The New Zealand Dollar continued its rise higher against the US Dollar on Thursday. However, as mentioned yesterday, the currency exchange rate is being slowed down by the 50.00% Fibonacci retracement at 0.7468.
The US Dollar continued to search for support against the Canadian Dollar on Thursday. However, it was not the above the first monthly support level at 1.2846.
The broadening ascending wedge pattern that the pair has developed over the last three months has been pulling AUD/USD towards its upper trend-line at 0.7796, as the pair finally managed to break above the weekly R2 and monthly R1 cluster at 0.7685/87.
EUR/JPY was not successful in continuing its path towards the bottom trend-line of the two-month symmetrical triangle, bouncing from the significant 114.36/37 level which has made the pair struggle several times already.
GBP/USD bounced off of the upper boundary of the emerging ascending channel yesterday, but there is not a lot of room for the sell-off to extend.
The common European currency is surging on Thursday morning against the US Dollar, as the currency exchange rate remains near previously reached heights around the level of 1.1250.
GBP/CAD opened its long-term bearish path in the beginning of 2016, after conquering seven-year highs the month before. The pair posted a 21 percent loss on the plunge in August, developing a strong descending channel on the way, which we expect to continue to restrict the pair's movements. What strengthens this scenario is the multitude of different time-frame patterns which
The USD/CAD exchange rate is struggling at the first monthly support at 1.2846 mid-Wednesday.
Following the 1.4 percent surge over Monday's trading session that confirmed the three and a half year down-trend, AUD/USD put an end to the attempt by developing bearish momentum on Tuesday.
The New Zealand Dollar continues its race northwards against the US Dollar. On Wednesday the currency exchange rate broke what was left of resistance
EUR/JPY was pushed off its path towards the multi-year downtrend, implying a tendency of diminishing lows, and a close anywhere below Wednesday's opening level would add ground to the proposition of a newly developed downward trend-line.
The bullish setup we mentioned in our previous reports is no longer topical. This is due to poor US data released yesterday, as a result of which the currency pair returned within the boundaries of the channel that has been forming since the last months of 2015.
Despite our expectations GBP/USD spiked through the nearby resistances, including the August high, and approached the highest level since July (1.3480).
"Both gold and silver are on the move higher today, with some tailwinds from a considerably weaker USD, precipitated mainly by weaker than expected ECO Data from the ISM Non-Manufacturing Data," – Tim Knight, Prophet Founder (based investing.com)Pair's OutlookThe yellow metal continues to surge on Wednesday, as the commodity broke the resistance put up by the monthly R1 at 1,348.
The Common European currency is trading near the opening price against the US Dollar on Wednesday morning. However, it did fall to the weekly R1 at 1.1230 and rebounded against it during the night to continue a surge, which began on Tuesday.
"The New Zealand dollar fell from near a 16-month high on a trade-weighted basis but is still seen as sufficiently above the levels projected by the Reserve Bank to warrant another cut to the official cash rate in coming months." – based on NZ HeraldPair's OutlookThe New Zealand Dollar continued to book gains against the US Dollar mid-Monday, as the currency
"The Canadian dollar gained the most in five weeks against the greenback after the nation's July trade deficit narrowed more than economists predicted, adding to evidence the Bank of Canada is less likely to lower interest rates." – based on Bloomberg Pair's OutlookThe US Dollar continued to depreciate against the Canadian Dollar by mid-Tuesday, and the day marked the fourth consecutive
"The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) is expected to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at record low 1.5%, in what will be Governor Glenn Stevens's final rate decision, after the bank cut rates two times in the past four months." – based on Daily FXPair's OutlookAUD/USD picked up where it had left off on the first part of Tuesday's trading
EUR/JPY showed no development on Tuesday morning after Monday's half percent dip
NZD/JPY kicked off year 2016 with a volatile consolidation inside of the bounds of a falling wedge that has been established over the last two or so years. While the scope of fluctuations in June reached 12 percent, the pair did not manage to close outside of the wedge trend-lines, but set ground for a breakout on September 1, which
"The BOJ should wait for the Fed. The present focus of attention is on the U.S. exit policy." - Koichi Hamada, economic adviser to PM (based on Bloomberg)Pair's OutlookThe setup has become even more bullish for USD/JPY than it was yesterday, as the currency pair has confirmed the broken trendline, meaning the US Dollar is willing to keep advancing north. The first target
"Sterling should remain supported as BoE rate expectations and the gilt curve experience a significant revaluation." - Morgan Stanley (based on Reuters)Pair's OutlookThe currency pair is lacking bullish momentum near resistance represented by the 23.60% retracement of the Jun 23—Jul 5 sell-off despite fundamentally strong Pound. Nevertheless, the price managed to fetch our target 1.3385/70 (monthly R1 and August maximum) yesterday.
"The U.S. Labor Day holiday kept volumes subdued on Monday, but new U.S. data releases and any speeches from Fed officials will be watched closely for clues to the timing of any rate moves." - base don ReutersPair's OutlookThe yellow metal continues to struggle with the monthly PP at 1,326.43 for the third consecutive session on Tuesday, as the commodity
"If the ECB extends quantitative easing -- as most economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict -- policy makers may have to reconsider what they can buy." - based on Bloomberg Pair's OutlookThe common European currency traded almost flat on Tuesday morning against the US Dollar. Previously, the currency exchange rate moved lower on Monday, as it moved out of the channel upward