Apr 18, 2016 06:38 am UTC| Technicals
EUR/JPY hit fresh 3-year lows at 121.71 as yen strength across the board weighed heavily on the pair. Momentum studies are heavily bearish. Weekly charts confirm further downside. Pair finds strong support at...
FxWirePro: AUD/CHF option strips for hedging downside risks on gap down opening
Apr 18, 2016 06:36 am UTC| Technicals
The implied volatility of 1W expiries are spiking at 12.80% and 12.29% for 1 month tenors. We see few near term catalysts for the AUD to retreat from recent gains. Domestic data improvements, clear stabilization in...
FxWirePro:NZD/CAD trades higher on weak crude oil prices, good to buy at dips
Apr 18, 2016 05:44 am UTC| Technicals
Major Resistance- 0.902 Major support 0.8750 The pair has minor trend line resistance 0.8870 (trend line joining 0.90205 and 0.8905) and jumped till 0.89905 from that level. It is currently trading around...
FxWirePro: AUD/USD finds strong resistance at 0.7675, good to sell rallies
Apr 18, 2016 05:33 am UTC| Technicals
AUD/USD went from last weeks close of 0.7721 to make a low of 0.7631, the low so far for today. Negotiations in Doha over the first global oil deal failed to reach an agreement on Sunday after tensions between Saudi...
FxWirePro: NZD/USD closes bearish gap after upbeat CPI data, bias higher
Apr 18, 2016 04:51 am UTC| Technicals
NZD/USD has been highly volatile at the start of the week. Hit lows of 0.6843 after bearish gap open (around 40 pips lower). The pair has closed bearish gap after release of the much awaited CPI data, which beat...
FxWirePro: AUD/JPY holds cloud base support at 82.45, breaks below could see further weakness
Apr 18, 2016 04:23 am UTC| Technicals
Oil driven-risk-off after failure of Doha talks drives Yen higher across the board. AUD/JPY sees 120-pips bearish gap opening, recovers slightly from fresh four-day lows struck at 82.47 in early trades. The pair...
FxWirePro: USD/JPY slips below 108 handle after large bearish gap down open
Apr 18, 2016 03:56 am UTC| Technicals
Yen was a big gainer on the day, USD/JPY opens with a large bearish gap down of over 0.70%, slips below the 108 handle. News that OPEC and non-OPEC ministers concluded the Doha talk without an agreement heightened...
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