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Fed U-turn, investors escape, catch-22 for RFMarkets actively discounted under the monetary policy turn in the United States. In this light, the current decline and weakness of the dollar are quite understandable. On the part of officials, comments about a possible rate cut sound more and more actively. In particular, recently the St. Louis Fed President Jim Bullard, said that lowering the rate may be necessary to counter the risks of trade war. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said that the Central Bank is ready to lower rates. Well, and finally, yesterday Fed Chairman Jerome Powell noted that the Central Bank is ready to "act in a suitable manner to support the expansion" of the economy. Recall that the markets are confident that the rate will be reduced at least twice in 2019, while there is a non-zero probability that the rate will be reduced 4 (!) Times during the year. Despite the formal reason for the optimism growth in the stock market, investors are escaping from the stock market. One of the reasons for the panic was the information from Reuters that the US Government might launch an antitrust investigation against Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Following the news, Facebook and Alphabet Inc shares fell by more than six percent, and Amazon shares fell by four and a half percent. In this light, the behavior of Stanley Druckenmiller, one of the legendary Wall Street investors, seems quite logical. He sold all the shares from his portfolio (the proportion shares, in the portfolio structure, was over 90%). Recall, the Reserve Bank of Australia reduced the interest rate to the lowest value in the history of 1.25%. Our recommendation for working with the Australian dollar against the background of such information is to look for points for its sales. Yesterday was remembered by rather sad statistics on the UK. Retail sales literally collapsed by 3% at the end of May (the lowest value in the entire history of observations), and the index of business activity in the construction sector surely went below 50, indicating a decrease in economic activity. Wednesday in terms of macroeconomic statistics will be more active. We are waiting for data on retail sales in the Eurozone, data on employment in the US from ADP (we recall, on Friday will be published official statistics on the US labor market, including data on the NFP), as well as data from a number of US business activity indices. Bloomberg analysts recently published the results of a study which showed the unattainability of most plans of the Russian authorities in terms of economic growth and improvement of welfare in the country. The main conclusion is: Putin’s plans to double the GDP aren't meant to be. The Russian Federation in fact fell for the so-called "catch 22". In this case, it can be formulated as follows: to ensure economic growth above 3%, it is necessary to accomplish a number of smaller tasks, performance is possible only at a GDP growth rate above 3%. And the current growth rate equals 2%. That is, small goals will not be completed (the basic condition is not completed), which means that the main goal, growth above 3%, will not be achieved either. In this regard, we recall the feasibility of selling the Russian ruble on any attempts to grow. Since the growth rate is below the world average - it is not even standing still, this is the lag and loss of competitive positions. Our positions today: we are continuing to look for points for buying of the euro and the pound against the US dollar, sales of oil and the Russian ruble, as well as buying of gold and the Japanese yen. In addition, we will sell the Australian dollar against the US dollar.
Short
by Trade24Fx
Pound is growth leader, dollar and ruble in danger and FEDThe best day for the pound over the past six weeks. Sum up, the result of its growth was the highest among the 30 other currencies on FOREX. Causes - a general correction in dollar pairs and possibility of Brexit progress. It is about the progress in the negotiations between Government and the leaders of the opposition Labor Party. As a result, by the middle of the next week, a compromise on Brexit may appear. In addition, a decision on the parameters of monetary policy in the UK will be announced on Thursday. But we will talk about it tomorrow. Today, the Fed’s Open Market Operations Committee will announce its decision. With a 98% probability, the rate will remain unchanged. That is characteristic 2% put on a decrease in the rate. Obviously, the rate change is not worth waiting. But in general, if you look at the likelihood of lowering the rate until the end of the year, then the tendency is rather “dovish”: the probability that by the end of the year the rate will be decreased is 60-70%. What does this mean for the dollar? - Nothing good. Yesterday's sales - further proof of that. The weak inflation component in the latest report on US GDP indicates that the expectations of a rate hike in 2019 by the Fed are not that baseless. Thus, yesterday the markets were discounted under a possible "pigeon" tone by the Fed. Note that as a reason for the Fed’s optimism is the latest figures for US GDP (they are much higher than forecasts). So the results are quite unpredictable in terms of the Central Bank’s comments. Our position as a whole is to sell the dollar. But, it will need to be adjusted in the process of results announcement. Returning to the events of yesterday, we should note relatively good data on the Eurozone GDP (exceeded forecasts: 0.4%, with market expectations averaging 0.3%). But the GDP of Canada frankly disappointed: in February, the indicator fell by 0.1%. In addition, the situation with unemployment in the Eurozone was better than experts' expectations (7.7%, with a forecast of 7.8%). In this light, yesterday's growth of EURUSD above 1.12 can be considered as logical. Democratic Leader Senator Chuck Schumer called on the United States to impose additional sanctions against Russia. And today, in the US Congress should pass a hearing on Russia, which could result in another tightening of sanctions. As for our positions, today we are continuing to look for points for the dollar sales against the euro, pound, as well as the Australian and Canadian dollars. In addition, we will buy gold, as well as sell oil and the Russian ruble on the intraday basis.
