly S1 level at 1.2972. EUR/USD easily overcame the 20-day and the 55-day SMAs.
USD/CHF accomplished a huge surge yesterday, as the pair firmly stepped from the 20-day SMA and overcame the weekly R1 at 0.9382 and the 55-day SMA at 0.9399, peaking at 0.9458.
Yesterday the pair found a strong support to bounce higher and prepare another attempt to breach a 100 benchmark.
The British Pound lost its value together with other risky currencies yesterday, as weak macro economic data increased uncertainty in the market.
NZD/USD pair is in the middle of the lower part of Bollinger band, as the pair unsuccessfully attempted to breach the 20-day SMA last week.
USD/CAD, also known as the loonie, is traded flat in recent two weeks, as the pair sharply exceeded the Bollinger band that time and stuck at 1.0260.
The Aussie is under bearish pressure since 10th of April, since the price decreased from the monthly R1 at 1.0567 and almost reached the monthly and weekly S1 at 1.0187.
EUR/JPY slipped lower noticeably in a second straight trading session, as the pair dropped from the monthly R3 at 130.87 after the second attempt to breach the level.
USD/CHF pair breaches the 20-day SMA at 0.9344 today, as the price is on an upside trend since the beginning of the last week.
Last week's upside trend was suspended at 99.87, very close to a previous high at 99.96, as the pair turned under bearish pressure.
Recent depreciation of the Cable was stopped by the major support line at 1.5233, where the price spent four days checking the strength of the level.
The major pair remains in a zone between the 200-day SMA at 1.3054 and the monthly R1 level at 1.3043.
After receiving a bullish impetus from 0.84 pair has peaked by 60 pips and tested 20-day SMA, which was enough to push pair back as it lost almost all of its gains.
It seems that pairs bullish momentum, which came in to play last week, is still in force as pair seems to be aiming at 1.0300 area.
Weeks start was bearish, but rather stable.
Pair started the week almost at recent high, but after minor advancement it has fallen by more than 100 pips already.
"Switzerland is in a difficult situation. Our exchange rate policy hasn't been criticized or questioned by other countries in the past days here in Washington."- SNB President (based on Bloomberg)Pair's OutlookIn April the 55-day SMA crossed the 200-day indicator, and now there is an increased possibility of another bullish cross, as the 100-day SMA is closing in on the longer-term
Even though we lack bullish signals provided by the technical studies, especially for the near term, a recent confirmation of the up-trend support line creates a bullish bias towards the currency pair.
It appears that the demand and supply were in perfect equilibrium, as the price did not move away from the recent close level, even though the fact that an important support line at 1.5233 was not breached should have triggered short covering at least up to the nearby resistance at 1.5276/72.