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Possible Turn Brewing in Major Currencies
By Jamie Saettele | Published  06/14/2006 | Currency | Unrated
Possible Turn Brewing in Major Currencies

EUR/USD â,“ The EUR/USD has bounced from 1.2529 after forming positive divergence with RSI on the hourly.  The low was just pips below the 38.2% fibo of the 1.1825-1.2971 bull wave at 1.2535 that we have focused on for the last few weeks.  The pair trades just below the 50 day SMA at 1.2597 and a break past there exposes the 6/8 low at 1.2624.  With hourly RSI just rising above 50 on the hourly, scope remains for a continued rally.  A resumption of weakness encounters the 1.2529 low and a break below there exposes the 61.8% fibo of 1.2066-1.2971 at 1.2414.

USD/JPY â,“ USD/JPY also tested and briefly pierced our objective just above the 4/26 high at 115.46 (just above the 4/26 high at 114.36).  The pair has fallen to just below the 115.00 handle after forming negative divergence with oscillators on the hourly.  If yesterdayâ,"s high was a top, then weakness should persist until at least the 38.2% fibo of 111.33-115.45 at 113.87.  If the bounce lower off of the upper Bollinger band on the daily is not sustained â,“ then the 115.46 is resistance with a break higher exposing the 200 day SMA at 115.82.

GBP/USD â,“ Yesterdayâ,"s remarks that  â,"There is still the possibility that the pair makes one more thrust down to the 38.2% fibo of 1.7230-1.9025 at 1.8340â, were correct although the pair did exceed our estimate for a short term low as it reversed just above the 50 day SMA at 1.8315.  Immediate resistance comes in at the 6/9 high at 1.8482.  A break above there gives scope to a test of the 38.2% fibo of 1.8878-1.8315 at 1.8529.  Yesterdayâ,"s low at 1.8315 is initial support.

USD/CHF â,“ USD/CHF still looks like the inverse of GBP/USD and also reversed at its 50 day SMA yesterday at 1.2415.  Prospects going forward are similar to that of the other majors â,“ with a continued contra dollar rally targeting the 38.2% fibo of 1.2014-1.2406 at 1.2256.  The large 3 wave correction of the decline to 1.1919 may be over but we will have to wait for the current decline to unfold in order to proclaim that with a degree of confidence.  The structure of the decline will be telling and we will monitor developments as they unfold.

USD/CAD â,“ USD/CAD has bounced off of support from a gathering of daily lows in the 1.0970 area.  Still, wave structure favors a bearish bias with the 1.1243 high on 6/8 marking the end of a 3 wave correction and thus the subsequent decline to 1.0960 is likely the beginning of a new downtrend.  As such, any strength is viewed as a correction of weakness.  Only a rally above 1.1243 would negate bearish implications.  Resistance remains at the 78.6% fibo of the 1.1243-1.10960 decline at 1.1182.

AUD/USD â,“ AUD/USD fell below the .7400 handle and pierced the previous low at .7390 on 6/7 (making a low at .7365).  The large correction of strength to .7791 may be over as evidenced by positive divergence with oscillators on the hourly at yesterdayâ,"s low.  Also, the C wave decline from .7652 does look like a full 5 waves.  Thus, the bias is cautiously bullish above .7365 but a break lower exposes projections at the .7315/25 area.  The 61.8% fibo of .7014-.7791 comes in at .7315 and wave C would equal wave A (.7791-.7465) at .7525.  Further, the 161.8% fibo of .7390-.7502 is at .7320.  A continued bounce targets the 6/12 low at .7453.

NZD/USD â,“ Kiwi is similar to AUD/USD in that the rally attempt off of recent lows has failed.  The difference is that Kiwi trades in a triangle on the daily following a downtrend while Aussie trades in a zigzag correction following an uptrend.  Triangles are often 5 waves and this recent decline from .6428 is a 4th wave.  Thus, we are looking for a bounce towards the upper end of the triangle near .6400. This could be happening now with the recent rally off of yesterdayâ,"s .6189 low already past .6250.  Looking in more detail â,“ the rally from .5991 (3/29) to .6443 (5/3) is the 1st of a 3 wave correction with the range from .6443 (5/3) to .6189 (6/13) the second wave.  This puts Kiwi at the beginning of the third wave rally to the mentioned are a (upper end of the triangle) and possible to the 61.8% fibo of .7000-.5991 at .6613.  Fibonacci time series point to yesterday as a potential turning point as well since it was the 55th day (Fibonacci number) since the .5991 low on 3/29.  .6142 must hold as support for the above scenario to play out.

Jamie Saettele is a Technical Currency Analyst for FXCM.