US Greenback, EUR/USD, GBP/USD Speaking FactorsAfter a robust month of September, the US Greenback has been pretty messy to this
US Greenback, EUR/USD, GBP/USD Speaking Factors
- After a robust month of September, the US Greenback has been pretty messy to this point in October.
- With the election arising in only a few weeks, that messiness might stay – however that may open the door for themes to play out through different currencies in main FX pairs.
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The US Greenback is pretty messy in the intervening time. And with a reasonably pensive Presidential election arising in just a few weeks, that reality might stay, a minimum of within the near-term.
Hopes for extra stimulus present gas for sellers whereas technical merchants could also be extra drawn to the longer-term assist that got here into play in September, coupled with the bullish engulfing bar from final month’s US Greenback chart. However, to this point in October, USD value motion has just about been a wash as a doji is at the moment exhibiting for October on the month-to-month (a close to dragonfly doji however, a doji nonetheless).
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US Greenback Month-to-month Worth Chart
Chart ready by James Stanley; USD, DXY on Tradingview
EUR/USD Units Recent October Low
Whereas DXY nonetheless has but to encroach upon it’s October swing-high, EUR/USD dipped down to a recent October low earlier at this time. Help seems to be enjoying in from across the August low at 1.1694, with an help from the 1.1700 stage. However only a bit-higher on the chart is an enormous zone of potential resistance working from 1.1736-1.1750. I had beforehand used that zone as assist final week and that led to a gentle bounce as much as 1.1831. However, issues have shifted since then and EUR/USD has put in a sequence of lower-lows and lower-highs, preserving the door open to bearish continuation situations.
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This could put emphasis on that prior assist zone as potential resistance.
EUR/USD 4-Hour Worth Chart
Chart ready by James Stanley; EUR/USD on Tradingview
GBP/USD: Potential Bear Flag, Help Take a look at at Large Zone
I had revealed on GBP/USD a bit earlier at this time and as I had shared there, this setup could possibly be approached in both a bullish or a bearish route. On the bullish aspect – an enormous stage of assist had simply re-entered the image across the 1.2900 stage. The worth of 1.2896 is the 50% marker of the 2018-2020 main transfer; and that is at the moment confluent with a trendline that may be derived from late-September and mid-October swing-lows.
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This could maintain the door open, near-term, to topside performs, on the lookout for a revisit in the direction of the 1.3000 zone of resistance that got here into play earlier this week. However – if assist breaks down, the short-side theme may rapidly come again once more because the bear flag breach opens the door for a transfer down in the direction of the acquainted 1.2712 space of the chart the held the September sell-off.
GBP/USD 4-Hour Worth Chart
Chart ready by James Stanley; GBP/USD on Tradingview
— Written by James Stanley, Strategist for DailyFX.com
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