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GBP/NZD Recovery Stalls at 2.0600 Handle Following a smart recovery on Wednesday from sub-2.0400 mark to beyond 2.0600 handle, the GBP/NZD pair came off day's peak and on Thursday is trading with marginal gain, holding just below 2.0600 handle. Traders eying 2...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/NZD for April 21 - 2016 Wave summary: We are looking for a confirmation that a bottom is in place at 1.6062. A break above minor resistance at 1.6266 will be a good start, but to confirm the low, we need a break above resistance at 1.6499...

Elliott Wave Analysis of EUR/JPY for April 21 - 2016 Wave summary: Our preferred count remains that an important bottom was seen at 121.69 and a new impulsive rally to above 149.55 is developing. The rally of the 121.69 low to 124.40 was wave i and wave ii is currently unfolding...

Technical analysis of USD/CHF for April 21, 2016 USD/CHF is expected to trade in a higher range as the pair is trading with a bullish bias. The pair posted a strong rebound yesterday, and is now supported by its ascending 20-period and 50-period moving averages...

Technical Analysis of NZD/USD for April 21, 2016 NZD/USD is expected to trade with a bearish bias. The pair reversed down and is now trading within a declining channel. Both the 20-period and 50-period moving averages are also turning down, calling for further consolidations...

Technical Analysis of GBP/JPY for April 21, 2016 GBP/JPY is expected to trade with a bullish bias. The pair stays above its support at 123.35 and is consolidating around its 50-period moving average. Meanwhile, the relative strength index stays above 50...

Technical Analysis of USD/CAD for April 21, 2016 General overview for 21/04/2016: Five waves to the downside are present on the chart, so the corrective cycle to the upside should start any time soon...

Technical Analysis of EUR/JPY for April 21, 2016 General overview for 21/04/2016: The wave 5 top seems to be in place but the alternative count suggest it is only the wave 3 top...

GBP/JPY Faces Major Resistance at 158, Break Above Targets 160/162.50 Is Possible Major resistance- 158 Major support -155.75 (Resistance turned into support) The pair has broken minor resistance 157.20 and jumped till 157.87. It is currently trading around 157.45...

USD Weakness Appears Temporary – Westpac Richard Franulovich, Strategist at Westpac, expects pullbacks in the greenback to remain shallow...

AUD/USD: An 0.80s Flashback? - Westpac Sean Callow, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that it is hard to escape a feeling of deja vu on AUD/USD in Q2...

EUR/USD a Move to 1.1140 Needs a Break Below 1.1230 – UOB In opinion of analysts at UOB Group, spot needs to break below 1.1230 in order to resume the pullback to the 1.1140 area. Key Quotes “EUR touched a high of 1.1386 yesterday, holding just below the stop-loss for our bearish view at 1.1395”...

Technical Analysis of EUR/USD for April 21, 2016 When the European market opens, some economic news will be released such as the Consumer Confidence, Minimum Bid Rate, Spanish 10-y Bond Auction...

Technical Analysis of USD/JPY for April 21, 2016 In Asia, today Japan will not release any economic data but the US will release some economic data such as the Natural Gas Storage, CB Leading Index m/m, HPI m/m, Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Manufacturing Index...

Daily Analysis of USDX for April 21, 2016 USDX is expected to resume the bearish bias, after it tested the 200 SMA on the H1 chart and it's possible to see another decline toward the support level of 94.08...

Daily Analysis of GBP/USD for April 21, 2016 On the H1 chart, the resistance zone of 1.4401 remains very strong and is pushing the Cable lower, as it has been trading into a bearish mode and maybe it could re-test the 200 SMA on a short-term basis...

GBP/USD Bearish Below 1.4664 – Commerzbank Senior Analyst at Commerzbank Axel Rudolph noted the bearish bias of the pair while below 1.4664. Key Quotes “GBP/USD ran out of steam below the six month downtrend line at 1.4419”. “Above here overhead resistance is intense. It consists of the 1.4457/1...

USD/JPY weaker, Rejected from 110.00 The Japanese currency is marginally up vs. its American peer on Thursday, with USD/JPY navigating a narrow range in the upper-109.00s...

USD/JPY Underpinned by 108.50 – UOB The research team at UOB Group sees USD/JPY edging higher while supported by the 108.50 level. Key Quotes “The sharp and rapid drop in USD that started from 113.80 (29 March) is showing signs of slowing down”. “Attempts to move below 108...

USD/CHF Corrects Lower from 3-Week Tops, Near 0.9700 The bulls took a breather from the recent upsurge this Thursday, sending USD/CHF back in the red zone amid a better risk tone and higher oil prices. USD/CHF fails once again near 0.9730 Currently, the USD/CHF pair trades -0...