📊 Technical Analysis – February 17, 2026
🧭 Overall Market Structure
"The dollar is softening again. AUD and NZD are the clear leaders. Cross-yen pairs are heavy, while BTC and silver remain in confirmed downtrends."
This is a selective risk-currency market —
not everything is moving in the same direction.
💵 Dollar Pairs
🔹 EUR/USD (1.1846)
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Short-term: Bullish
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Higher timeframes: Neutralizing
👉 Momentum is slowing.
The pair is entering a consolidation phase within a broader structure.
🔹 GBP/USD (1.3596)
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Short-term: Bullish
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Higher timeframes: Bearish bias
👉 A rebound phase inside a weaker structure.
Less reliable than EUR.
🔹 AUD/USD (0.7075)
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All timeframes: Strong Buy
👉 One of the clearest trends in the market.
Clean bullish structure.
🔹 NZD/USD (0.6047)
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All timeframes: Strong Buy
👉 Currently the strongest currency.
Pullbacks remain buyable.
🔻 USD/JPY (152.89)
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H1 & Daily: Strong Sell
👉 Yen strength building.
Downtrend intact.
🔻 USD/CHF (0.7690)
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All timeframes: Strong Sell
👉 Representative of broad USD weakness.
🔁 Cross Yen Pairs
Short- and higher-timeframes are mostly bearish.
| Pair | Bias |
|---|---|
| EUR/JPY | Bearish |
| GBP/JPY | Bearish |
| CAD/JPY | Strong Bearish |
| CHF/JPY | Bearish |
| AUD/JPY | Bearish |
| NZD/JPY | Neutral |
👉 Yen strength is gradually emerging.
🥇 Gold (4,928)
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Short-term: Bullish
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Higher timeframe: Neutralizing
👉 Uptrend losing acceleration.
Momentum is cooling.
🥈 Silver (74.76)
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H1 & Daily: Strong Sell
👉 Downtrend intact.
🧊 BTC (68,249)
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All timeframes: Strong Sell
👉 Structurally weak.
Rallies remain selling opportunities.
🌍 Strength Ranking
🔺 Strongest
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NZD
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AUD
🔻 Weakest
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USD
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CAD (cross-yen context)
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BTC
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Silver
🎯 Strategy Focus
🟢 Long Bias
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NZD/USD
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AUD/USD
🔴 Sell Rallies
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USD/JPY
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EUR/JPY
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CAD/JPY
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BTC/USD
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XAG/USD
📝 One-Line Summary
AUD and NZD lead.
USD is weak, yen is strengthening gradually.
BTC and silver remain structurally fragile.
This is not a “trade everything” market.
It’s a trend-selection environment — focus only on the cleanest structures.


