USD - A Higher-Low for This Week After the Oversold W1 Read
I had published an idea on the weekly oversold reading in DXY ( linked here: tradingview.com/chart/DXY/7JMlZJdH-USD-Oversold-Weekly-for-First-Time-Since-2018/) in late-August and as I said then, those are rather rare, and the last time we had one of those was in January of 2018.
In that episode it took about three months of grind after the oversold reading for bulls to take over. And we haven't yet taken that low out since. But that's a single sample and RSI is a lagging indicator - so we have to be careful of drawing too much from that data. It does however highlight how the trade became crowded after a prolonged trend showed on a longer-term chart and as we've seen since the most recent instance, bears haven't been able to continue the move. And, as a matter of fact, there's been a more recent build of higher-lows.
Last week showed a higher-low around the NFP release, and then this week showed a higher-low after the ECB 'rate cut rally.'
The point of consternation here is USD/JPY and the carry trade. That pair hasn't yet touched the 38.2% retracement from the trend produced by the carry trade and that says that there could be much more to go. This is something that could be driven by next week's FOMC rate decision; and perhaps more important than whether its 25 or 50 bps is the question of how aggressive the Fed expects to be in November, December or through 2025 trade. This will be transmitted through the dot plot matrix and if it shows the FOMC leaning hard into a dovish posture, carry trades in USD/JPY could be further compelled to show greater unwind and that's something that could continue to drive the USD-lower.
On the other hand, if the Fed takes more of a wait-and-see approach, carry trades could be a bit less alarmed and given the support that's just come into play in USD/JPY, there could be some short-cover from shorter-term traders that could lead to more of a bounce-type of scenario.
Also of interest on the long side of the USD is just how elevated EUR/USD remains despite the fact that Europe isn't exactly in a more-healthy spot, economically speaking, than the US. - js
In that episode it took about three months of grind after the oversold reading for bulls to take over. And we haven't yet taken that low out since. But that's a single sample and RSI is a lagging indicator - so we have to be careful of drawing too much from that data. It does however highlight how the trade became crowded after a prolonged trend showed on a longer-term chart and as we've seen since the most recent instance, bears haven't been able to continue the move. And, as a matter of fact, there's been a more recent build of higher-lows.
Last week showed a higher-low around the NFP release, and then this week showed a higher-low after the ECB 'rate cut rally.'
The point of consternation here is USD/JPY and the carry trade. That pair hasn't yet touched the 38.2% retracement from the trend produced by the carry trade and that says that there could be much more to go. This is something that could be driven by next week's FOMC rate decision; and perhaps more important than whether its 25 or 50 bps is the question of how aggressive the Fed expects to be in November, December or through 2025 trade. This will be transmitted through the dot plot matrix and if it shows the FOMC leaning hard into a dovish posture, carry trades in USD/JPY could be further compelled to show greater unwind and that's something that could continue to drive the USD-lower.
On the other hand, if the Fed takes more of a wait-and-see approach, carry trades could be a bit less alarmed and given the support that's just come into play in USD/JPY, there could be some short-cover from shorter-term traders that could lead to more of a bounce-type of scenario.
Also of interest on the long side of the USD is just how elevated EUR/USD remains despite the fact that Europe isn't exactly in a more-healthy spot, economically speaking, than the US. - js
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