@faithmight, Author at FaithMight

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016

Carry Is An Aussie’s Best Friend

The GBP/AUD found resistance at the 2.0650 highs as sellers stepped in at the upper trendline of the channel two weeks ago. Resistance at the top of the channel continues to confirm the bearish hold below the key 2.1200 level. The GBP/AUD maintains its bearish bias to start this new trading week. Rallies will be met with sellers. When the GBP/AUD did not complete its move to the bottom of the channel, price found support at the major 2.000 support and psychological level and returned to the top of the channel. Resistance at the top of the channel continues to hold and cap rallies. As such, sellers last week were well positioned for a move back to the bottom of the channel below the 2.0000 support level. However, it remains to be seen if the lower trendline continues to hold as support. The interest rate differential is still relatively great compared to the other major currencies with the exception of the New Zealand dollar. The carry trade may be reason enough for the GBP/AUD selloff to continue, especially given the divergence in monetary policy between the BoE and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The BoE has turned dovish while the RBA remains neutral. The RBA has an increasing concern for rising inflation induced by last year’s weak Australian dollar. The lack of new monetary policy action from both central banks keeps the GBP/AUD in the channel.

GBPAUD 4 HOUR CHART — GBP/AUD breaks the channel bottom as price plunges after the gap down. No big deal. We’ve seen this before.

When the $GBPAUD found resistance at the channel bottom after breaking below it, that was the first time in 6 months price has ever behaved this way outside of the channel.

Premium trade setups with targets and stops are published in the GBP/AUD Outlook in Volume 51, this week’s Quid Report.

February 22, 2016February 22, 2016

ON AIR with FXStreet’s Live Analysis Room #FXRoom

GBP has gapped down across the board and the follow through right now is tremendous. I talked with Dale Pinkert, host of LAR #FXRoom, about the Brexit and the levels to watch that $GBPUSD and $GBPNZD. These levels are being challenged right now as the new trading week gets underway.

It’s already Monday and the Friday close is already so important. Neither bears nor bulls should get too excited with these opening flows. Anything can happen this week. Trade it well!

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February 19, 2016February 24, 2016

Welcome the Strong Euro

This time last year, the euro was selling off as the European Central Bank (ECB) made no change to monetary policy in the midst of the Greek banking and debt crisis. Twelve months later in December, the ECB finally eased monetary policy and cut the deposit rate. Since then, interest rates in the Eurozone have steadily drifted further into negative territory. But the EUR/GBP has since bottomed with a tremendous rally that finally broke above the major 0.7500 resistance level. However, with the ECB signaling a lower path for interest rates, the EUR/GBP is consolidating through price with a bearish divergence in momentum. After reaching the 0.7897 highs, price fell back to the former 0.7755 highs. During consolidation, the EUR/GBP found support at the 50% Fibonacci level, which enjoys confluence with the 0.7700 support level.

Another Friday close below the 0.7755 highs confirms the exhaustion evident for a couple weeks now in the $EURGBP rally. With a light calendar next week, this leaves the EUR/GBP at the whim of the chart technicals. A break below 0.7700 sees a move back to former lows. Otherwise, a breakout higher now targets the 0.7897 highs.

Premium trade setups with targets and stops are published in the EUR/GBP Outlook in Volume 50, this week’s Quid Report.

February 17, 2016

Dollar Has Decision To Make

The hold below the former 2015 lows on this break to new lows does remain a bearish development. After the release of the strong U.S. non-farm payrolls report in February, $GBPUSD weakness should have accelerated on the back of the strong U.S. dollar. However, the $GBPUSD has failed to move lower in this Fibonacci move that targets new lows below the 1.4079 low. Failed lows signal a rally in the $GBPUSD that takes price above the 1.4667 highs. A confirmed close above the 1.4600 level invalidates the bearish outlook.

The threat of inflation should keep the Federal Reserve hawkish with tighter monetary policy. With inflation data ticking higher in the U.S. and the labor market still quite robust, the $GBPUSD could make another push toward the lows. But without new lows, bears will come under pressure.

Premium trade setups with targets and stops are published in the GBP/USD Outlook in Volume 50, this week’s Quid Report.

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016

ON AIR with Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep Show

While the market awaits 2 interest rate decisions today, first from the Federal Reserve and later from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, I talked about the central banks last week on Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep Show. Take a listen to why I believe the rally in the Canadian dollar is just getting started and my conflicting thoughts about the U.S. dollar. I come on at the 1:05:00 mark.

January 21, 2016

Canadian Dollar Looks for the Rally

The Canadian dollar is starting to decouple from the crude oil markets. As crude oil markets plunge, the Canadian dollar also moves lower but not particularly against the pound sterling. The $GBPCAD reached multi-year highs just below the 2.1000 major resistance and psychological level twice in 2015. But despite crude oil prices crashing lower in 2016, the $GBPCAD has been unable to break above the 2.1000 level to new multi-year highs. The oil glut that caused the oil markets to accelerate its decline in the past seven months continues to persist. There is an oversupply of oil in the markets. Oil producers remain in denial to decreased demand for fossil fuels and refuse to cut production. Or perhaps some oil-producing nations are conducting economic warfare as they continue to pump oil. Regardless of the reason, this supply glut will keep crude oil prices low in 2016. Oil markets open the new trading week moving lower still even after the multi-year low Friday close. The crude oil markets continue to lead all commodity markets lower as the new trading week gets underway. However, while last week we believed that any strength in oil would present a buying opportunity in the $GBPCAD (Volume 45), this week that perspective has changed. Any rally in the $GBPCAD this week will be seen as a selling opportunity. Only a close above the 2.1000 resistance level will keep the bullish trend intact.

