SHORTING AUDJPYOverall market structure is to the down side with weekly market structure(White). Currently on a pullback to .618fib that can be seen with daily market structure(Magenta). Two possible scenarios to sell. Brake structure and retest at .5 fib(Orange) or form double top and shoot down(Light Blue). Target is -.618fib(Green).
Weeklyforecast
Dow Jones Breaking Away from Bullish StructureThe Dow climbed at first and broke previous high but started to reverse and fell steadily throughout the last two trading days.
The bearish trend has resulted in the breakaway from a bullish structure as it broke below the bottom of a rising channel.
Previously, the price has also broken below the bottom of a rising wedge thus the recent break has put a stop to the recovery.
In the H1 chart, the price has fallen extensively and could pull back significantly before attempting to fall further.
This could also lead to a period of ranging market before the market truly reverses and establish a new bearish trend.
This week, traders can wait for the price to pull back, preferably towards 24000 or slightly beyond to sell at a higher price.
Otherwise, if the direction is unclear, just sit back and observe for more clues.
Gold Double-Top at Top of ChannelThe gold fell and trade lower amid a double top last week but pulled back significantly on the last trading day.
About two months ago since the huge selloff, the price took about one month to recover and even broke higher.
The recovery was definitely extensive and overbought which led to a 3-week range up till now.
Since it is clear that the price is trading at the high, we will focus on selling the gold with some potential downside.
From the perspective of moving averages, the price has a tendency to trade beyond the 50MA, showing that there's enough downside to form a short-term bearish trend.
Besides, a double top was forming in the daily chart at the overbought zone as well as the top of the rising channel.
The pullback last Friday has most likely taken out most sellers who attempted to sell amid the double top and thus it is a good price to sell currently.
EURUSD Bearish Flag Cont'dEURUSD reversed and climbed throughout the entire week but faced strong resistance as it approached the top of a bearish flag.
The price has been consolidating within a bearish flag for the past 6 weeks since the plunge from 1.15 to near 1.06.
The current bearish trend is no doubt part of the 6-week consolidation and should not be recognised as a newly established bullish trend.
Moreover, the price is also trading within a major falling channel started since May 2018 and the consolidation is slowly bringing the price closer to the top of the channel.
This week, the price is most likely to reverse and fall again, either right from the beginning of this week or after a fake-break of the top of the bearish flag.
Nevertheless, the price is definitely facing strong resistance base on the current price action, and also the fact that it's currently trading within the moving averages while just below the 200MA.
Can Dollar Remains Bearish?The dollar ended the week with a strong-bodied bearish candle as it fell every day throughout the week.
The price is seen breaking below the bottom of an ascending triangle which was formed after the previous bearish trend started from the highest price at 103.8.
Seeing how bearish the trend is last week and the fact that it also broke below a consolidation structure, the price could continue to fall in this coming week.
The price may fall to a certain extend of the previous bearish trend and possibly complete the CD leg of an ABCD pattern.
If the price does continue to fall, watch out for the two demand zone below, around 98 and 96.5 as plotted in the chart.
Should the price pulls back upwards, look for an opportunity to sell again at the minor supply zone from 100 onward.
Nevertheless, as bearish as last week seems, the price did not break the previous low which could mean that it may continue to range within 98.8 and 100.9.
Dow Jones Consolidates Before a Big MoveThe Dow Jones started to recover and climbs since 23rd March, forming a 1-month rising wedge in the process.
Last week, the price finally broke below the rising wedge and created a lower low.
However, the price took a pause quickly and fell into a consolidation.
The price retraced throughout the last half of the week, seemingly forming a retracement channel too.
This week, the price may resume falling again as soon as the week starts or it may pull back a little further towards 24100 first.
We expect the price to fall and reach 22400, and if the rebound is weak, the price may fall even faster and reach beyond 21000.
Week in a glance: negative oil prices and sad stat dataThe main event of the past week, without a doubt, was the epic failure in the oil market on Monday and the drop of May oil futures quotes into a deeply negative zone (up to - $ 50 per barrel). We wrote about the reasons for this in our reviews. The bloodbath continued on Tuesday when the world's largest oil futures ETF fund decided to reposition itself from June futures contracts into longer terms contracts.
These events spread panic not only in the oil market, but also in the financial markets in general. At the same time, our confidence in the medium-term oil purchases is still here. Given that both crashes on Monday and Tuesday were related to technical issues, our global argument did not suffer from them. It is difficult to worsen the current fundamental background for oil. But it is to improve it. So we stay in buy position.
After the shock in the oil market subsided somewhat, economic data came to the fore. Which turned out to be worse than the most pessimistic forecasts. Indices of business activity in the Eurozone, the UK and the US came out just disgusting. As well as jobless claims figures in the United States (+ another 4.4 million).
In this regard, we definitely keep on recommend to sell in the US and EU stock markets.
