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USD/CHF Rises Above Parity USD/CHF rose through the parity level and struck fresh 1-week highs as the Swissy is among the worst performers on Monday. The Swiss franc has been under pressure amid increasing speculation the SNB could take preemptive action to limit any post ECB fallout...

GBP/JPY: Bearish Momentum Stalls Near 23.6% Fibo Level The bears gained an upper hand on Monday, but failed to push the GBP/JPY cross below 160.32 (23.6% of 175.02-155.78) levels...

EUR/CHF on the Rise, 1.10 Closer The Swiss franc continues to depreciate vs. its European peer on Monday, now sending EUR/CHF to test daily highs near 1.0970. EUR/CHF eyes on ECB meeting The cross is navigating 2-week highs in the upper-1...

Australian Dollar Recovers Against Majors The Australian dollar trimmed its early losses against its major rivals in Europe on Monday. The aussie bounced off to 0.7430 against the greenback, 1.4743 against the euro, 84.39 against the yen and 0.9925 against the loonie, from its previous lows of 0...

Gold Holds 13-Month Highs Gold futures were flat Monday morning, holding strong recent gains ahead of what is expected to be a quiet week in most major markets...

Crude Oil Jumps Above $36 As Rally Gathers Momentum Crude oil futures continued to rise Monday morning after a deal to freeze output from a number of major producers...

Bullish Oil Bets Rise to New Record High Weekly futures and options data from InterContinental Exchange released today showed money managers increased their bullish bets on higher oil price to a new record...

EUR/USD Unable to Pick-up Pace EUR/USD made a tepid attempt to recover ground but failed to gather momentum and remained capped by the 1.0975 zone. EUR/USD retreated from Friday's peak and steadied around the 1.0950 level as investors continue to digest US employment data...

AUD/USD Regains 0.7400 and Above The buying interest seems to have now returned to the Aussie dollar, sending AUD/USD through the 0.7400 handle. AUD/USD supported near 0.7390 Spot is extending last week’s strong rebound from the 0...

EUR/JPY Off Lows, but on a Back Foot The EUR/JPY recovered from the daily low of 124.24 levels, but remains weak on the day around 124.47 (23.6% of 132.29-122.06). Weak stocks weigh European stocks are down almost 1% on the day and that is keeping the bid tone around the safe haven JPY intact...

Gold Analysis for March 07, 2016 Overview : Since our last analysis, gold has been trading upwards. As I expected, the price tested the level of $1,279.67. Anyway, in the daily time frame, I found a a supply bar (up thrust), which is a sign of weakness. Intraday buying at this stage looks risky...

USD/CAD Intraday Technical Levels and Trading Recommendations for March 7, 2016 A bullish breakout above the previous consolidation zone between 1.2400 and 1.2800 was performed on July 15 (shown on the weekly chart). A significant bearish rejection was observed around 1.3450...

Germany Factory Orders Fall For Second Month Germany's factory orders dropped for the second straight month in January, reflecting the weakness in domestic demand. Factory orders slid 0.1 percent month-on-month following a revised 0.2 percent drop in December, data from Destatis showed Monday...

Technical Analysis of USD/CHF for March 07, 2016 USD/CHF is expected to advance further. The pair continued posting technical rebounds and is now challenging its nearest resistance at 1.0030...

Technical Analysis of NZD/USD for March 07, 2016 The upside movement is expected to prevail in NZD/USD. The pair remains well on the upside, backed by its rising 20-period and 50-period moving averages. The relative strength index is mixed to bullish above its neutrality area at 50...

Technical Analysis of GBP/JPY for March 07, 2016 GBP/JPY is expected to trade in a higher range. The pair remains bullish above 160.50, representing a key horizontal level. The rising 50-period moving average plays a support role well...

EUR/USD Dips Below 50-DMA as US Dollar Finds Bids The US dollar is trimming Friday’s losses across the board, courtesy of which the EUR/USD pair has dipped below its 50-DMA located at 1.0975. Tests confluence of 10-DMA and 50% Fibo level The pair fell to 1...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/NZD for March 7 - 2016 Wave summary: We have just seen the expected test of support at 1.6110 (the pair hit the low at 1.6085). We are now looking for a break above minor resistance at 1...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/JPY for March 7 - 2016 Wave summary: With the break above minor resistance at 125.01 the possible running triangle was invalidated and instead the expanded flat correction took over as a preferred corrective pattern. Red wave c should ideally make it to 126...