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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:02 am

Forecast for AUD/USD on January 23, 2020

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The Australian dollar absorbed a positive market sentiment relative to the British pound yesterday, and just this morning, this news was actively played back on the positive employment data. By December, about 29 thousand people got a job, this is contrary and higher than the 15 thousand on the forecast. This makes the overall unemployment rate fell from 5.2% to 5.1%. In the Asian session, the growth of the "Australian dollar" graduated to 34 points, and the price exactly reached the MACD line on the daily chart. In the European session, exit above the line 0.6880 with consolidation above it and on Friday, the growth may extend to the price channel line 0.6903.

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The price exceeded the MACD line on the four-hour chart but is still under the balance line, which means that the situation is developing mainly according to the older chart. For this day, everything will depend on whether the price can fix itself above the MACD line on the daily chart. The signal line of the Marlin oscillator in the zone of positive values is already a sign of the price's intention to overcome the resistance of the senior TF, but in any scenario this growth is corrective.

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:21 pm

EUR/USD: Christine Lagarde pessimism and panic over 2019-nCoV

The euro-dollar pair is plunging down: at the moment, the bears are trying to gain a foothold below the support level of 1.1050 in order to discover the way to the area of the ninth figure. Although in the morning the pair showed corrective growth, in the hope of hawkish notes from the ECB. But to the disappointment of the EUR/USD bulls, Thursday events turned against the European currency. And it's not just because of Christine Lagarde's overly cautious rhetoric. The financial world today has finally succumbed to panic about the spread of the deadly 2019-nCoV virus. Demand for defensive assets has increased again, as well as that for the US currency, which many investors use as a kind of safe-haven in times of heightened uncertainty. In other words, the EUR/USD bulls hope for a resumption of the upward trend burst like a soap bubble - Lagarde could not support the single currency, while the anti-risk sentiment only increased the pressure on the pair.

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The European Central Bank today, quite expectedly, left all the parameters of monetary policy unchanged. In its accompanying statement, the regulator indicated that the ECB rates will remain at the current "or lower level" until inflation approaches the target two percent level "or close enough to this target". This wording was not a surprise to traders. The only innovation in the final communique is the announcement that the ECB will conduct a strategic review of its policy (for the first time in 17 years). However, firstly, this process will take about a year, and secondly, the regulator has not yet shared any details regarding the scope of the policy review. Therefore, the main attention of traders today was riveted to the press conference of Christine Lagarde.

It cannot be said that the head of the ECB took a peremptory-dovish position. Not at all. During her speech, she, in particular, stated that "current rates are worrisome," therefore, in the future, the regulator will take into account the collateral effect of low rates. This statement suggests that there is still a split in the ECB, which appeared back in September last year, when Mario Draghi "pushed" the decision to resume QE. Some of the central bank members then also expressed their concern about the side effect of negative rates.

However, the above remark could not provide the euro with long-term support. Lagarde generally maintained a pessimistic stance on the current situation. First of all, according to the head of the ECB, industrial production is a "brake"on the European economy. On the whole, the existing risks are "tilted downward," although they are less pronounced compared to last year. Despite the signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the US and China, the ECB continues to be concerned about this protracted trade conflict. Lagarde uttered a rather capacious phrase on this subject: "... geopolitics is a threat that leaves the door open for accommodation policy." At the same time, Lagarde rather modestly commented on the growth of European inflation. According to her, the regulator noted "some signs of growth", however, these trends "correspond to earlier expectations". Summing up the January meeting, the head of the ECB said that monetary policy will remain stimulating "for a long period of time", despite some signs of stabilization of the situation in the eurozone.

Buyers of the EUR/USD pair certainly expected more from today's meeting. Previous macroeconomic releases made it possible to count on a more hawkish tone by the central bank chief. Therefore, following the meeting, the pair updated the daily low. But ironically, the press conference of Lagarde coincided with a general increase in anti-risk sentiment in the markets. For example, the yen paired with the greenback fell to the bottom of the 109th figure, and the dollar index jumped to a one-month high (the last time it was at 97.57 points in early December), reflecting investor demand for defensive instruments. Stock indices - on the contrary, collapsed.

