The EUR/USD currency pair continues to bounce around a major support level which has been like a magnet for price. The 1.14 level is an area that has been both support and resistance on short-term charts, but when you fan out and look at longer-term charts, it is easy to see that over the last…
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Markets struggled to settle on a single narrative today as investors weighed conflicting geopolitical headlines alongside a range of regional developments. Reports that mediators had proposed a 10-day ceasefire between Washington and Tehran initially offered hope that last month’s Memorandum of Understanding could be revived. Those hopes were tempered, however, by market chatter that US…
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The New Zealand dollar is noisy again on Monday, as we continue to see this area offer resistance. NZD/USD The New Zealand dollar is somewhat noisy but positive during the trading session here so far on Monday. But you can see we continue to see a lot of noise right around that 0.5850 level. The…
I like this pair to a point, but I also recognize that it is a slow-moving market quite often. A gradual climb is what I am looking for here. > USD/SGD It’s been very choppy during trading here on Monday in the US dollar Singapore dollar currency pair, which probably isn’t a huge surprise because,…
The Aussie Dollar (AUD/USD) has broken out from a descending broadening formation as traders weigh worries that the Middle East conflict could spread further across the region against the potential stabilizing impact of a proposed 10-day ceasefire. The AUD/USD currency pair pushed higher from this respected technical pattern on Monday, extending last week’s solid gains,…
Key Highlights AUD/USD started a steady increase above 0.6950 and 0.6975. A key bullish trend line is forming with support at 0.6950 on the 4-hour chart. Gold prices declined and might dip below $3,950. USD/JPY could gain bullish momentum if it settles above 162.70. AUD/USD Technical Analysis The Aussie Dollar started a fresh increase from…
The dollar index DXY is up by +0.17% today. The dollar is moving higher today as escalation of hostilities between the US and Iran is boosting crude oil prices, which raises inflation expectations that could prompt the Fed to tighten monetary policy, a supportive factor for the dollar. The dollar also received some safe-haven support…
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