Technical View: Markets to Watch for the Week Ahead Currencies: US Dollar Testing Monthly Support It has been quite a week for the US dollar. Consistent with the US Dollar Index—a geometrically-weighted average of the dollar’s value against a basket of six major currencies, including Europe’s single currency—the greenback plunged -2.3% last week, marking its…
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Key data this week Bold indicates the most important releases for this symbol. Tuesday 5 April from 4:30 GMT: statement and press conference of the Reserve Bank of Australia 12:30 GMT: American balance of trade (February) - consensus negative $88.5 billion, previous negative $89.7 billion 14:00 GMT: ISM non-manufacturing PMI (March) - consensus 58.4, previous…
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The obvious pivot point on this chart is the 100% weekly Fibonacci retracement area, i.e. complete retracement of all the euro’s gains in March 2020. A clear breakout below $1.655 might trigger another leg down over the next few weeks. On the other hand, with price having been generally oversold or close to it for…
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If the prediction proffered by the so obvious “H&S” formation as presented above plays out, then the math would suggest a test of the $5,900 level, as happened at the end of March. Several respected crypto traders are suggesting that even lower values may be in the cards, but Goldman Sachs advised its clients that…
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After rocketing toward $14,000, Bitcoin is now struggling to find support at the $10,000 level. It fell below this important benchmark for a short period, but has now rebounded back to the $10,600 plateau. Several noteworthy analysts predicted that a test of this territory had been missed weeks back and might occur, but others have…
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Bitcoin enthusiasts received an emotional lift today, as Bitcoin briefly tested its upper ranging boundary of $8,200. It has been locked in a tight $600 zone for a week from $7,500 to $8,100, displaying exhaustion and an apparent inability regain momentum from its previous bull run. Traders are beginning to lose patience, while analysts counsel…
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Crypto analysts of late have been pumping out grandiose predictions for how high Bitcoin could go in the near term, but the overwhelming majority of these claims are based on technical charts alone, with an occasional reference to significant events that are also transpiring in the crypto marketplace. The latest consensus is that $6,000 will…
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The following article was written by ATFX Chief Analyst of Asia Pacific, Martin Lam. Personal opinions today: The EU agreed to extend the Brexit deadline, but only if the UK must vote again this week whether the Brexit agreement was passed. If the Brexit agreement is vetoed again, the UK must formally leave the EU without…
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The following article was written by ATFX Chief Analyst of Asia Pacific, Martin Lam. Personal opinions today: On Thursday, the British House of Commons voted again on the British Prime Minister to submit a new Brexit amendment. If it is rejected again, the Prime Minister must extend the deadline for the European Union to leave the…
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The following article was written by ATFX Chief Analyst of Asia Pacific, Martin Lam. Personal opinions today: Last week, the US ADP reached 183,000, but on Friday, the official US non-farm payrolls fell sharply, only 20,000. It cannot reflect the accuracy of data published by the US official. From the sub-item, the US officially announced that…
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