EUR/USD: A Focus On Countertrend Trades

 | Dec 11, 2014 04:55AM ET

Lots of whipsawing in EUR/USD during the last two months. The market has been practically unchanged during this period, as there is consolidation of the severe losses since the 1,40 level. There is a lot of speculation about future ECB actions and Fed tightening but a big part of all this seems to have been priced in at current price levels. As long as EUR/USD remains rangebound between roughly 1,2550 and 1,2300, countertrend trades are the best way to participate in EUR/USD moves.

EUR/USD, 5-hour chart: