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Technical Analysis
The 3 major US stock indices closed higher today and this week. The gains were led by the NASDAQ on both measures. A summary of the day shows: Dow Industrial Average rose 450.02 points or 1.18% at 38675.69 S&P index rose 63.61 points or 1.26% at 5127.80 NASDAQ index rose 315.37 points or 1.99% at
The AUDUSD moved sharply higher after the US jobs report. The price rises took the pair above the 100 day MA at 0.6580, the 50% of the move down from the December high at 0.66159 and up to the a key swing area ceiling between 0.6335 and 0.6345. Sellers leaned against that ceiling and have
S&P index trades between 50 and 100 day MAs The S&P index is trading higher and near session highs. The current price is up 36 points at 5054.25. The high for the day reached 5058.01. That puts the price near the middle between key day MAs. On the downside, is the 100-day MA at 4979.26.
The major European stock indices are ending the day mixed. The German DAX and France CAC both moved lower. A snapshot of the closing levels shows: German DAX, -0.15% France CAC, -0.88% UK FTSE 100 under +0.63% Spain’s Ibex, +0.19% Italy’s FTSE MIB, unchanged Eurostat 50 index -0.51% Looking at European benchmark 10 year yields:
The USDJPY broke below the 100-day moving average and scooted all the way down to the 200-hour moving average at 155.98. The price moved below that moving average on its way to a low price of 155.793 before bouncing back to the upside. Recall from Monday’s trade after the intervention, the price also moved below
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The price of copper is lower today with the price down -$0.11 to $4.565, but for the month the price rose 14% which represents the largest move since January 2021. The price of the front contract traded to the highest level since April 2022 today with a high at $4.6945, before rotating to the downside
EURUSD The EURUSD has moved back to a new session low and in the process is testing the 200-hour MA at 1.0687. That MA stalled the fall on Friday (at a lower level). Moving below the 200 hour MA is now needed to increase the bearish bias, and have traders targeting the trend line and
The EURUSD is trading back higher in what has been an up-and-down trading day. The low in the US session moved down to test the low from late Friday and early Asian trading. Buyers leaned. The subsequent bounce has taken the price back up to and through the 100-hour MA and 38.2% at 1.0709 and
The AUDUSD has traded higher for six straight days and is working on day seven. However, after rising in the Asian session today, sellers showed up near the key 100-day moving average. The 100-day moving average comes in at 0.6582. The high price reached just above that level at 0.6586 before rotating back to the
The USD is moving to the upside, and in the process is shifting the technical bias more in the direction of the buyers. In this video I take a look at five of the major currency pairs including the EURUSD, USDJPY, GBPUSD, USDCHF, and USDCAD. EURUSD: The EURUSD is now below its 100 hour moving
The USDJPY continues to run to the upside with the currency pair now up 1.32% on the day. That is the largest increase since the end of October when the pair moved up 1.75%. It is Golden Week next week and markets are closed on Monday in Japan. The Bank of Japan kept rates unchanged.
The USDJPY has and continues to make new highs going back to 1990. GBPJPY trades at the highest level since 2008 Today, the GBPJPY joined the USDJPY in making a new multi-year high. For the GBPJPY, it traded to its highest level since September 2008 (highest level in 2008 or nearly 16 years). Looking at
The NZDUSD this week moved higher on Thursday and moved up to test the 50% midpoint of the April trading range at 0.59668, before backing off on the stronger US GDP and price data. The price retraced the entire move to the downside with momentum in the Asian session today. That follow-through upside move took
The EURJPY has reached a high of 168.8942. That is down the price within the 100 pips of the high price going back to July 2008 at 168.941. Trading above that level would take the pair to the highest level since September 1992. Traders may look to lean against the high ceiling area from 2008
NASDAQ index is pushing higher The NASDAQ index is currently up 300 points or 1.92%. That’s the largest percentage gain since February 22. For the training week, the NASDAQ in is now up 4.17% which represents the largest weekly gain this year and the highest since October 30, 2023. Technically, the price is now trading
The USDCAD has been trading up and down over the last few days of trading. The volatility intensified today with a move lower into retracement and swing area support, followed by a move higher into swing area resistance, followed by another move lower into the same retracement and swing area support as the initial move