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Asian markets have been hit hardest. In particular, the Hong Kong Hang Seng index fell 2.8%, the Shanghai blue chips index fell 1.7%, and the Japanese Nikkei lost 0.9%. The shares of tourism and passenger transportation companies (including airlines) fell most strongly. There is growing concern in financial markets that a virus spreading from China could slow global growth. Cases of infection have already been recorded in Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and the United States. The authorities of the PRC quarantined two cities in Hubei province (including the 11 millionth Wuhan), canceling all the large-scale events in Beijing dedicated to the celebration of the New Year on the lunar calendar (January 25).

Such unprecedented measures have reminded traders of the effects of the 2003 pneumonia epidemic. Then the key countries of the Asian region in total lost, according to various estimates, from 30 to 40 billion dollars. (first of all, the tourism sector has suffered). The oil market fell then, due to a significant decrease in air transportation, and, accordingly, the demand for aviation fuel and crude oil.

It is worth noting that at the moment it is impossible to say with certainty that a repetition of the year 2003 awaits us, however, in the context of the prospects of the foreign exchange market (and directly the EUR/USD pair), the very fact that traders succumbed to panic is important. If the situation with the spread of the virus will gain momentum, the pair will continue to decline, despite the other fundamental factors. So far, the EUR/USD bulls are defending - the bears have failed to gain a foothold below the support level of 1.1050. But in the event of an increase in anti-risk sentiment, buyers of the pair will not be able to maintain this level - the price will drop to the ninth figure.

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:48 pm

GBP/USD. UK after Brexit: waiting for collapse?

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The UK will officially leave the European Union in five days. More precisely, the so-called "transition period" will begin, with which many identify the beginning of the real Brexit. Over the next 11 months, little will change for Great Britain. The country will cease to take part in the decision-making of the European Union, the British deputies will leave the European Parliament, however, the established trade relations and other rules and regulations by which the UK has lived in recent years will remain in force. Now, a month and a half after Boris Johnson's victory in the election, when passions and euphoria subsided, many experts conclude that the victory of the Conservatives is a result of the fragmentation of the political views of the opponents of Brexit, and not the excessive popularity of Conservatives among the people. In other words, there was only one option with the end of Brexit - vote for the Conservatives, and there were much more options against Brexit. At the same time, both the Scots, the Northern Irish, and the Welsh, supporting Brexit, had to vote not for "their" parties, but all for those Conservatives. For those who reject Brexit, they voted for the Scottish National Party, for the Labour Party, and for other political forces. As a result, all the voices of the opponents of Brexit were divided into 3-4 parties, all the voices of the supporters of Brexit left the party of Boris Johnson. However, now all this is not important. It's important - what the odious prime minister and his ruling party will lead the country to.

In fact, in the coming year, all questions to Johnson's team come down to whether he will be able to agree with the U on a new trade deal that will operate after the end of the transition period? According to many experts, the main thing that is required of Johnson is to sign such a deal that does not harm the UK economy as much as possible, which has been losing huge amounts over the past three years due to Brexit and, in any case, will continue to lose them in 2020. Nobody believes that the deal will be the way Johnson himself sees it. Johnson is not Trump, but the European Union is not China. The biggest question that causes skepticism among all market participants is the timing of negotiations on trade relations with the EU. Eleven months is very little to conclude such a comprehensive deal. Thus, either Johnson will be able to conclude a "surface" agreement in a short time, or he will have to extend the transition period for two years (which Johnson does not want) and conduct more meaningful negotiations, without forcing events and slowly.

