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EUR/USD: Is 1.20 The New 1.15 For ECB? – Nordea

EUR/USD was hit by the German elections, but still remains in the high range. The key mover remains the European Central Bank. What’s next for the euro?

Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews:

Nordea FX Strategy Research notes that  every time EUR/USD has traded at 1.20, we get a leak or a comment from the ECB  in an attempt to cap the single currency upside.

In that regard, Nordea argues that such a pattern could point that  ECB officials are likely  now considering 1.20 as the new 1.15 level where the central bank used to exprees its concern about the EUR appreciation.  

“Why at every time EUR/USD has climbed above 1.20, we get a leak or a comment from the ECB?

We speculated in early August that 1.20 could be the new 1.15, and this communication pattern supports this view. It might be a pure coincidence, but even coincidences can impact the market.

If market participants expect other participants to act as if this perspective is true, it will become true insofar price-action is concerned, at least for a while,” Nordea argues.

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Yohay Elam

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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.