Yesterday’s Trading:
The DXY on Monday sat in a 97.80 – 98.05 point range. The euro/dollar was consolidating in a 1.0955 – 1.0985 range. The ranges were narrow due a fall in trading volumes throughout the day. Many traders closed their positions before Christmas and this meant a fall in market liquidity.
Main news of the day (EET):
Market Expectations:
As New Year approaches, trader activity remains low. However, this does not mean that currency rates will sit in sideways trends until 4th January. I’ve included a graph of the euro/pound in the analysis today. It should help us find the vulnerable spot for the euro/dollar.
The calendar is empty, so a spike in volatility is likely to occur through the cross rates. On the cycles I have the euro/dollar down in the first half of the day and only on the American session seeing a storm of the daily trend line.
Technical Analysis:
The euro/dollar has been in a sideways for 16 hours on the hourly. The consolidation range is shrinking. The pair is readying to undergo some sharp fluctuations so as to stray from the LB. I think that as soon as the euro drops to the LB, the oscillator stochastic will return to the buyer zone.
Keep an eagle eye on the euro/pound cross since, if it passes the 0.7350 support, it won’t be worth expecting to see any EUR/USD growth. Due to a weakening of the USD, the GBP/USD will shoot upwards and the euro will stay in its sideways. Any strengthening of the dollar will see the market forming a mirror image, the euro will fall to 1.0920 and the pound/dollar will keep trading around 1.4886 if there is any support from the cross.
EURGBP 1H
I added the euro/pound cross because recently it has been hindering me from forecasting the direction of price movement for the euro/dollar and pound/dollar. After the fall to 0.7306 on 23rd December, the pair has flipped into a consolidational phase. The pair has been in an upward corridor for 55 hours. This pattern carries with it risks that the euro will strengthen against the pound to the U3 at 0.7441. Keep track of how the price behaves near the lower limit.
