Key risk events today: Canada Employment Change and Trade Balance; US Unemployment Rate, US Average Hourly Earnings m/m, US Non-Farm Employment Change, US Unemployment Rate. (Previous analysis as well as outside sources – italics). EUR/USD: Regaining the 1.12 handle in recent trade, H4 price, leaving January’s opening level at 1.1222 unopposed, is now seen retesting … Continue reading Friday 6th March: NFP Day – Remain Vigilant
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Key risk events today: OPEC Meetings; BoE Gov Carney Speaks; BoC Gov Poloz Speaks. (Previous analysis as well as outside sources – italics). EUR/USD: For traders who read Wednesday’s technical briefing you may recall the following: The test of 1.12 could be interesting as possible resistance, having seen daily Quasimodo resistance at 1.1199 merge with … Continue reading Thursday 5th March: Technical Outlook and Review
The Federal Reserve surprised markets Tuesday, slashing interest rates amid concern about the potential economic toll of the coronavirus outbreak. Following a near to-the-point retest at 1.11, reinforced closely by February’s opening level at 1.1094, H4 price gained traction, eventually grasping the underside of 1.12.
Talks of Fed easing, coupled with record lows in US Treasury yields, witnessed the euro firmly advance Monday, adding more than 120 points into the close. EUR/USD weekly price recently touched gloves with channel resistance, extended from the high 1.1569.
