Weakness Archive

  • GBPUSD: Deepening Corrective Weakness

    GBPUSD: Deepening Corrective Weakness

    GBPUSD: Having halted its nearer term recovery at 1.5239, which started from its 2010 low at 1.1875 to close lower the past week, further extension of that weakness is presently seen targeting the 1.4872 level, its July 01’10 low. A firm violation of there will...

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  • USDJPY: Weakness To Develop Towards The 84.80 Level

    USDJPY: Weakness To Develop Towards The 84.80 Level

    USDJPY: The pair is now developing downside momentum for a return to its major support at the 84.80 level, its Nov’2009 low after an upside price rejection saw it cutting through its short term rising trendline earlier in the week. The pair had rallied off...

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  • Weekly Technical Update: Greenback Showing Weakness, Euro Hanging Tough

    Weekly Technical Update: Greenback Showing Weakness, Euro Hanging Tough

    There continues to be risk aversion, but the greenback is not benefiting. The greenback started the week gaining, but lost its appeal towards the end of the week. The EUR/USD reflects this volatility. The euro had some surprising strength and with broad USD weakness, the...

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  • EUR/USD: Greenback Weakness Suggests More Consolidation

    EUR/USD: Greenback Weakness Suggests More Consolidation

    The correction rally from 1.2150 was expected as mentioned in the Chartist Corner (I won’t get the recording up until Friday unfortunately). I was looking for topping action coming out of this rally. I mentioned after waiting for 2 swings. In this case, the second...

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  • GBP/JPY: Bearish Momentum Pop May Imply Weakness

    GBP/JPY: Bearish Momentum Pop May Imply Weakness

    Here I define a bearish RSI(14) pop as a it swings from above 60 straight down below 30 without crossing over its own 5-moving average. The bearish signal is based on the fact that the market is able to muster enough momentum against the prevailing...

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  • Weekly Review and Outlook: Dollar Index Targeting 2009 High on Euro Weakness and Risk Aversion

    Weekly Review and Outlook: Dollar Index Targeting 2009 High on Euro Weakness and Risk Aversion

    Euro dived through 1.2 level against dollar last week on a couple of factors. Comments from Hungarian officials sparked concern that debt crisis in Europe is spreading over Europe. ECB warned of loan losses in its financial stability report. The ultra-safe overnight deposits with ECB...

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  • USDCAD: Corrective Weakness Still Dominates

    USDCAD: Corrective Weakness Still Dominates

    The pair reversed its intra day weakness to close slightly higher on Thursday and with an offered price action in early trading today a retest of that 1.0332 may be shaping. Below there if seen will highlight its former channel top at 1.0270. As highlighted...

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  • FX Forecast Update: More EUR Weakness ahead – but the Worst is Likely Behind

    FX Forecast Update: More EUR Weakness ahead – but the Worst is Likely Behind

    In several issues of FX Forecast Update we have written about the risk related to the debt situation in the PIIGS countries. Admittedly however, we did underestimate the impact on the FX market – not least on EUR/USD. We revised our 3M EUR/USD forecast lower...

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  • GBPUSD: On Weakness Path To The 1.4473 Level

    GBPUSD: On Weakness Path To The 1.4473 Level

    GBPUSD: With a decisive break and close below the 1.4718 level, its May 11′10 low achieved on Thursday, GBP has now cleared the way for run at the 1.4473 level, its 2010 low. Below there will pave the way for a further push towards its...

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