XAUGBP trade ideas
Gold/GBP and GBP/USD chart confirms rate cut is priced-inThe fact that we have GBP bullish formations on the Gold/GBP and GBP/USD pair a day ahead of the possible rate cut move clearly indicates an interest rate cut has been priced-in by the markets.
Gold/GBP - Head and Shoulder formation
GBP/USD - Inverse Head and Shoulder formation
XAUGBP D1: At the TrendlineHere are the key points for this chart of XAUGBP:
- Trend. I find the trend still UP, although it's been losing momentum recently.
- Fundamentals: the Gold is strong, while the GBP is weak, in terms of relative strength. The Gold is also relatively oversold for a strong currency, whereas the GBP is well overbought.
- Support. The falling price is expected to find support on the upsloping blue trendline, which happens to be just above the 23.6% retracement and 61.8% of the alternate price projection of the last major swing down, so there's a Fib-based support between 853 and 855.
- Resistance. Price may find the first resistance at the prior major high (874,2), the next one at the bottom of the topping bars, and another one at the pink upper trendline parallel.
- Trading opportunites: enter long at one of the support levels, with a stop-loss order below the corresponding prior low, looking to exit at some of the resistance levels with R:R of at least 1:1.
Here's the summary of how I see the current situation in financial markets (as of Fri. 18.03.2016, 15:00 CET):
The strongest currencies: PLN, NOK, SEK
The strongest major currency: CAD (currently strengthening);
The weakest currency: USD.
The leading markets:
- USDNOK - trending down;
- USDSEK - trending down;
- USDSGD - trending down;
- WTI OIL (US OIL) - trending up.
The developing potential entry opportunities:
- XAUGBP - go long;
- GBPAUD - go short;
- USDSEK - go short.
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