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EURUSD, GBPUSD and NZDUSD TA – February 8 2017

EURUSD intra-day analysis

 

EURUSD (1.0677): EURUSD extended the declines yesterday as price action broke straight through the 1.0700 support handle, indicating further weakness to come after a modest rebound saw prices being sharply rejected near 1.0700. Further downside continuation can be expected, but price action is nearing lower support at 1.0644, which offered to support prices around 30 January. A rebound off this support could see a temporary upside in EURUSD, potentially back towards 1.0700 and as far as towards 1.0737.

GBPUSD intra-day analysis

GBPUSD (1.2501): The British pound rallied sharply yesterday, closing the day with nearly 0.32% gains. The cable soared on the back of comments from BoE policy maker, Kristin Forbes who said that tolerance for the likely inflation overshoot has diminished and that a rate hike could be needed. GBPUSD which fell earlier in the day managed to quickly pare losses as the cable reversed off the 1.2400 round number support level. However, the currency pair is not out of the woods as yet, as support will need to be confirmed above this level to signal further upside towards 1.2800 which is the target based off the inverse head and shoulders found on the daily time frame. Alternately, if a correction to yesterday’s rally fails to find support at 1.2400, then further declines could be seen coming towards 1.2200.

NZDUSD intra-day analysis

NZDUSD (0.7292): The New Zealand dollar is looking weaker ahead of the RBNZ meeting later tonight. The Kiwi was initially supported by some positive news the day before as inflation expectations edged closer to the mid-point of the RBNZ’s inflation target rate. However, the Kiwi failed to hold on to the gains as NZDUSD fell sharply later in the day. Support is formed at 0.7300 which also marks the neckline support of the head and shoulders pattern that has formed on the 1-hour chart. A break down below this support could see NZDUSD extend the declines towards 0.7245 which is the next main support level. In the medium term horizon, NZDUSD is likely to turn to a sell as price action is likely to correct towards the main support at 0.705 which is yet to be tested.

John Benjamin

John Benjamin

John is a market analyst for Orbex Ltd. and is a forex and equities trader having been involved in trading since late 2009. John makes use of a mix of technical and fundamental analysis and inter-market relationships. The analysis present here is a mix of intra-day analysis while considering the long term outlook of the markets as well. For any comments or questions, John can be reached at [email protected]