FOREX NEWS: TIMID ADVANCES AND INDECISION AHEAD OF U.S. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURVEY
EUR/USD
Forex News: The Euro got an early boost yesterday from a better than anticipated German IFO Business Climate Survey (forecast 106.3, actual 109.5) and the pair managed to break 1.1240. However, volatility remained low and the pair didn’t travel a long distance in terms of pips. Draghi’s testimony was shifted one hour earlier but it didn’t have a huge impact on the Euro.
Technical Outlook
The current move is likely to extend into the resistance at 1.1285 but if the oscillators will become overbought by that time, we expect the pair to reverse and move back into 1.1240. Although the direction is pretty well defined, the distance travelled is small and this means that the move is fragile, thus a reversal is more likely; however, as long as the pair remains above the 50 period Exponential Moving Average, our bias is bullish.
Fundamental Outlook
At 2:00 pm GMT the U.S. Consumer Confidence survey is released, showing the opinions of about 5,000 households regarding economic conditions in general. Usually, numbers above the forecast 98.6 strengthen the US Dollar but the impact is not very high.
GBP/USD
Yesterday the pair moved again below the support at 1.2945 but the bears couldn’t make any substantial advances and overall we had a ranging trading session.
Technical Outlook
The pair bounced twice at 1.2915, so this level can now be considered short term support and we can expect it to reject price in the future. For today we expect bullish price action, with 1.3000 as target; this bias is given by the fact that the bears are having difficulties breaking 1.2915 and the oscillators are close to oversold, turning upwards. If 1.3000 holds or if price starts to move downwards before that level is reached, we expect a touch of 1.2880 during the days to come.
Fundamental Outlook
The United Kingdom didn’t prepare any major economic releases for today so the focus will be on the technical side and the U.S. Consumer survey. |