📊 Technical Analysis — February 20, 2026
🧭 Market Structure
“Short-term risk-on rebound. Higher timeframes still at a crossroads.”
After the broad selloff seen previously,
strong buy signals are increasing across short-term and intraday charts.
Notably strong:
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✔ Gold
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✔ AUD
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✔ Cross-yen pairs
🔹 EUR/USD (1.1766)
Short-term: Strong Buy
Daily: Strong Sell
👉 A classic corrective rebound.
Medium-term structure remains downward.
🔹 GBP/USD (1.3482)
Short-term: Strong Buy
Daily: Strong Sell
👉 Rally largely driven by short covering.
🔹 AUD/USD (0.7060)
All timeframes: Strong Buy
👉 Current leading currency.
Trend recovery confirmed.
🔸 NZD/USD (0.5960)
Short-term: Strong Buy
Intraday: Sell
👉 At a trend inflection point.
💴 Yen-Related Pairs
🔺 USD/JPY (155.28)
Short-term: Sell
H1–Daily: Strong Buy
👉 Structure suggests uptrend resumption after a pullback.
🔺 GBP/JPY / CAD/JPY / AUD/JPY
Intraday–Daily: Strong Buy
👉 Yen selling resumes.
Clear risk-on tone.
🥇 Gold (5,035)
All timeframes: Strong Buy
👉 Full trend resumption.
Driven by safe-haven demand + inflation hedge flows.
🥈 Silver (80.95)
Short-term–Intraday: Strong Buy
👉 Moving in tandem with gold.
Volatility expanding.
🧊 BTC (68,086)
Short-term–Intraday: Buy
Daily: Sell
👉 Relief rally.
Structural reversal not yet confirmed.
🌍 Relative Strength Ranking
🔺 Strongest
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XAU (Gold)
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AUD
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CAD
🔻 Weaker (Higher Timeframe)
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EUR
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NZD (Daily structure)
🎯 Tactical Bias
🟢 Short-Term Long Priority
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XAU/USD
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AUD/USD
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AUD/JPY
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GBP/JPY
🔴 Medium-Term Rally Sell Caution
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EUR/USD
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GBP/USD
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BTC/USD
📝 One-Line Summary
“A strong risk-on rebound from a prior sell phase.
Gold and AUD are leading.”
At present, short-term trend-following strategies hold the advantage.


