EUR/USD ââ,¬â€œ The EUR/USD has bounced from 1.2529 after forming positive divergence with RSI on the hourly. The low was just pips below the 38.2% fibo of the 1.1825-1.2971 bull wave at 1.2535 that we have focused on for the last few weeks. The pair trades just below the 50 day SMA at 1.2597 and a break past there exposes the 6/8 low at 1.2624. With hourly RSI just rising above 50 on the hourly, scope remains for a continued rally. A resumption of weakness encounters the 1.2529 low and a break below there exposes the 61.8% fibo of 1.2066-1.2971 at 1.2414.
USD/JPY ââ,¬â€œ USD/JPY also tested and briefly pierced our objective just above the 4/26 high at 115.46 (just above the 4/26 high at 114.36). The pair has fallen to just below the 115.00 handle after forming negative divergence with oscillators on the hourly. If yesterdayââ,¬â"¢s high was a top, then weakness should persist until at least the 38.2% fibo of 111.33-115.45 at 113.87. If the bounce lower off of the upper Bollinger band on the daily is not sustained ââ,¬â€œ then the 115.46 is resistance with a break higher exposing the 200 day SMA at 115.82.
GBP/USD ââ,¬â€œ Yesterdayââ,¬â"¢s remarks that ââ,¬Å"There is still the possibility that the pair makes one more thrust down to the 38.2% fibo of 1.7230-1.9025 at 1.8340ââ,¬Â� were correct although the pair did exceed our estimate for a short term low as it reversed just above the 50 day SMA at 1.8315. Immediate resistance comes in at the 6/9 high at 1.8482. A break above there gives scope to a test of the 38.2% fibo of 1.8878-1.8315 at 1.8529. Yesterdayââ,¬â"¢s low at 1.8315 is initial support.
USD/CHF ââ,¬â€œ USD/CHF still looks like the inverse of GBP/USD and also reversed at its 50 day SMA yesterday at 1.2415. Prospects going forward are similar to that of the other majors ââ,¬â€œ with a continued contra dollar rally targeting the 38.2% fibo of 1.2014-1.2406 at 1.2256. The large 3 wave correction of the decline to 1.1919 may be over but we will have to wait for the current decline to unfold in order to proclaim that with a degree of confidence. The structure of the decline will be telling and we will monitor developments as they unfold.
USD/CAD ââ,¬â€œ USD/CAD has bounced off of support from a gathering of daily lows in the 1.0970 area. Still, wave structure favors a bearish bias with the 1.1243 high on 6/8 marking the end of a 3 wave correction and thus the subsequent decline to 1.0960 is likely the beginning of a new downtrend. As such, any strength is viewed as a correction of weakness. Only a rally above 1.1243 would negate bearish implications. Resistance remains at the 78.6% fibo of the 1.1243-1.10960 decline at 1.1182.
AUD/USD ââ,¬â€œ AUD/USD fell below the .7400 handle and pierced the previous low at .7390 on 6/7 (making a low at .7365). The large correction of strength to .7791 may be over as evidenced by positive divergence with oscillators on the hourly at yesterdayââ,¬â"¢s low. Also, the C wave decline from .7652 does look like a full 5 waves. Thus, the bias is cautiously bullish above .7365 but a break lower exposes projections at the .7315/25 area. The 61.8% fibo of .7014-.7791 comes in at .7315 and wave C would equal wave A (.7791-.7465) at .7525. Further, the 161.8% fibo of .7390-.7502 is at .7320. A continued bounce targets the 6/12 low at .7453.
NZD/USD ââ,¬â€œ Kiwi is similar to AUD/USD in that the rally attempt off of recent lows has failed. The difference is that Kiwi trades in a triangle on the daily following a downtrend while Aussie trades in a zigzag correction following an uptrend. Triangles are often 5 waves and this recent decline from .6428 is a 4th wave. Thus, we are looking for a bounce towards the upper end of the triangle near .6400. This could be happening now with the recent rally off of yesterdayââ,¬â"¢s .6189 low already past .6250. Looking in more detail ââ,¬â€œ the rally from .5991 (3/29) to .6443 (5/3) is the 1st of a 3 wave correction with the range from .6443 (5/3) to .6189 (6/13) the second wave. This puts Kiwi at the beginning of the third wave rally to the mentioned are a (upper end of the triangle) and possible to the 61.8% fibo of .7000-.5991 at .6613. Fibonacci time series point to yesterday as a potential turning point as well since it was the 55th day (Fibonacci number) since the .5991 low on 3/29. .6142 must hold as support for the above scenario to play out.
Jamie Saettele is a Technical Currency Analyst for FXCM.