Well, the biggest danger for London now comes from Edinburgh. Nicola Sturgeon, the first Minister of Scotland, has repeatedly stated that "London will not be able to lock us up and hope that everything will work out." Scotland opposes an exit from the EU, but advocates an exit from the UK if its interests are not taken into account by the government of Johnson. "If the UK continues to exist, it is only on the basis of universal consent," said Sturgeon. A formal request for a second independence referendum has already been sent to Johnson and has been rejected. However, it is unlikely that Edinburgh will so simply dwell on the refusal of permission to referendum. In the best case for Britain, the Scots will regularly put this issue on the agenda. At worst, separatism, refusal to subordinate to London, and unauthorized referendum are possible. I don't even want to think about what awaits Britain in the second case. Riots, a military conflict and a host of other "unpleasant things" are possible. Thus, all those who, following Johnson's victory in the elections, exhaled and considered that all the troubles are now behind, all that can be said is that all the troubles are still ahead, and Brexit now looks like the smallest of the problems of Great Britain.

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Mon Jan 27, 2020 11:15 pm

EUR/USD: euro threatened by the epidemic

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According to a consensus estimate by Bloomberg analysts, the euro will rise to $1.14 against the US currency by the end of June. The increasing geopolitical risks in the Middle East, the outbreak of coronavirus in China and the threat of a trade war between Washington and Brussels made investors doubt the realism of this forecast.

Although many believe the new virus is less dangerous than SARS in 2003, the worst is probably yet to come. Globalization, more developed than at the beginning of the century, the infrastructure of China and the tendency of the latter to travel to the Lunar New Year are factors that can contribute to the rapid spread of coronavirus throughout the planet.

The world economy did not have time to recover from a trade conflict between the United States and China, as it is already threatened by a new scourge. The fact that in November, global trade fell by 0.6% in monthly terms and 1.1% in annual terms does not please the bulls in EUR/USD.

The problems of the export-oriented economy of the eurozone do not end there. The United States, under the threat of imposing duties on importing cars from the European Union, may demand that American companies expand their access to the European agricultural market. Moreover, Washington could avenge Brussels on its carbon tax. Turning a blind eye to environmental issues, the White House regards the introduction of tariffs by other states as a manifestation of protectionism.

Meanwhile, the US economy is still on its feet. According to IHS Markit, the US composite purchasing managers index reached a ten-month high in January due to increased business activity in the services sector. The data on PMI in the non-manufacturing sector of the eurozone, on the contrary, disappointed, which makes it possible for the EUR/USD bears to win back the divergence factor in US and EU economic growth.

The external background is extremely unfavorable for the euro bulls, so the main currency pair's decline to seven-week lows appears quite logical. Neither the January meeting of the ECB's Governing Session, nor the data on European business activity, could provide adequate support to fans of the euro. Whether the Federal Reserve wants to do this, a meeting of which, along with releases on US and European GDP for the fourth quarter, is one of the key events of this week, is unknown.

The goal of EUR/USD bears at 1.1000 is just around the corner, and then support at 1.0960 will appear on the horizon. As for the bulls, their immediate task is to overcome the powerful resistance of 1.1065, then the resistance of 1.1100 and 1.1175.

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Yvonne » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:01 am

USD/JPY approaching resistance, potential drop !

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Trading Recommendation Entry: 109.31 Reason for Entry: Horizontal overlap resistance Take Profit :108.73

Reason for Take Profit: Horizontal swing low supportStop Loss: 109.79

Reason for Stop loss: Horizontal pullback resistance

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:18 am

Forecast for GBP/USD on January 30, 2020

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Yesterday, the British pound, in anticipation of today's decision by the Bank of England on monetary policy, traded in a small range, which only strengthened the technical signs of an upward price movement. On the daily chart, the signal line of the Marlin oscillator outlined a reversal up and thereby formed a wedge with the same probability of exiting from it in any direction.

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To break this triangle down, the price needs to gain a foothold at the Fibonacci level of 161.8% (1.2968), the target of the movement will be the Fibonacci level of 138.2% at the price of 1.2820. If the triangle breaks up, prices will go above 1.3070. In this case, the MACD line will be the target level, located near the Fibonacci level of 200.0%, near the price level of 1.3220. Moreover, growth may not stop there.

