For the past five trading days GBP/CAD seems to have been trading between two parallel rising trend-lines. For this assumption to prove to be true, the currency pair needs to rebound from the support near 1.85 (200-hour SMA, weekly PP and up-trend); most of the technical indicators favour such a course of events. Then the price will be expected to
After hitting the highest level since June 2012 on January 31 the pair began moving lower, forming a channel down pattern. This week, the pair touched pattern's lower boundary for the first time since February 12. Moreover, technical indicators on a 4H and daily chart are sending ‘sell's signals, suggesting there will be another attempt to penetrate pattern's support. Dukascopy
The Aussie has been appreciating versus the Singapore Dollar since late January. What is more important, it the fact each new high was higher than the previous one. Moreover, the pair managed to penetrate pattern's resistance this week, and even though the pair moved back into pattern's boundaries, the outlook is bullish. This idea is supported by technicals on a
By looking at the past 100 days, we may assume that GBP/USD is currently trading between two parallel rising trend-lines, in other words within the boundaries implied by a channel up pattern.Accordingly, a rebound from the support at 1.6392 will confirm this hypothesis and we will be expecting the rally to extend through the monthly pivot point at 1.6608 up
For the last five trading days the Swiss Franc has been generally underperforming relative to the Japanese Yen.However, instead of a bearish channel, there emerged a falling wedge pattern. Accordingly, there is an increasing probability of a reversal occurring in the nearest future. For this to take place, however, CHF/JPY will have to break a tough resistance area at 116.29.
As it was discussed above, the Australian Dollar is enjoying a rally against most of its peers and the Euro is not an exception. EUR/AUD has been locked in the bearish corridor since the mid-March and it is not likely to break the chains in the days to come since there are no indications that the pair is either
The single European currency has been gaining versus the Singapore Dollar for more than a month started February 6. The currency pair formed a 154-bar long channel up pattern on the four-hour chart and now EUR/SGD is vacillating slightly below a three-year high of 1.7676 reached on March 12. More precisely, the pair is sitting at its 50-bar SMA at
The British Pound has been tilted downwards against its Australian peer since the beginning of the spring; however, a formation of the broadening wedge pattern started only in mid-March when the pair performed an unsuccessful attempt to consolidate above the 200-hour SMA. At the moment, the pair is gradually retreating as a drop below the 50-hour SMA at 1.8274 added some
Since early March, the Australian Dollar has been on the rise against the Swiss Franc. The advance has been developing within the range bounded by two upward sloping and gradually converging lines that represent the trend-lines of the 134-bar long rising wedge pattern. Now the currency couple is trading at a three-week high of 0.8011 and is likely to prolong the
Starting from Mar 14 the single European currency has been underperforming relative to the Polish Zloty. Now, considering that EUR/PLN has been trading within the boundaries of the bearish channel, the tendency is likely to persist. In this case the down-trend resistance line at 4.2062 should stay intact and push EUR/PLN towards the support at 4.1816. The bearish sentiment is
As it could be derived from the past 150 trading hours, the exchange rate has been fluctuating between two parallel rising trading lines lately.Accordingly, while we would expect the market to remain overall bullish in this situation, the resistance at 1.0237, namely the upper border of the upward-sloping channel, is unlikely to let the currency pair advance further in the
A descending triangle formed by EUR/JPY is only 66 bars long. Nevertheless, triangles usually offer the best opportunity for traders, as in a short period of time market become highly volatile. In our case the pair has performed a throwback, which is usually even more interesting than a breakout. After touching pattern's resistance once again, the EUR/JPY pair will climb
The single currency has been appreciating versus the greenback since July 2013. However, after hitting 1.3967 on February 13, the pair began moving to the south, suggesting it is either a correction before another rally, or a beginning of the downside trend. Vast majority (66%) of Dukascopy traders are holding short positions on the pair and actually they were doing
A 155-bar long channel up pattern formed by EUR/HKD was started in the beginning of February. Being bounded by the pattern's trend-lines, the pair has been a subject to a strong buying pressure that enable it to reach a three-year high of 10.8462 in mid-March. However, a jump to this peak enfeebled the currency couple that lost over a thousand
Since early February, the Australian Dollar has been depreciating against the currency of the neighbouring country, the kiwi. In the first days of March, the pair followed a pronounced bearish trend and started to shape a channel down pattern. Currently, the pair is trading at the upper limit of the corridor and may try to breach it in the hours
Having reached a one-year high of 0.9551 in May 2013, the Canadian Dollar started to lose its value against the Swiss Franc and in the end of January the currency pair entered a bearish, gradually converging tunnel that took CAD/CHF to a three-year low of 0.7810. At the moment, the pair is trading near the recent low and given bearishness
The most popular precious metal did not manage to consolidate above the upper trend-line of the 275-bar long channel up pattern in the beginning of the week. After that, the bullion commenced a decline and now it is trading near the lower limit of the tunnel that sits close to a three-week low. Negative fundaments were the chief reason behind
While on the hourly chart AUD/SGD has recently broken out of the triangle, on a higher time-frame it is currently forming a rising wedge. At the moment the currency pair is approaching the upper trend-line of the pattern, meaning there is an increased probability of a sell-off in the nearest future. Once the rate rises up to the resistance at
The single European currency has been generally outperforming its Canadian peer since August of 2012; but we would like to distinguish the last five weeks, during which EUR/CAD has been respecting two parallel upward-sloping lines. However, right now the currency pair is facing considerable downside risks, being that the price is fluctuating just beneath the upper boundary of the bullish
Since the beginning of 2014, the single European currency has been in the down-trend against the Swiss Franc. Although EUR/CHF managed to pare some losses during the last four days by forming a bullish corridor, the pair is not likely to prolong its winning streak since it broke through the lower limit of the pattern one hour earlier, signalizing that
The U.S. Dollar has been mirroring the trajectory of its British counterpart against the Japanese Yen. Like the British Pound, the U.S. currency commenced a retreat against its Asian peer at the six-week high and seven days later it started to shape a double bottom pattern that now is around 90-bar long. However, USD/JPY seems to be stronger compared to
A stab to a six-week high of 173.59 in the very beginning of spring put a heavy selling pressure on GBP/JPY. The pair succumbed and a week later entered a double bottom pattern. Now the currency couple is continuing to show weakness, being unable to approach at least the 50-hour SMA at 168.81 that is meandering below the neck-line sitting at
After touching a five-year low of 0.8661 in the second part of January, the Australian Dollar regained an upside against its U.S. peer. In mid-February, the pair started to form a bullish tunnel that now is over a 100-bar long. At the moment of writing, the pair was tilted upwards and it may continue the bullish trend in the hours
The New Zealand Dollar has been consistently outperforming its Canadian counterpart since last year's September, soon after hitting a rock bottom at the level of 0.80. However, considering that NZD/USD is forming a rising wedge, there are now concerns that the rally may be overstretched. A breach of the lower boundary of the pattern, namely the rising support line at