An additional motivation for sales is the potential second wave of the pandemic, which, apparently, even without partial removal of restrictions, begins in Germany and Spain. In any case, a sharp jump in disease after weeks of declining is a very bad signal.
After retail sales in the UK demonstrate record drop in the entire history of observations, we recommend to sell the pound not only in the EURGBP pair, but also in the GBPUSD pair. That is, this week we buy EURGBP and sell GBPUSD. EURUSD sales also seem like a good idea in light of extremely weak data on the Eurozone and Germany in particular.
Bank of Russia cut the rate by 0.5% on Friday. The event, although expected, is definitely negative for the Russian ruble. And the fact that it has not yet dropped does not cancel its inner weakness and general doom to decline. So this week we will actively buy USDRUB. With the worst outcome, this will be a good hedge for our oil purchases. In 2020, the correlation coefficient between the Russian ruble and oil is 0.98, that is, with a probability of 98% a decrease in oil prices will provoke a decrease in the ruble.
The upcoming week does not promise to be simple. The publication of US GDP for the first quarter, meetings of key global central banks (the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of Japan), as well as a bunch of other macroeconomic statistics guarantee a surge in volatility.
EURUSD Continues to Trade LowerEURUSD was trading with little volatility but managed to fall throughout the week.
Both highs and lows also continued to drop lower but there are clearly some strong buyers emerging from the demand zone between 1.0721 and 1.0782.
Nevertheless, thee MAs are still showing a strong bearish-bias market and the price is expected to fall eventually.
This week, we will look for selling opportunity with caution as the price may continue to climb in the beginning.
If the price starts to climb, wait for it to meet resistance from 1.0880 onward.
Gold Rise but Remain Resisted Amid Bearish ButterflyThe gold was little changed at first but rose steadily during the 2nd half of the week.
However, the price was resisted and reversed shortly and broke below a rising trendline once again.
Sellers started to take control on the last trading day during the US session.
As of current, the price has shown resistance and trading near the top while both highs and lows started to drop lower.
This week, the gold is expected to reverse and fall further towards a demand zone below 1688 where price could be supported by a rising trendline.
Should the price continue to break higher early in the week, it may continue to rise and reach an 8-year resistance level at 1788.
Dollar Climbs Slowly but SteadilyThe dollar climbed and created both higher highs and lows throughout the entire week.
The fast MAs are also bending upwards while staying moderately above the 200 MA, showing an increasingly bullish-bias market.
Besides, the price has recently broken above a bullish pennant which signifies for the dollar to continue its uptrend.
This week, we expect little pullbacks before the price continues to climb.
The price is expected to reach a supply zone around 102.
However, should the price falls unexpectedly, it will most likely found strong support at 99.40.
Gold Reversal Amid Bearish ButterflyThe gold peaked twice at 1739 and started to fall amid a bearish butterfly formation.
Gold continued its bullish stance from the previous week as it climbed steadily in the first 2 trading days last week.
After peaking at 1747, a strong pullback took place and price started to fall and lower highs were formed while still supported at 1710.
On Thursday, the price jumped and broke through the lower highs but was rejected and smashed down at 1739.
The bearish wave continued through and broke below a 1-month rising trendline which was formed throughout the formation of a bearish butterfly.
The multiple breakdowns have strongly suggested a bearish stance in this coming week.
The best course of action is to wait for a pullback towards the 1711 - 1720 breakout area.
An inside bar breakdown has taken place in the H4 chart as the price broke below support level 1710.
Dollar Faced Resistance From Inside Bar BreakdownThe dollar climbed but wiped out most gains after facing strong resistance at 100.30, a breakdown area of a previous inside bar formation.
At the beginning of last week, the price continued to fall and broke lower.
It started to climb quickly from the week low at 98.80 but rejection followed soon and the momentum was broken.
The price fell into a range which still somewhat allowing the price to break a little higher but mostly rejected again as it faced strong resistance from the breakdown of a previous inside bar formation.
A new inside bar formation was formed on the last trading day with a bearish inverted hammer which certainly favours the bear in the coming week.
Since there's been multiple failed attempts to make a breakthrough of the supply zone from 99.95, there's a good chance that the price will start to fall in the beginning of this week.
However, the price will meet with strong support at between 99.3 and 98.8 which could revive the bull.
Should the price successfully break lower, this could lead to the continuation of a strong bearish trend following the major bearish trend which began on 23rd March 2020.
Otherwise, we are most likely to experience a ranging week between 101 and 98.4.
EUR/USD SELL SIGNALHey tradomaniacs,
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Type: Day-Swingtrade
Market Sell: 1,09025
Stop-Loss: 1,10385
Target 1: 1,08530
Target 2: 1,07750
Target 3: 1,06500
Stop-Loss: 136 pips
Risk: 1-2%
Risk-Reward: 2,77
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Dollar: Weekly Forecast 13th - 17th April 2020The dollar completed 2 minor bullish waves and started to fall last week.
