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EUR/USD hugs 1.1600 and when it chooses a direction, the move could be strong

The  EUR/USD  continues “hugging” the 1.1600 level ahead of the all-important meeting of the European Central Bank on Thursday.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that the pair is currently trading around the  1.1585  confluence zone which consists of the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week and the Bolinger Band 15m-Lower.

On the topside, the pair faces a cluster of resistance around  1.1614which is the convergence of the Fibonacci 61.8% one-week, the Simple Moving Average 50-one-day, the SMA 100-4h, and the Fibonacci 38.2% one-day.

On the downside, we see 1.1572  as close support. We see here the Pivot Point one-day Support 1, the SMA 200-4h, and the Fibonacci 61.8% one-month.

A break from the 1.1572 to 1.1614 zone opens the door to more significant moves as clusters of support and resistance are relatively week. The  1.1735  level is a mix of the Pivot Point one-day Resistance 3 and last month’s high. A low downside target is  1.1469  where we see the Fibonacci 38.2% one-month and the

Here is how it looks on the tool:

EUR USD technical confluence September 12 2018

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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.