As anticipated we are seeing some profit taking at the moment as the pair is being capped between 55-day SMA ad weekly S1/monthly PP.
The pair failed to maintain momentum and dipped below the weekly R1/monthly PP today.
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The yesterday's events have greatly influenced the balance of powers in USD/CHF.
USD/JPY has just encountered the 100-day SMA and up-trend resistance line at 102.13.
Taking into account the technical studies, the weekly R3 should not prevent further appreciation of the Sterling.
The U.S. Dollar continues to strengthen, and this tendency is unlikely to be stopped by any of the nearby supports—the weekly pivot point has already been broken.
The pair seemingly has lost momentum after reaching previous 2014, now May high, a week or so ago.
Weekly S1 at 1.0634 seems to have stalled the pair's decline for some time.
Pair continues to trail lower after receiving a strong bearish impetus a few days back.
It seemed like the pair was going to rebound from 139 JPY yen yesterday, but continued to inch up higher and at the moment is testing range cluster of resistance levels at 1.3924/42.
Despite the bearishness seen since mid-June, USD/CHF managed to find support at 0.8872/61 (100-day SMA).
USD/JPY draws closer to the major trend-line it has recently breached. Accordingly, the baseline scenario is a bounce off the resistance at 102.14 with a possible breach of 101.20 afterwards.
Even though the Sterling's appreciation is currently decelerating, the upward momentum is likely to be preserved in the coming weeks.
The 200-day SMA proved to be a formidable resistance level by forcing the currency pair to start ceding ground.
To some extent the Kiwi has lost its strength; however, at the same time its losses has been rather small. Moreover, this year's high was set last week and that is when the decline started.
A few days back it already seemed that the U.S. Dollar is starting to recover; however, as we know it failed to find a bullish momentum.
After yesterday's impressive advance, when the pair set a new high this year at 0.9506 the Aussie fell below the weekly R1 at 0.9455 today.
The Euro advanced for two straight days; although, at the moment, it seems that the pair is having a short term correction around the monthly PP and weekly R1 at 138.84/91.
Right now the 100-day SMA is coping with the selling pressure that was a result of a failure at 0.90.
USD/JPY seems to be well-underpinned by 101.20, but it could be only a pull-back to the recently breached up-trend before another, even stronger, bearish wave.
The Great British Pound continues to strengthen after crossing the 2009 high, and the currency seems to be unlikely to stop until it reaches the edge of the bullish channel at 1.74.
For the time being the 200-day SMA successfully carries out its mission, namely is not letting the Euro to advance further, even though the monthly studies are mostly bullish.
Yesterday the pair fell below the weekly PP at 0.8744 suggesting that it might lost its bullishness; at the same time, it woke up pair's bulls who managed to push the Kiwi higher.