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EUR/USD; Further Loses Ahead; Positioning Not A Hinder –

So, the euro is recovering, isn’t it? Well, perhaps not for too long. The general downtrend seems to be intact.

The team at Dankse explain why more losses are awaiting EUR/USD:

Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews:

We have been forecasting EUR/USD to fall in H1 and bounce in H2. That is still our base case. The strong US February non-farm payrolls figure supports our call that the Fed will hike in June; this has yet to be priced in, driving further USD strength. We are bullish on European GDP growth, forecasting it to rise to 1.5% in 2015. However, this is unlikely to help the EUR before the ECB has been successful in fighting deflation. We expect diverging inflation and monetary policy will drive EUR/USD lower over the coming 3-6 months. We are reviewing our EUR/USD forecasts in light of recent developments.

short end USD curve to steepen into Fed meeting USD to rally into Fed hike stall thereafter

Clearly, short EUR/USD positioning has increased in recent days following the collapse in spot, but we do not see positioning as hindering more EUR/USD losses.

Technically, the break below the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the move from 0.8228 to 1.6040, at 1.1212, opens the door for further losses ahead of 1.0071.

Psychologically, parity at 1.00 attracts.”

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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.