The EUR/USD pair is on the verge of an important upside break on the hourly charts. Bulls have their eyes set on a significant correction of last week’s bearish close and eye the 61.8% retracement level of the daily bearish impulse. The M-formation is compelling. This is a decline pattern …
Read More »EUR/USD Clings to 1.1150s but downside risks remain
The EUR/USD pair is under heavy downward pressure, as the pair eyes May 2020 swing lows. The EUR/USD’s bulls failure to defend 1.1100, it would open the door towards 1.0775.After holding above 1.1200 for too many days before USD bulls launched an attack to 2021 yearly low, however, the shared …
Read More »The euro is falling amid tensions around Ukraine
The euro hovered near one-month lows against the dollar and the yen on Wednesday, weighed by fears of a military conflict in Ukraine and ahead of the conclusion of US Federal Reserve meetings that could usher in an accelerated tightening of monetary policy. The Bank of Canada is scheduled to …
Read More »EUR/USD Rebounds From Two-Week Lows
The EUR/USD pair has dropped to 1.1289, reaching lowest level since 10 January and then rebounded. It is back above 1.1320, still in negative territory but off lows and back above the critical 1.1300 area.If the pair manages to remain above 1.1300 it could remain in the current range with …
Read More »Eurozone Consumer Confidence falls in January
The Eurozone Consumer Confidence has fallen to -8.5 in January flash estimate versus expected decline to -9.0According to the flash estimate of the European Commission’s Eurozone Consumer Confidence survey, the headline index fell to -8.5 in January versus forecasts for a drop to -9.0 from -8.4 the month prior. December’s …
Read More »EUR/USD Rallies As Traders Test US Dollar’s Long-Squeeze
The EUR/USD pair buying hit overdrive on Wednesday, but the pace of gains has been more measured on Thursday. The pair is now consolidating in the 1.1450 area as traders assess whether the recent dollar long-squeeze is over.While the pair continues to trade with modest gains of about 0.1% on …
Read More »New Year’s Eve Means Trading With Mixed Performance
Major currency pairs have managed to hold within familiar levels on Thursday, trading in a mixed manner amid thinned market conditions. Most financial markets will be closed on Friday, amid the New Year’s Eve holiday. Wall Street will operate normally, while the bonds markets will close earlier. Markets are likely …
Read More »EUR/USD Above 1.1300 Ahead Of Christmas Eve
The shared currency losses against the US dollar but remains above the 1.1300 figure. EUR/USD price is barely down late in the European session, trading at 1.1318. As US markets as a whole remain closed on Christmas eve, the market sentiment is positive. On Friday, the US dollar benefits from …
Read More »Strong US Data Do Little To Impact EUR/USD
The EUR/USD pair is extending on earlier session gains and has now persuasively cleared its earlier weekly highs around 1.1304 and is pressing on into the 1.1320s. Despite a broadly subdued tone to trade in other asset categories, like shares and bonds, currency markets have adopted a somewhat more risk-on …
Read More »EUR/USD Falls Post-Fed, ECB Policy Meetings
The US central bank doubles its QE reduction to USD 30 billion, eyeing three rate hikes in 2022. The ECB announced a “hawkish” hold, PEPP to end in March as scheduled.On Friday, the EUR/USD plunges during the New York session, trading at 1.1237, down by 0.85%. The market sentiment is …
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