Matt Simpson | May 15, 2014 04:03AM ET
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Pairs to Monitor: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CAD, AUD/USD
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
AUD/USD: Daily pivot is the line in the sand for this session
Whilst price action is messy and not my usual 'trend momentum' style, the overall target is 0.945 / 50, and there is the possibility that the 0.9332 swing low was the end of an 'A-B-C' correction.
H4 has just closed with a Bullish Piercing Line pattern. Whilst this is clearly a bullish signal, it is just beneath the Daily Pivot. Due to the long list of US data tonight there is a chance we may experience dull A$ trading leading up to this, however any weakness in the numbers should help the bullish bias along i's way towards 0.945.
For long positions I would prefer to wait for a break above the daily pivot to then target 0.940 high (and Daily S1).
As long as we remain below the Daily Pivot then the risk of a retracement to 0.9353 swing low is likely, with a break below here targeting 0.9332 swing low. If this breaks then we are heading dangerously towards my 0.9320 'line in the sand' and risk further losses as the week ends.
Unfortunately the fate of A$ lies in US data tonight, for better or worse.
Gold: Above $1300 favours a bullish breakout, sooner than later
Please view today's video for further clarification on the higher timeframes.
After breaking above $300 and testing the upper triangle line intraday price is suggesting a bullish continuation pattern, with (hopefully) a bullish breakout.
At time of writing we trade just above the daily pivot, with $1300 not too far behind to provide a bed of support.
With US data out tonight, any poor results should play into the hands of Gold (amongst other safe havens such as CHF and JPY). An approach to consider is set buy-stops to catch any bullish breakout and take a longer-term trade to hold till the end of the week, or target $1324 (whichever comes first).
If we break back below $1300 then the odds of hitting the lower triangle line are fairly high as we recycle for another round of 'coiling up' price action. Due to the overall bias being bullish I prefer to see $1278 swing low continue to hold as support. If not we can assume a bearish break from the triangle and for sustained losses.
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