Long
by Trade24Fx
Brexit, trade wars, oil and ruble problems April 12, 2019 is the official Brexit date. There are two options: leaving without a deal (both are afraid of it, Britain and the EU, therefore, we regard this outcome as highly unlikely) or a delay. In our opinion, the second option is alternative. It is all about the terms. The EU summit will show whether it takes a year, as the EU wants, or a couple of months, as the Britain wants. Our trading tactics are unchanged so far - we buy a pound on descents. Trade negotiations between the US and China over the end of the trade wars continue. This week promises to be quite intensive in terms of the negotiation process. Recall that the completion of trade wars is viewed by markets as positive for the world economy as a whole and for individual markets (commodity, stock) in particular. Oil has reached its maximum in the last 5 months. The reasons for this we have already listed. The main thing is the OPEC + No.2 agreement, which provides for an artificial supply reduction in the oil market by 1.2 million b / d. In addition, a sharp drop in the level of mining in Venezuela and problems in Libya only only thrown oil on the flames. The result - the growth of oil quotations despite an increase in the production of shale in the USA. We continue to look for points for asset purchases on the intraday basis with small stops. We recommend yesterday’s ruble appreciation in the foreign exchange market as a pretext for its selling. “Deadly” sanctions are already under consideration by Congress. Recall that one of the main strikes from the new package will impact banking system. Analysts of Raiffeisen bank calculated the total volume of problem assets on the balance of credit institutions of the Russian Federation in 2019 exceeded 10 trillion (problematic is considered “mortgage with indicators of impairment”, which include bad, toxic and simply non-performing loans). The coverage ratio of bank reserves of problem debts is only 54%, i.e. the amount of uncovered problem assets is estimated at 4.7 trillion rubles. The banks will not be able to cover this hole with their own capital - it simply will not be enough. Thus, the banking system is more vulnerable than ever, and sanctions may well destroy the delicate balance and lead to collapse. In this light, we recall our basic recommendation to sell the ruble at every available opportunity. We want to highlight a recommendation on the dollar sales, as well as purchases of gold.
Long
by Trade24Fx
USDRUB Long Term ProjectionsWe have not yet seen a close above the 78.989 level so one cannot be fully bullish on this currency as it seems hard for investors to commit themselves going long near the 78 level. With the unease that currently looms over the Greenback, any negative reports will not crash the dollar completely as it will always reign supreme. I have not fully understood US/Mexican trade deal yet, but whatever the outcome, it does not seem to have shaken the market as of yet, maybe orders are still being filled. I will be expecting some confluence around the 71.545 level as bears may come and take control from this level onward.
by TSHD
Possible pattern recurrence. Neutral.USDRUB has broken the previous Rectangle on 1D to the upside (RSI = 67.004, MACD = 1.132, Highs/Lows = 1.0010, B/BP = 2.0066). However the currently High Volatility on 1D (ATR = 0.9168) as well as the overbought action on 1W (RSI = 73.797, STOCHRSI = 76.158, Williams = -15.552, CCI = 219.8375) indicate that the pair may enter another consolidation phase/ Rectangle. That is a scalping opportunity with (due to the 1W Channel Up) a bullish primary sentiment (dip buying).
by InvestingScope
USD/RUB 1H Chart: New short term pattern spottedThe US Dollar reached the previously set target at the 64.15 mark against the Russian Ruble. After reaching the target the currency exchange rate bounced off the resistance provided by the upper trend line of a medium term ascending channel pattern. The trend line was also strengthened by a pivot point level. In the aftermath of the bounce off the rate has declined steadily while being supported only by the hourly simple moving averages, which have managed to pause the decline only for short periods of time. Meanwhile, Dukascopy analysts spotted on Monday that the decline is occurring in a short term descending channel pattern.
by UnknownUnicorn890690