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More resistance than support for the EUR/USD ahead of the NFP

The  Technical Confluences Indicator  shows that the battle lines are well-defined toward the all-important release of the US Non-Farm Payrolls.

A congestion of support lines awaits around $1.1950  with the one-day High, the Bolinger Band one-day Lower, and the Pivot Point one-day Support 1. Further support is at $1.1920  which sees the  confluence of the Pivot Point one-day S2 and the Pivot Point one-week S2. A break below this level opens the door all the way to $1.1820  which is the one-month S2.

Looking up, the pair faces massive resistance with the first notable confluence around $1.1995  which is the meeting point of the Fibonacci 23.6% one-day, the 4h high, the Bolinger Band 1h-middle and the BB 15m-Upper. $1.2020  is the clustering of the Pivot Point one-week S1 and the Simple Moving Average-5 one-day. Even higher, $1.2060  is the confluence of the one-month low and the one-week low.

Tension is mounting towards the all-important event. See the preview:  Employment data not expected to impress

Here is how it looks on the tool:

EUR USD Confluence technical levels May 4 2018

Confluence Detector

The Confluence Detector finds  exciting opportunities using Technical Confluences.  The TC is a tool to locate and point out those price levels where there is a  congestion of indicators,  moving averages, Fibonacci levels, Pivot Points, etc. Knowing where these congestion points are located is very useful for the trader, and can be used as a basis for different strategies.

This tool assigns a certain amount of “weight” to each indicator, and this “weight” can influence  adjacents  price levels. This means that one  price level without any indicator  or moving average but under the influence of two “strongly weighted” levels accumulate more resistance than their neighbors. In these cases, the tool signals resistance in apparently empty areas.

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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.