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Will EUR/USD bottom out on NFP day? It happened before

What began as a dip to test low waters under 1.10 was followed up by a renewed fall. Draghi’s drag is extending towards the NFP, with EUR/USD setting new low after new low, in levels last seen in September 2003 – yes,  11.5 years ago.

But is it about to bottom out? There is some kind of pattern here.

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In the past few months, the EUR/USD has been clear: down. But as always with forex, it is never a one way street. There are always corrections, some of the “dead cat” nature – minor bounces that are followed by bigger falls.

Where have these bounces happened more often than not? Right after the  NFP reports.

Have these NFP reports been that bad? Not at all. Most of them ranged between good and excellent.

The pattern we are seeing here is:

  1. EUR/USD weakens towards the NFP, regardless of whether an ECB meeting is held that week.
  2. It sets a new low around the publication.
  3. From there it bounces on Friday and closes on higher ground.
  4. On Monday, the pair continues recovering, and this extends during the week.
  5. Only at a later date, the downtrend resumes.

Will we see it happening again now?

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Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.