EURUSD and USDCHF look ready to resume their larger trends after the FOMC report. According to the Elliott Wave Principle, when the market has drawn a 5-3 wave model, at least another five waves should be expected in the direction of the previous five, thus making the whole pattern 5-3-5. So, our idea is to sell the euro against the US dollar and to buy the dollar against the swiss franc. Charts for both pairs are shown below:
The inevitable seems to be happening to the U.S. dollar. After record-breaking liquidity injections by the Fed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the greenback is weakening across the board. The U.S. dollar has recently been declining against its major rivals, including the Yen, the pound and the euro. EURUSD, the most traded Forex pair…
Whether it is because of Brexit or not, GBPJPY has been trading below 160.00 ever since the referendum in June 2016. The pair has been locked in a wide range between 156 and 124 for four years now. Last week, it closed the session at 134.66, down from 138.84 at the open. In order to…
EURUSD has been under pressure for over two years now. The pair reached 1.2556 in February 2018, but has been making lower lows and lower highs ever since. Yet, the past couple of weeks painted a different picture. Between May 18th and May 29th, the euro surged 325 pips against the U.S. dollar. In those…
EURGBP has been in free fall since March 19th, when it rose to 0.9500. A month and a half later now, the pair is hovering below 0.8730, down 8% from the peak. Is the downtrend going to continue or should we expect a change of direction? That is the question we hope to answer in…
Not long ago, we shared our long-term view of GBPUSD. In our opinion, the down-phase of the pair’s cycle, which is in its 13th year now, is almost over. One last dip to 1.1000 is likely to be followed by a major bearish reversal and the start of the next up-phase. Now, we are going…
The thirteen-year period between 2007 and 2020 started with the biggest crisis since the Great Depression and is about to end with the biggest crisis since the Great Depression. Between the two, the longest economic expansion on record took place. And while stock markets around the world reflected that recovery, some currencies have been in…
At the start of last week EURUSD was trading below 1.0700. The pair had fallen from as high as 1.1496 in just two weeks as coronavirus cases in Western Europe kept climbing disturbingly fast. And while fundamental traders had every reason to expect more weakness, the charts were sending a different message. The Elliott Wave…
