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EUR/USD Focus on 1.1234 – Commerzbank According to Axel Rudolph, Senior Technical Analyst at Commerzbank, the pair could attempt a test of the 1.1230 area, recent lows. Key Quotes “Even though EUR/USD yesterday traded back around the 1...

AUD/USD Unable to Build on to its Gains Above 0.7800 Following its recovery from Wednesday's low of 0.7767 to back above 0.7800 mark, in-line with recovery in crude oil prices, the AUD/USD pair remains within a well-established narrow trading range...

EUR/SEK Slumps to 2016 Lows Post-Riksbank The Swedish krona is now rapidly appreciating vs. its European peer, dragging EUR/SEK to the 9.1200 area. EUR/SEK lower on Riksbank’s QE The cross met further and increasing selling pressure after the Riksbank left its key interest rate unchanged at 0...

Riksbank Begins to Backpedal - ING Rob Carnell, Chief International Economist at ING, notes that the Riksbank has announced purchase of an additional SEK45bn of government bonds over the second half of 2016 - scaling back from the first half while it announced no change to deposit rate at 0...

GBP/NZD Recovery Stalls at 2.0600 Handle Following a smart recovery on Wednesday from sub-2.0400 mark to beyond 2.0600 handle, the GBP/NZD pair came off day's peak and on Thursday is trading with marginal gain, holding just below 2.0600 handle. Traders eying 2...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/NZD for April 21 - 2016 Wave summary: We are looking for a confirmation that a bottom is in place at 1.6062. A break above minor resistance at 1.6266 will be a good start, but to confirm the low, we need a break above resistance at 1.6499...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/JPY for April 21 - 2016 Wave summary: Our preferred count remains that an important bottom was seen at 121.69 and a new impulsive rally to above 149.55 is developing. The rally of the 121.69 low to 124.40 was wave i and wave ii is currently unfolding...

Technical analysis of USD/CHF for April 21, 2016 USD/CHF is expected to trade in a higher range as the pair is trading with a bullish bias. The pair posted a strong rebound yesterday, and is now supported by its ascending 20-period and 50-period moving averages...

Technical Analysis of NZD/USD for April 21, 2016 NZD/USD is expected to trade with a bearish bias. The pair reversed down and is now trading within a declining channel. Both the 20-period and 50-period moving averages are also turning down, calling for further consolidations...

Technical Analysis of GBP/JPY for April 21, 2016 GBP/JPY is expected to trade with a bullish bias. The pair stays above its support at 123.35 and is consolidating around its 50-period moving average. Meanwhile, the relative strength index stays above 50...

Technical Analysis of USD/CAD for April 21, 2016 General overview for 21/04/2016: Five waves to the downside are present on the chart, so the corrective cycle to the upside should start any time soon...

Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for April 21, 2016 General overview for 21/04/2016: The wave 5 top seems to be in place but the alternative count suggest it is only the wave 3 top...

GBP/JPY Faces Major Resistance at 158, Break Above Targets 160/162.50 Is Possible Major resistance- 158 Major support -155.75 (Resistance turned into support) The pair has broken minor resistance 157.20 and jumped till 157.87. It is currently trading around 157.45...

USD Weakness Appears Temporary – Westpac Richard Franulovich, Strategist at Westpac, expects pullbacks in the greenback to remain shallow...

AUD/USD: An 0.80s Flashback? - Westpac Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that it is hard to escape a feeling of deja vu on AUD/USD in Q2...

EUR/USD a Move to 1.1140 Needs a Break Below 1.1230 – UOB In opinion of analysts at UOB Group, spot needs to break below 1.1230 in order to resume the pullback to the 1.1140 area. Key Quotes “EUR touched a high of 1.1386 yesterday, holding just below the stop-loss for our bearish view at 1.1395”...

Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for April 21, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news will be released such as the Consumer Confidence, Minimum Bid Rate, Spanish 10-y Bond Auction...

Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for April 21, 2016 In Asia, today Japan will not release any economic data but the US will release some economic data such as the Natural Gas Storage, CB Leading Index m/m, HPI m/m, Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Manufacturing Index...

Daily Analysis of USDX for April 21, 2016 USDX is expected to resume the bearish bias, after it tested the 200 SMA on the H1 chart and it's possible to see another decline toward the support level of 94.08...

Daily Analysis of GBP/USD for April 21, 2016 On the H1 chart, the resistance zone of 1.4401 remains very strong and is pushing the Cable lower, as it has been trading into a bearish mode and maybe it could re-test the 200 SMA on a short-term basis...