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After rallying aggressively since the beginning of the week, the greenback retreated against most of its peers as investors took a breather to assess the dollar’s outlook. The dollar index rallied as much as 1.16% since Monday morning and hit 99.68, thanks to a sharp debasement in the CHF (-1...

The Swiss unemployment rate decreased to 3.3% in April - but we recall that since 2011, the unemployment rate has increased from 2.7%. There are two major things that can be said about this. First, the Swiss economy is very resilient despite the strong franc and the jobless rate is still very low...

After falling 1.60% last week, the Australian dollar printed a fresh multi-month low amid disappointing retail sales. AUD/USD reached $0.7353 on Tuesday morning as retail sales contracted -0.1%m/m in March, missing estimates of +0.3% but this was better than a downwardly revised figure of -0...

Last Friday, the last US labour market report surprised on the upside as the economy created 211k private job in April, beating forecast of 190k. Previous month’s reading was revised slightly to the downside (79k versus 98k first estimate). Similarly, the unemployment rate slid to 4.4% from 4...

As widely expected by polls, Emmanuel Macron won the French Presidency with a clear advantage (65% over 35% for Marine Le Pen). Financial markets barely reacted and the single currency is still trading below $1.10. It is worth noting that the euro climbed anyway at 6-month high...

Short-squeeze. • Crude oil is bouncing back on short-squeeze move. The commodity has reached a level below $44. Strong support is given at 42.20 (14/11/2017 low). Expected to see renewed bearish...

Starting a consolidation phase. • Silver is consolidating after the strong decline. Hourly support is given at 16.20 (04/05/2017 low). Strong resistance is given at a distance at 19.00 (09/11/2017 high). Expected to see continued...

Consolidating around $1230. • Gold continues its decline after the yellow metal has faded near the hourly resistance at 1295 (18/04/2017 high). Hourly support is now located at 1195 (10/03/2017 low). The road is...

Strong bullish pressures. • EUR/CHF's volatility is getting stronger and is now targeting resistance given at 1.0898 (08/12/2017 high). Despite the sharp increase and the recent bullish breakout which is very...

Trading sideways. • EUR/GBP is trading mixed. The technical structure remains negative as long as the resistance at 0.8530 (25/04/2017 low) holds. Expected to show continued weakness until...

Consolidating around 5-month high. • EUR/JPY's buying pressures are there. Strong resistance standing at 124.10 (15/12/2016 low) has been broken. Major support is given at 114.90 (18/04/2017low). Expected to see further...

Wide-open for further decline. • AUD/USD is trading below 0.7500. As long as prices remain below the resistance at 0.7608 (17/04/2017 high), the short-term technical structure is negative. Key resistance stands at...

Profit-taking. • USD/CAD has declined after failing to reach 1.3800. Hourly support can be found at 1.3411 (24/04/2017 high) then 1.3353 (20/01/2017 high). Expected to show renewed bullish pressures as...

Towards support at 0.9814. • USD/CHF is weakening. The positive shortterm technical structure has been invalidated. Expected to target support given at 0.9814 (27/03/2017 high). • In the long-term, the pair is still trading in...

Consolidating above former resistance. • USD/JPY is now slowing down since the pair reached resistance given at 112.20 (31/03/2017 high). Hourly support can be found at 110.88 (26/04/2017 low). Stronger support is located at...

Slight increase. • GBP/USD is trading mixed. Hourly resistance given at 1.2966 (30/04/2017 high) has been broken. Hourly support can be found at 1.2757 (21/04/2017 low). An unlikely break of this...

Trading sideways. • EUR/USD is trading higher. Hourly support is given at 1.0875 (04/05/2017 low) then 1.0682 (21/04/2017 base). Stronger support can be found at 1.0494 (22/02/2017 low). Expected to...

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday that barriers and challenges for women in the workplace, if not addressed, will hamper U.S. economic growth...

The euro hit its highest level in roughly six months against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as traders looked beyond the French elections to the potential for the European Central Bank to signal further reduction in bond-buying, while the greenback was steady against the yen. The euro jumped to $1...

Equity markets were well behaved after the FOMC meeting closing slightly lower after pullback. The fact was there was nothing really ground breaking nor indication that rate path would be steep enough to derail current risk rally...