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On Friday session the EURUSD initially fell but found enough buying pressure near the 1.1147 to turn around and managed to close in the green near the high of the day, creating a hammer pattern. The hammer pattern suggests that the currency might want to test again the 1.1391 area unless the Greek drama steps in.
April 2015 Eurozone trade balance 24.9bn vs 22.5bn exp nsa
Eurozone trade balance
Calm day so far...
The greek dilema is still hurting the Euro, but its has not drop as much as many where expecting. There are still chances of striking a deal with Greece, and maybe that is why traders are not selling the single currency as much.
EUR/USD: Big Gap Between Greece And Creditors
On Friday, white-collar workers from around the world skipped out of the office, full of optimism for the coming weekend; today, those same workers collectively shuffled back into work wondering where the weekend had gone and resigned to another demanding week of meeting deadlines. Though they’re better paid and ostensibly wield more political influence, policymakers from Greece and its creditors can certainly relate to the plight of the modern worker after this weekend’s disappointment.
Sunday’s highly-anticipated talks between Greece and European Union were an abject failure, with talks breaking down after just 45 minutes. Greece claimed it was willing to continue the negotiations, but EU officials claimed the Greek government representatives failed to bring any new proposals to the table. In the words of one anonymous source, “This is very disappointing and sad. It was a last attempt to bridge our differences but the gap is too large. One can discuss a gap, but this is an ocean.”
Some would claim that the Mediterranean country has already technically defaulted on its debt by opting to bundle all of this month’s €1.6B debt payments to the end of this month, but if no deal is reached by July, the prospect of a Grexit (Greek exit from the Eurozone) could become the base case. On that note, there are two major dates for traders to have marked on their calendars over the next two weeks. Optimists still hope that Greece will give some ground at Thursday’s meeting of the Eurogroup Finance Ministers, but if the two sides are unable to make progress there, the European Union Leaders Summit on June 25 may be the last-ditch opportunity to avert an outright Greek default.
Market Reaction
As usual, traders opted to “shoot first, ask questions later” when it comes to investments in Greece. The 2-year Greek bond yield surged to nearly 28% this morning, while Greek equities tanked over 5%. Concerns about Greece have spread into other European bourses, as my colleague Fawad Razaqzada noted earlier today. When it comes to FX, the impact on EUR/USD has been relatively limited: the world’s most widely-traded currency pair gapped down to 1.1210 to start the week, but rates have stabilized in the low 1.1200s after filling the weekend gap.
Last week, we highlighted the 1-year bearish trend line on EUR/USD, suggesting that the pair’s medium-term bias would remain to the downside as long as that level held as resistance. If there is no progress in Thursday’s Eurogroup meeting, the selling pressure could take the unit down toward the convergence of the early June low, the key previous support/resistance line, and the 50-day moving average around 1.1050. Conversely, a productive meeting or semblance of an agreement between Greece and her creditors could break this bearish trendline; a close above 1.1350 could open the door for a continuation toward the mid-May peak near 1.1500.
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EUR/USD attempted to rise last week, topped at 1.1386 but closed lower at 1.1253. Trading signals remain neutral for now. On hourly chart this morning we had a double top formation, which suggests potential bearish scenario especially if price could make a clear break below 1.1180 to test 1.1100 - 1.1050. From a long term perspective and more likely scenario is bearish zone and 1.1380 - 1.1465 as a good place for sales with tight stop loss above 1.1465.
EUR/USD keep bouncing back to the opening price.
Today EUR/USD bounced off the support at 1.1190 and is likely headed for 1.1400 to test the resistance again.
It is on its way to 1.1400. There is no doubt about it
European Court of Justice says ECB OMT bond-buying plan is in line with EU law
Purchase of govt bonds on secondary markets must not have an effect equivalent to that of a direct purchase of such bonds on the primary marketAnd EURUSD finds itself back at 1.1288
Funny ol' game eh?