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> Technical Analysis > What technical levels are in play for major currency pairs going into the new trading week Technical Analysis Technical levels in play for the week starting October 2, 2023 EURUSD: USDJPY: GBPUSD: USDCAD: AUDUSD: NZDUSD: ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Tags ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW Most Popular ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE

The USDJPY had a volatile down and up trading day with the full 100 pip move to the downside in the first half of the day, nearly fully retracted in the 2nd half of the day. The low price today moved to the 200-hour moving average and the picture set midpoint of the move up

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US: ·The Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected. The macroeconomic projections were revised higher as the economy showed much stronger resilience than expected and the Dot Plot showed that the majority of members still expects another rate hike by the end of the year with less rate cuts in 2024. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed

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It looks like the more hawkish than expected FOMC Dot Plot last week was kind of a wakeup call for the market as it’s been selling off with almost no pullback ever since. The resilience in the economy is keeping the Fed on the hawkish camp as it wants to see more weakness in the

Earlier I wrote on the EURUSD as sellers pushed lower: The momentum has continued today with a break into a swing area between 1.04846 and 1.05335. In between sits the natural support at 1.0500. I added: This swing area should attract some dip buyers. If the 1.04846 level is broken, I would look for buyers

US: The Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected. The macroeconomic projections were revised higher as the economy showed much stronger resilience than expected and the Dot Plot showed that the majority of members still expects another rate hike by the end of the year with less rate cuts in 2024. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed

NZDUSD moves toward the 200 bar moving average The NZDUSD is pushing back toward the lows for the day and in the process it is moving back toward the 200 bar MA on the 4-hour chart at 0.5933. Earlier in the European session, the price tested that moving average line only to bounce back higher,

Last week, the Fed kept interest rates unchanged as expected but revised the Dot Plot on the more hawkish side with one more rate hike still expected by the end of the year and much less rate cuts projected for 2024. Fed Chair Powell has also admitted that the soft-landing scenario is not his base

Both the US 10 and 30-year yields are stretching to new highs. The 10-year yield has just reached 4.535%. The low for the day was 4.45%. The new high represents the highest level since October 2007. The 30 year yield just reached 4.653%, which is the highest level since January 2011 As the market transitions

Last week, Gold was about to break above the 1934 resistance but got smacked back down following the more hawkish than expected FOMC Dot Plot. There’s still lots of uncertainty in the market around interest rates as the Fed is aiming for the soft-landing scenario going cautious on the tightening front, but the resilient economy

The AUDUSD and the NZDUSD have similar technical stories to tell. Each has seen up-and-down price action over the last 5-6 trading weeks. Each has its 100 and 200 bar moving averages on their 4 hour charts near the middle of the trading ranges. In trading today, each are moving above the moving average levels,

EURUSD stalls at the 100 hour MA for the 2nd consecutive day As the clock ticks to the close for the EURUSD in London/Europ, the pair moved to new session highs, and for the 2nd day in a row, banged against the 100-hour moving average at 1.06715 and found sellers. In the kickstart video from

The USDCHF traded sideways and then moved lower on Wednesday before finding support near 0.89347, basing and moving to the upside. The Swiss National Bank kept rates unchanged on Thursday helping to propel the price even higher, with the price moving above its 200-day moving average of 0.90334. The surge on Thursday did find willing

WTI crude oil futures settle at $90.03, up $0.40 or 0.43%. The high for the day reached $91.33. The low was at $89.31. WTI crude oil trades between retracement levels Brent crude prices settled at $93.27 down $0.03 or -0.03% For the trading week, the price of crude oil is down marginally by -0.58%. Looking

The USDCAD traded down and up and down and up and back down and up this week (see hourly chart below). The high price on Monday was retested on Thursday. The low on Tuesday saw the pair, move to and through the 100-day MA (lower blue overlay line on the chart below at 1.3398) but

US: The Fed left interest rates unchanged as expected. The macroeconomic projections were revised higher as the economy showed much stronger resilience than expected and the Dot Plot showed that the majority of members still expects another rate hike by the end of the year with less rate cuts in 2024. Fed Chair Powell reaffirmed