A rare descending triangle pattern was formed by one of the most traded currency pairs on May 22 and it seems that the pattern is moving to its apex. The reason for such a suggestion is that both trend line will converge on September 9, while the trading range is narrowing rapidly, reinforcing a view of the upcoming breakout. The
Euro– Japanese Yen cross has been appreciating for several months, as the Yen is still losing ground against its major peers after BoJ's stimulus announcement in April. In addition to that, the pair is likely to continue appreciating even despite it seems to be overbought already. This idea is supported by aggregate technical indicators on hourly and 4H charts. However,
Channel Up pattern's aren't the most exciting type of the patterns, but they offer good trading opportunities. Pattern at hand recently bounced from the pattern's support and seems to be developing inside the pattern rather well. 200-bar SMA recently caused some trouble, but as we can see it must have been bulls capitalizing on their gains before the weekend and
Pair is posing for depreciation as this is one of the main presumptions of the double top pattern's—the pair fails to reach new (relative) high and gradually trails to the prior to the pattern trading levels. In this case that would constitute a 600 pip move. Short and medium term technicals point at appreciation of the pair which seems rather
Having touched a three-week low, the pair started its impetuous advance, balancing between two upward-sloping trend-lines. On August 22, the pair reached its on-month high at 1.1541 (pattern's resistance), but after a stab to this mark, AUD/NZD retreated slightly and now is trading near the daily resistance at 1.1526. If the pair breaches this mark it may rush to the
After coming off its six-month high on May 22, USD/CHF started an accelerated fall towards the pattern's support at 0.9156. USD/CHF bounced off this level and reversed its direction, reaching the pattern's upper-limit that blocked further upside and sent the pair below its 200-bar SMA. Currently, USD/CHF is struggling near its 100-bar SMA at 0.9626. If the pair jumps above
After diving beneath its 200-bar SMA and touching pattern's support line, AUD/CHF has resumed following the downtrend and at the moment of writing was traded at 0.835– almost a middle of the trading range. Meanwhile, aggregate technical indicators do not give a clear "buy" or "sell" signal, however current market sentiment is strongly bullish– 74% of all opened positions are
On Thursday, the Japanese Yen has lost more than 1% against the greenback and 0.8% versus the single currency, and it is still losing ground against the Swiss Franc. The rising wedge pattern is moving to its apex, as both trend lines will converge on August 26, so not later than in 4 days we are likely to see a
Although Channel patterns in general aren't the most exciting, but they offer great trading opportunities. In the case of this specific pattern we can see that it behaves rather well in the pattern's boundaries, we get rather clear indications abound the upcoming/ongoing bounce from the pattern's support and the slope of the pattern is rather steep, what is reflected in
Pair has formed a high quality and magnitude pattern which at its own makes the pattern worth of attention. In addition, currently the pair is trading on the pattern's resistance after a pullback from the 200-bar SMA. It is worth mentioning that pullback is a phenomena often met in triangle patterns. In approximately 70% of the cases eventual breakout direction
After diving beneath its 200-bar SMA, the pair remained under this significant level that started to act as the strong resistance. However, on August 13 EUR/CHF managed to jump above its 200-bar SMA to approach the upper trend-line of the pattern. Having touched the upper boundary, the pair reversed its direction, falling below its 200-bar SMA and moving close to
EUR/AUD breached its 200-bar SMA in mid-April that initiated a long upward movement of the pair. The currency pair was trading between two upward-sloping lines throughout the last four months, crossing the 200-bar SMA only once and recovering fast after falling below this important level. EUR/AUD is likely to continue its bullish trend, but daily resistances at 1.4918 and 1.4959
A rise above the 200-bar SMA fostered an on-going upward trend of the pair that was faltering between the pattern's trend-lines that are currently at the levels of 1.7526 and 1.7030. At the moment, GBP/AUD is struggling at its daily support at 1.7314. In case the pair drops below this level, it is likely to meet a bunch of support
USD/JPY was initially trading above its 200-bar SMA that acted as a strong support zone for the pair. However, a plunge below its 200-bar SMA on July 26 triggered a deep sell-off. Having fallen to a one-month low of 96.57, the pair regained strength and attempted to consolidate above its 200-bar SMA, but USD/JPY did not succeed in its endeavour
Pair has been appreciating for more than 4 month now. It might be that this pattern marks a clear turnaround after the pair depreciated from 2.11 on October , 2008, to 1.16 on August, 2008. In support for this comes the fact that we have a 3 year high (1.4995) as the pattern's high. Short term technicals suggest that pair
Pattern marks the start of a mildly bullish trend on the pair after a week long sell off from 4th to 11th of August. Short term technicals give neutral aggregate outlook suggesting it pair should remain depressed under the pattern's resistance for some time. We have contradicting readings from the medium and long term technicals. Medium term technicals suggest that
GBP/AUD has been showing a very stable performance, appreciating since February, and adding 0.54% to its value today. However, the pair is facing a bunch of strong resistance levels– three-year high and pattern's resistance, meaning bulls may face difficulties after some time. In addition to that market sentiment is strongly bearish, suggesting market is overbought already and a short retracement
Euro– Singapore Dollar cross has been showing similar performance to what we've seen in GBP/AUD, as after a long period of appreciation the pair is approaching December 2011 high. A recent choppy session indicates that bulls are struggling to push the pair higher. Nevertheless, tools of technical analysis are pointing at further appreciation of the pair, as 70% of all
After bottoming out at 8.6196 the currency pair reversed the direction and took a course north towards the 200-hour SMA that was successfully breached. This long-term moving average has served since then as the reliable support, preventing the continuously occurring dips from extending—they usually followed the attempts of EUR/SEK to jump over the bullish resistance trend-line, currently to be found
Strong support in the face of the 200-hour SMA made it possible for the currency pair to recover. During the past 90 hours the price was particularly bullish, gaining more than three figures. This was the period when GBP/CAD started respecting two parallel rising trend-lines that are now the boundaries of the channel up we see on an hourly chart. However,
The currency pair was gradually retreating after tumbling below its 200-hour SMA that now represents the strong resistance, blocking any upside movements of USD/SEK. Meanwhile, USD/SEK may see its rate quickly falling further, as the pair moves closer to an intersection of the pattern trend-lines and is trading below its 200-hour SMA. However, the pair may seek support at the
Bullish trend was observable over the last 72 hours, as USD/ZAR vacillated between two upward-sloping pattern lines that represent the resistance currently at 10.1801 (daily R2) and the support at 10.17088 (daily PP). At the moment the pair is trading close to the pattern's support level, and in case the line in the sand is breached, an accelerated decline towards
During the last 137 hours CHF/JPY has been moving in channel up pattern's boundaries, however, just couple of hours ago bulls tried to penetrate the upper trend line, and at the moment of writing the pair was changing hands just 11 pips below it. In case the bar will close above pattern's resistance, bulls will receive a strong "buy" signals.
A 228-bar long triangle is moving to its apex and soon we would see a breakout in any direction. In theory, just before the breakout, the volume should go down significantly, while the moment of penetration of any of the trend line is usually followed by a hike in trading volumes. While aggregate technical indicators on three different timeframes are