EURUSD is consolidating on Friday after a 5-day rising streak. The major currency pair stopped rising late in the week. The current quote for the instrument is 1.1066. Apart from fundamental factors, A quick rise in EURUSD was based on predictions about neutralisation of geopolitical tensions. At the same time, the “greenback” remained under pressure […]
BOE Hikes As ExpectedThe Bank of England pressed ahead with its third-rate hike in just four months yesterday. Governor Andrew Bailey announced a .25% hike, well in line with market expectations, citing the need to combat soaring inflation. While there are concerns about the further pressure this will put on consumers and UK households, The […]
Kiwi Catches AirThe weather here in London has been heating up this week, finally, and it seems so too has market action. We’ve seen a further slew of interesting developments this week in terms of key market moves. Broadly speaking, the rebound in risk sentiment has created many interesting opportunities across the week and also […]
BOE Up NextThe Bank of England March rates meeting will be the main economic focus today. The bank is widely expected to raise rates by a further .25% in a bid to curtail soaring inflation. However, the current UK rates market pricing reflects a 60% probability of a .5% hike which, if delivered, would push […]
Type: Bearish ReversalKey Levels:Resistance: 1162’6Pivot: 1125’4Support: 1039’0Preferred Case:Prices are on bearish momentum and abiding by our descending trendline. We see the potential for a further bearish continuation from our Pivot at 1125’4 in line descending trendline towards our 1st support at 1039’0 in line with 61.8% Fibonacci projection. Our bearish bias is further supported by […]
• EURJPY broke key resistnace level 130.00• Likely to rise to resistnace level 132.00 EURJPY recently broke the key resistnace level 130.00, intersecting with the 61.8% Fibonacci correction of the downward impulse from February . The breakout of the resistnace level 130.00 accelerated the active short-term correciton (ii). EURJPY can be expected to rise further […]
USDCHF, “US Dollar vs Swiss Franc” In the H4 chart, USDCHF is trading above the 200-day Moving Average to indicate a possible ascending tendency. In this case, the price is expected to test 7/8, break it, and then continue growing to reach the resistance at 8/8. However, this scenario may be cancelled if the price […]
USDCAD, “US Dollar vs Canadian Dollar” As we can see in the H4 chart, after forming an Inverted Hammer reversal pattern close to the support level, USDCAD is reversing and may form a new rising impulse. In this case, the upside target may be at 1.2780. However, an alternative scenario implies that the asset may […]
Oil prices extended their gains to more than 7% during Thursday’s trading, with US crude breaking the $102 per barrel barrier, amid fears of a supply shortage. Crude’s performance follows warnings from the International Energy Agency that markets could lose 3 million barrels per day of Russian oil and refined products starting in April. The […]
European Forex news roundup: Dollar weakens, pound rises alongside BOE The market had some mixed tones in the session as we continue to digest the post-Fed sentiment, while Russia-Ukraine talks are also ongoing. The dollar has yet to really take off, as it has seen a slight retreat across the board, with EUR/USD rising from […]