With the weak pound sterling, it is difficult for the $GBPCAD to rally even with the weak oil market. The moves have become biased to the downside this week as price continues to print lower highs and decreasing bullish momentum. Signaled by the Friday close, the new trading week opens with sellers stepping in at the gap-open highs. As price moves higher, the 2.1000 resistance level will be the signal for future price action. A confirmed close above the 2.1000 level will allow buyers to gain position and base for a move higher. However, if price rallies again and holds below the 2.1000 resistance level, the $GBPCAD will move to the 61.8% Fibonacci level on the daily chart. A rally in price back to the highs will be an opportunity for buyers to cover long positions. The failed high at 2.0949 continues to signal a deeper correction to the 1.9800 support level.

Premium trade setups with targets and stops are published in the GBP/CAD Outlook for the Week in Volume 46, this week’s Quid Report. This is an excerpt from Quid Report.

January 15, 2016August 28, 2018

Euro Exuberance

This week, the $EURGBP broke above the 0.7500 resistance level for the first in 12 months. Given the context of the break lower back in January last year, the break higher this week holds real implications for price action in 2016. In the face of QE and rate cuts, the euro has rallied over 500 pips. This is a complete break from its fundamentals. Or is it?

Premium trade setups with targets and stops are published in the EUR/GBP Outlook for the Week in Volume 45, this week’s Quid Report.

January 13, 2016

Strong Yen Implications

The $GBPJPY continues to slide. The Japanese yen rally has become sustainable as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) continues to give indications that it is considering a shift away from its quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) program. This is a very subtle shift in BoJ sentiment that is not getting much media attention. Less QQE means that the BoJ erodes at the divergence gap in monetary policy that it has had with other major central banks for several years. Manufacturing PMI released last week was higher than expected, helping to confirm the BoJ’s optimistic economic outlooks for Japan. This hawkish tone is helping to strengthen the Japanese yen now at a time when risk aversion flows may be re-entering capital markets. The geopolitical wars and diplomacy tensions around the globe are starting to wear on investor sentiment. As U.S. equities weaken, the Japanese yen continues to be the largest beneficiary of increases in risk aversion flows. The new trading week opens with the $GBPJPY trading at extremely oversold levels. Despite its bearish sentiment in the medium term, the $GBPJPY may consolidate the new lows below the major 170.00 psychological level.

The $GBPJPY has not staged a correction since breaking below the 184.00 support level back in early December. The break below the 175.00 support level with the extremely shallow rallies is a major signal of bear strength as the $GBPJPY continues to grind lower. The $GBPJPY breaks nominally below the 170.00 psychological level as the new trading week begins, subtly indicating that the staunch support level is being met with more bearish psychology than last year. Perhaps with the RSI at extremely oversold levels, the $GBPJPY will bounce higher as sellers exhaust. A “healthy” correction off the new 169.30 lows moves the $GBPJPY back toward the 175.00 level to the sell zone starting at the 173.45, 38.2% Fibonacci level. Sellers are lined up to the 176.00 resistance level. Given the importance of the 170.00 support level on a bearish move that has seen very little retracement, a strong bounce is highly likely. More aggressive traders will look to take advantage of any move higher to establish a short position in the $GBPJPY. Continued strength in the Japanese yen is likely especially as crude oil prices remain so low, which is an aide to the Japanese economy.

Premium trade setups with targets and stops are published in the $GBPJPY Outlook for the Week in Volume 45, this week’s Quid Report.

January 7, 2016

Harmony in the Fed

The new year opens with a very significant start for the pound against the U.S. dollar. The only other time in recent history that the $GBPUSD opened the new year at lows was back in January 2002. At that time, the $GBPUSD bottomed as buying momentum picked up with the RSI finding support at the 40.0 level on the monthly chart. This time, however, is actually a bit different. Momentum is sliding to lows on the RSI. The $GBPUSD has gapped lower as the first trading week of 2016 gets underway. This gap down has cleared the zone of support between the 1.4750 level and the 1.4800 level. This zone has been an area of supply for the $GBPUSD eight times in the past sixteen years. It supported price last week as sellers took profits and established new positions against the support zone. Now this gap and subsequent move lower is a strong indication of further selling in the $GBPUSD. Strong economic reports from the UK may give sellers a reprieve. But the calendar is dominated by economic news out of the United States this week. Risk aversion is already entering markets as U.S. equities open 2016 with pronounced weakness. Any strong news about the U.S. economy is likely to rally the U.S. dollar further. Having broken below the 1.4680 level, the $GBPUSD is poised to test lows at 1.4565.

Premium trade setups with targets and stops are published in the $GBPUSD Outlook for the Week in Volume 44, this week’s Quid Report.

December 30, 2015

QUID REPORT LIVE

Due to the holiday shortened week and it being the very last week of 2015, no Quid Report was published this week. Instead, I am doing a video update to last week’s written report. While I have been on many forex shows, this is my first time hosting a live broadcast. This should be a quick update and review for the week in progress. Enjoy! And please leave your feedback in the comments. Perhaps this will be a new thing for me in 2016.