Looking at the bigger picture, the dollar actually started to fall again from the top of the near 2-year rising channel.
The dollar is no longer strengthening as the US economy undergone a huge setback in the face of the pandemic.
The fed is currently printing an unlimited amount of money to support the economy and increased supply of the dollar will naturally weaken the dollar eventually.
Just before the market closes last week, the price fell and broke below an inside bar candlestick formation, signalling that price has more to fall.
In this week, we can wait for the price to retrace upwards and look for selling opportunities again between 99.8 - 100.
Gold: Weekly Forecast 6th - 10th April 2020The gold fell on the 2nd trading day last week as it broke below the bottom of a minor range between 1640 and 1590.
However, a strong pullback occurred at 1560 which eventually send the price back to where it started at the end of the week.
Despite the prolonged pullback, we expect the price to continue falling this week as most sellers trapped at the bottom chasing after the falling trend should be wiped out mostly.
Trades can look to sell anywhere from the current price to 1630 but watch closely for more selling pressure.
A break below of 1606 will allows a stronger trend to continue and the first target is seen at 1585 to 1575.
Dollar: Weekly Forecast 6th - 10th April 2020The dollar climbed through the week despite extremely weak employment data.
The NFP result was pretty much expected and the market could already have digested the fact way before the release.
During a pandemic where businesses stop running and people stop working across the globe, it's natural that the labour market will suffer a huge blow.
The dollar had rebounded off and climbed steadily from a critical demand zone around 98, forming a rising channel in the process.
The price is currently positioned at the top of the channel with a sign of resistance but lacking in selling pressure.
In this week, the dollar is likely to climb further and possibly breaking through the top of the channel and go deep into the supply zone around 101.
If the price continues to climb, strong resistance will definitely be seen as it reaches beyond 102.
If the price were to come off at first, there will be an opportunity to go for intraday long at 100.3 - 100.1.
EUR/CAD SELL SIGNALHey tradomaniacs,
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Important: This is meant to be a preparation for you. As always we will have to wait for a breakout and confirmation of this Diamond-Pattern.
Market Sell: 1,55680
Stop-loss: 1,57600
Target 1: 1,52220
Target 2: 1,51000
Target 3: 1,48900
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Gold: Weekly Forecast 30th March - 3rd April 2020Can the gold price continue to appreciate? Or is the price too high and unattractive to investors OR perhaps it's another good opportunity to liquidate gold for cash in the face of another probable market crash?
We have seen the gold has been ranging throughout the week since it recovered and broke above the key retracement level 61.8%.
The demand to store value in gold came as the price was hit very hard, diminishing close to 15% of its highest value in just a matter of one week.
It was a pretty good bargain to invest in gold again just a couple of weeks ago.
However, will the panic remain contained? Has the stock market started to truly recover? Was the gold price really cheap to invest at all?
To the above questions, unlikely NO!
When we see that every government and central bank are coming out with so much stimulus package and fiscal policies to hold the market from crashing, we know that this is far from over.
The gold price will drop again and it's very unlikely it can break higher this time.
For all you know, the gold price could come tumbling down when the market opens this week.
Should the price continues to climb, we can look to sell again from 1650 to 1670, targeting 1540, 1495 and 1460.
Dollar: Weekly Forecast 30th March - 3rd April 2020The dollar had one of the biggest falls in more than a decade but not with surprise.
It had one of the biggest surges just the week before and therefore the magnitude of the pullback is just understandable.
The dollar was in high demand due to large liquidation of gold for cash caused by plunging stock prices.
Last week, the stock market rebounded and recovered strongly as the Fed relaunched QE in an unlimited volume, thus calming the market and improve confidence.
Gold rebounded as well and naturally demand for the dollar dropped as a result, falling from a peak of 103 to 98.
This week, the dollar is most likely to keep supported and range for awhile within the crucial demand zone around 98.
Should the price rebounded, the first target is seen at 99.6, follow by 101.
Otherwise, if the price breaks below the current demand zone, the next target will be 97.6 and finally 96.
Gold: Weekly Forecast 23rd - 27th March 2020The gold continued to plunge first since it broke below the bottom of a 10-month rising channel.
It quickly found support and pulled back strongly just above 1450 and a 7-month demand zone.
The rebound also caused a falling trendline in the H1 chart to be broken which led gold into a range between 1450 and 1550.
Although the price has continued to create lower highs in the range, the lows have also started to inch higher with strong rebounds.
The gold is most probably oversold and a stronger upwards pullback could be required before the next wave of a selloff, which is most likely coupled with the next big plunge of the stock market.
Should the price pulls back, we can look to sell again at the supply zone from 1580 onward, which is also the bottom of the previously broken rising channel.