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EUR/USD path of least resistance is up after ignoring Trump’s tariffs

The  EUR/USD  is holding onto high ground, unfazed by the US announcement to impose 10% tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. The technical picture remains favorable for the pair.

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that the pair has robust support at  1.1680, which is the convergence of the Simple Moving Average 100-15m, the SMA 100-one-day, and the Fibonacci 23.6% one-week.

Close by,  1.1648  is the confluence of the SMA 5-one-day, the Fibonacci 38.2% one-week, the Fibonacci 61.8% one-day, and the SMA 100-one-hour.

Looking up, resistance lines are weaker. We see an initial soft cap at  1.1721  which is the meeting point of the Pivot Point one-day REsistance 1 and the Bolinger Band one-day Upper.

The upside target is  1.1794  which is the confluence of the Pivot Point one-month Resistance 1 and the  PP one-day Resistance 3.

All in all, the path of least resistance is up.

Here is how it looks on the tool:

EUR USD technical confluence September 18 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.