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On the four-hour chart, the signal level 1.3070 corresponds to the MACD line. This strengthens the significance of the level. The driver of the movement, obviously, will be the outcome of the Bank of England meeting. Changes in monetary policy are unlikely to be, as the economic situation in the UK remains neutral, and today's meeting will be Mark Carney's final for the central bank, his term of office will expire. The main intrigue in the distribution of votes for maintaining the rate. The consensus forecast is 3-6 versus 2-7 at the last meeting, but the forecast range itself is wider, up to 4-5, and it is precisely such a voting result that can send the pound to growth much higher than the first target 1.3220.

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:21 am

Forecast for GBP/USD on January 31, 2020

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Yesterday's meeting of the Bank of England brought a pleasant surprise for the pound - 7 members of the monetary policy committee spoke out for maintaining the rate against the expectation of 6 or even 5 members. The pound grew by 75 points due to this. On the daily chart, the signal line of the Marlin oscillator entered the growth zone and goes above the upper boundary of its own wedge. Price above the balance line. The growth target of 1.3220 is the area of accumulation of the Fibonacci level of 200.0% with the indicator line of MACD.

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On a four-hour chart, the price is higher than both indicator lines - balance sheet and MACD, Marlin in the trend growth zone. We look forward to continued growth.

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Mon Feb 03, 2020 1:02 am

Forecast for GBP/USD on February 3, 2020

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The pound rose 110 points on Friday amid the general weakening of the dollar. Growth stopped exactly at the Fibonacci level of 200.0%. Today the market opened with a window (gap) down, which becomes a sign of another upward price surge for its closure and likely testing the MACD line (1.3227). But growth may not end there. Overcoming the MACD line opens the target at the top of December 31, 1.3284, then growth to the Fibonacci level of 223.6% at the price of 1.3352 may follow.

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A sign of such strong potential growth is the upward movement of the Marlin oscillator signal line from its own wedge-shaped structure.

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A gap in the quote at the opening on the technical side can be a sign of a reversal, since the four-hour chart may form an oscillator divergence when the window is closed. In this case, leaving the triangle on daily may be a false signal.

So, for the British pound, it remains to wait for either a reversal pattern to form or price consolidation above 1.3227.

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:42 pm

Overview of the EUR/USD pair. February 4. Euro has chance at growth, but with no macroeconomic support

4-hour timeframe

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Technical details:
Higher linear regression channel: direction - up.
Lower linear regression channel: downward direction.
Moving average (20; smoothed) - up.
CCI: 78.3586

The first trading day of the week passed in a corrective movement, however, the EUR/USD pair worked out a moving average line, but failed to gain a foothold below it, which saves the bulls chances of a new upward trend. In principle, following the euro's two day growth, the pair has been corrected as expected and now technical factors allow us to count on the resumption of the upward movement. However, in addition to technical factors, there are also fundamental, as well as macroeconomic ones. In brief, I recall that the fundamental factors remain on the side of the US currency for the following reasons: a stronger US economy, a more hawkish monetary policy by the Federal Reserve, the same pace of slowdown in the economies of the United States and the European Union, as well as the same signs of economic recovery. Macroeconomic factors are also in favor of the dollar this week so far: US manufacturing activity indices have increased and left the red zone below 50.0, business activity indices in the manufacturing sector of the EU have shown low growth, but most of them remained in the recession zone. Thus, at the moment, we have a certain conflict between fundamental and technical factors, and we believe that the upward movement will not be strong and long.

