In regards to the near term future, the rate was expected to retreat and look for support near the 1.1800 level.
Economic Calendar Analysis
On Tuesday, the US Durable Goods Orders and Core Durable Goods Orders will be released at 12:30 GMT. This event has caused moves on the EUR/USD from 7.6 to 18.3 base points.
On Thursday, at 12:30 GMT two events will be released that the financial media will talk about. However, recently both of them have not caused notable moves.
Namely, the US Advance GDP caused a move below ten pips on the EUR/USD in July. In the meantime, the weekly Unemployment Claims have been quite rarely creating a move above ten pips on the mentioned rate. Dukascopy Analytics uses the 10 pips in 10 minutes, as a criteria due to it being the normal volatility of the pair.
On the same day, at 12:45 GMT expect the European Central Bank to announce its Main Refinancing Rate, which has been a zero since March 10 of 2016. Despite that, the economic calendars show it.
What matters is not the rate, but the Monetary Policy Statement of the ECB that is published at the same time. The statement released in a pdf document includes an important number - the ECB Asset Purchase Facility or the sum of how much the ECB is buying up assets.
Click on the link below to find out more about the data releases of this and other currency exchange rates.
EUR/USD hourly chart's review
On Friday, the EUR/USD currency pair reversed south from the psychological level at 1.1860.It is likely that the exchange rate could gain support from the 200-hour SMA and the monthly PP in the 1.1785 area and reverse north in the nearest future. The rate could try to exceed the resistance formed by the 55– and 100-hour SMAs near 1.1835.
In the meantime, note that the currency pair could face the resistance level formed by the weekly PP at 1.1817. If the given level holds, the pair could trade sideways within the following trading session.
Hourly Chart
On the daily candle chart, the 1.1800 level was strengthened by the support of the 55-day simple moving average. However, take into account that the SMA was pierced on Friday.
Daily chart
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Traders are short on EUR/USD
Since Thursday, on the Swiss Foreign Exchange trader open positions were bearish, as 59% of open position volume was in short positions.
The sentiment changed on Monday, as 60% of volume was short.
Meanwhile, trader set up pending orders in the 100-pip range around the pair were 60% to buy the pair.