Crude oil moved to test the swing low from March 15 The price of crude oil moved down to test the swing low from March 15 at $93.53. The low price just reached $93.81 and is seeing a bounce back higher. The current price is trading around $95.20 that still down around one dollar on
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AUDJPY The AUDJPY moved up to test the cycle highs and highest levels going back to 2015 on Tuesday and Wednesday, but fell short of the high from last week at 94.327. The highs reached 94.16 and 94.136 respectively. That led to some selling into the close yesterday and a further move lower today. The
The strongest to weakest of the major currencies The strongest currency is the US dollar while the weakest of the NZD as North American traders enter for the day. It’s Friday. TGIF. Market activity can be more volatile at the end of the week going into the weekend when the markets are closed. Russia cut
GBPUSD looks toward the 1.2999 swing low for 2022 The GBPUSD is trading to a new swing low and new week low at 1.3018. The move takes price to the lowest level since March 15. The swing low for the year reached 1.29987 on March 14, and a near identical level of 1.2999 on March
US dollar index moved above the 100.0 As the dollar index cracks the 100.00 level, the USDJPY is also moving to a new high for the day. However, it is still short of the high from March at 125.093. The high price just reached 124.497. The USDPJY is working on the 6th consecutive day to
EURUSD is lower for 7 consecutive days The EURUSD is working on its 7th down day in a row. Now there has been ups and downs – especially on Wednesday and Thursday – but the highs have seen limits. Yesterday and on Wednesday, the highs for the day stalled near the swing lows from March
USDCAD moves up to test the 200 day MA The USDCAD has moved higher following the USDs move higher in the North American session. The Canada jobs report came in around expectations and had limited impact after the release. However, the USD buying has given the pair a push to the upside over the last
EURUSD moves above swing lows from Wednesday/Thursday The EURUSD has bounced and in the process, moved back above the swing lows from Wednesday and Thursday between 1.0863 and 1.0873. The price is currently trading at 1.0873 which is just below the close from yesterday at 1.0878. The high price reached 1.0879 so far. As outlined
AUDUSD bounced off an old ceiling today. The AUDUSD moved lower with the USD buying and “risk off” sentiment. The move lower saw the pair move to a swing area between 0.7420 to 0.7429. That area was a ceiling going back to March 7 to March 21 (see green numbered circles). The push higher in
USDCHF moved up to the swing area and reversed The USDCHF moved up on the daily chart extending to a new high for the week in the process. However, that high moved into a swing area (see green numbered circles) between 0.93658 and 0.93822. The high reached 0.9373 and rotated back down. The last 5
AUDUSD mired in a sideways up and down market The AUDUSD ‘s ups and downs continue today with the pair trading above and below its 100/200 hour moving averages in the process. The 100 hour moving averages currently comes in at 0.7498. The 200 hour moving average is at 0.7494. The low for the day
USDCAD stays below its 200 hour moving average The USDCAD is trading up and down today. However, the swings has seen the 200 hour MA hold resistance (still – the last three tests have found sellers against that moving average). The low for the day is higher than the low from yesterday (which was higher
EURJPY consolidates between hour MA levels The EURJPY moved below its 100 hour MA for the first time since March 9th yesterday and moved down to test a swing area between 134.61 and 134.86, along with the rising 200 hour MA. The swing area was modestly broken, but the 200 hour MA could not and
I’m not going to draw any fancy lines on the chart but a glance at the monthly oil chart stands out because of the looming mirror image from April 2020, when prices went deeply negative only to leave a largely unchanged candle. This time it’s a different geopolitical event but much of the same look
The price of WTI crude oil futures is settling at $99.27. That is down -$1.01 or -1.01%. The high price today reached $101.75 while the low extended to $97.78. A week ago today, the price closed at $113.90. The decline of $14.63 represents a tumble of -12.84% for the week. the high for the week
The major indices are closing higher after a late session surge take the Dow and S&P toward the highs and reverse declines in the NASDAQ index. The major indices snapped a two day decline. The Russell 2000 index was the biggest gainer today. The final numbers are showing: Dow industrial average up 139.92 points or
NZDUSD trades above and below the 100/200H MAs The NZDUSD has been trading above and below its near converged 100/200 hour MAs at 0.6938 area. The current price is trading at 0.6930 – below those two key moving average levels. However, adding some caution is that the price has been trading above and below those
USDJPY had the largest trading range since March 2020 The price of the USDJPY has been down for 3 consecutive days, but the month of March saw the USDJPY have the largest range for a calendar month since March 2020 – the start of the pandemic lockdown in the US. In March 2020, the low