Only minor macroeconomic publications are planned in the EU and US on Tuesday, February 4. For example, the producer price index for December will be released in the EU, which, according to experts, will decrease by 0.7% y/y. Production orders for December will be published in the US, with a forecast of +1.1% m/m. However, it is unlikely that traders will react to any of these reports. We can only note the value of the producer price index, as it can affect the value of inflation. We already said in the final article for February 3 on the EUR/USD pair that Donald Trump can already be considered acquitted. Democrats were not able to attract even more witnesses to the case, but managed to stretch the entire process of considering it in the Senate as much as possible. In principle, the fact that the Senate refuses to impeach Trump was known with a probability of 99% from the very beginning. We have already said that the essence of the entire trial for the Democrats was the trial itself. The longer it lasts, the longer Trump is exposed in an unsightly light for himself before the electorate, which already in November 2020 will have to make a choice. Thus, we can only wait for the official results of the Senate vote on Wednesday and put a bullet in this matter. As for Trump's ratings, many agencies note that at this time they are at their highest values. But will these values be enough for the American people to choose an odious president for the second time? Social surveys say that 52% of Americans believe that Trump really violated the law by blocking military assistance to Ukraine, and also urging Vladimir Zelensky to launch an investigation into the activities of the Biden Democrats in Ukraine. 53% of Americans believe that the president did obstruct Congressional work by refusing to cooperate with the investigation of his own impeachment case. Thus, more than half of the electorate is now opposing Trump.

Trump himself feels calm, has stopped criticizing the Fed and Jerome Powell, has stopped scribbling daily opuses on Twitter about the "witch hunt" and in his exceptional style has managed to call Michael Bloomberg, one of the main Democratic presidential contenders, "short." "It's all right," Trump said, "you can be short. He (Michael Bloomberg) wants the box to stand on during the debate, but there is nothing wrong with that." Naturally, Bloomberg's spokesman Julie Wood immediately reacted, saying the US president was lying again. "He's lying all the time, he's a pathological liar," said Wood.

From a technical point of view, we are now waiting for the price to rebound from the moving and resumption of the upward movement with the update of the previous peak price. The macroeconomic background will be extremely weak tomorrow, so nothing should prevent the influence of technical factors on the pair's movement. In the event of consolidating the euro/dollar quotes below the moving average, the trend will change again to a downward trend.

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The average volatility of the EUR/USD currency pair has increased due to trading on Friday and Monday to 47 points per day. Now this value is already average. Thus, on the second trading day of the week, we expect movement between the boundaries of the volatility band at 1.1012 and 1.1106. The steam will tend to lean towards the development of the upper boundary.

Nearest support levels: S1 - 1.1047
S2 - 1,1017
S3 - 1,0986
The nearest resistance levels:
R1 - 1,1078
R2 - 1,1108
R3 - 1,1139

Trading recommendations:
The euro/dollar began to adjust. Thus, purchases of the European currency with goals of 1.1078 and 1.1106 are relevant now, but we recommend that you wait for the correction to complete and only then should you start buying. It is recommended to return to selling the EUR/USD pair no earlier than consolidating the price below the moving average line, which will change the current trend to a downward trend, with targets at 1.1017 and 1.0986.

In addition to the technical picture, fundamental data and the time of their release should also be taken into account.
Explanation of illustrations:
The highest linear regression channel is the blue unidirectional lines.
The smallest linear regression channel is the purple unidirectional lines.
CCI - blue line in the indicator window.
Moving average (20; smoothed) - a blue line on the price chart.
Murray levels - multi-colored horizontal stripes.
Heiken Ashi is an indicator that colors bars in blue or purple. Possible price movements:
Red and green arrows.

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Re: Instaforex Analysis

Postby IFX Gertrude » Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:41 am

USD/CAD control zones for February 5, 2020

The test of the weekly control zone 1.3292-1.3276 occurred at the beginning of the week. This made the fixing of the previously opened purchases possible. Meanwhile, the reversal pattern has not yet been formed, so it is quite early to completely exit the long position. The probability of continued growth is still high.

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Sales from the current levels are not profitable, as the probability of testing the November high still remains above 70%. On the other hand, an alternative corrective model will be developed if the "false break" pattern of the weekly high is formed today. This will allow sales to be considered in the nearest support zone tomorrow.

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Daily CZ - daily control zone. The zone formed by important data from the futures market, which changes several times a year.

Weekly CZ - weekly control zone. The zone formed by important marks of the futures market, which changes several times a year.

Monthly CZ - monthly control zone. The zone that reflects the average volatility over the past year.

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