The London Open - page 143

 

GOLD, AUDUSD, USDCAD - Monday 9th March

Morning All,

I hope you all enjoyed the weekend.

GOLD:

• After the rally last week a retracement to the 4 hourly 20 MA now looks to be what is needed if we can break through the 4 hourly 50 MA.

• A break of 935 could cause a move to DS1 at 931.

• Our 4 hourly 20 MA sits at 929 so I will be looking for support and renewed buying activity around this area.

AUDUSD

• Have been stuck in between an upward sloping support level and resistance on 0.6460.

• If this now retraces off the support and towards our 60 minute 20 MA I will be looking for selling pressure to start coming in.

• Look for a clear break of 0.6370 or the 123 before entry.

USDCAD:

• On the hourly chart we seem well supported off the 4 hourly 50 MA and 20 MA.

• 15 minute chart we have a downward sloping resistance level which will need to be broken before a move higher. I will need to see a break of this at 1.2890 and then a further break of 1.2900 for a move higher.

• If we break through the weekly pivot to the downside we could see another test of the 4 hourly 50 MA down at 1.27.60

Verdict:

If USD strength is realized today we could see USDCAD pushing up through the levels discussed and also see AUDUSD pushing down through the support. If USD is weak look for the CAD pushing through the WP and down to the 4 hourly 50 MA .

 

Hi all

Not a bad day overall and our student of the day took over 550 pips.

I was a little flat (typical on such a good day) but if i can make ok pips not feeling great then i cant complain.

What hope is there for GBP now!!!

See ya tom am.

Invited to play golf late morning so wont be around for afternoon session.

Lovely!!!

D

 

The bad news is that the doomand gloom continues to engulf us like an avalanche. The headline numberwas not as bad as the rumours doing the rounds this morning however letsput this into perspective. These are the worst set of NFP numbers for aquarter for 40 years, we are in completely unprecedented times and thefuture does not look good. Worryingly for all of us is the lack ofbounce in stocks. Everyone is maximum beared up and clearly long puts,short outright stocks is a popular trade and yet squeezes areshort-lived and rallies are aggressively sold into. Although I am nofans of the charts they do not look pretty and if you believe in them400 on the S&P looks attainable in the medium term. Imagine where wewould be if we had to rely on a central bank as behind the curve as theECB?Despite all this ( I say this a lot) my world continues to be in its ownlittle bubble. Same trend in Russian corporates and Kazakh banks feelmuch healthier than they did 2 weeks ago. The one exception is Turkey,the local banks are long and wrong and you do wonder how long they cansit on this underwater paper until they have to start liquidating. TheCDS continues to outperform as everyone has it and open interest ishigh. There is no point trying to call the bottom to the stock market as CNBChas been doing for 18 months, the time to buy is when the cabbies areselling their banking stocks at zero and talking about buying puts. Assoon as your cab driver starts wanting to short stocks, give me a shoutuntil then grin and bear it.

Mr P......

 

New York Open - Monday 9th March

Good afternoon all.

USDJPY

• USD strength all round today and USDJPY has tested the 99.00 level.

• Need pullback for any long play off the 60min 20ma.

• 99.70 is the high. If we test the 50/60 level it might be worth having a tight short play back to the 60min 20ma.

GBPJPY

• Big GBP falls. The papers say it all and GBP is weak across the board.

• Cant go short at these levels so we need to be patient and wait for pullbacks.

CABLE

• The 1.4050 level from this am has well and been broken.

• Need a retracement before another push lower to the 1.3500 support level.

• Patience needed as CCI say it is oversold.

GBPCHF

• 1.6000 will offer support.

• Only play from here is a pullback with stop below.

• Patience needed as CCI is oversold again.

EURUSD

• The 60min 50ma has been broken and EUR looks weak.

• Need pullback before another move lower.

• Any pullback above the 1.2600 could see a tight stop above the 60min 20ma.

EURGBP

• A solid break from the 0.8985 level this am

• Cant trade long from these high levels.

• Patience needed as CCI is overbought.

Verdict

GBP is oversold across the board.

Need to be careful of pullbacks.

 

GOLD, AUDUSD, USDCAD - Monday 9th March

Afternoon,

Gold:

• Stuck below the DP and within a triangle.

• A break to the upside would need to be through the DP

• To the downside through 935.00 and would be targeting the previous low.

Already gone so will now be looking for support on the 4 hourly 20 MA. Will update through the announcements.

AUDUSD:

• Broke through the support and fell to 0.6350.

• Would like to see a retracement back into the longer term MA’s namely the 60 min 20 Ma

• A further break of the session lows could indicate a further move south bound to 0.6300

USDCAD:

• Looks overbought across the time frames and we would expect this to retrace back into the MA’s

• Look for resistance off the previous highs at 1.2950

• If we see that level acting as resistance look for a push back towards 1.2900

 

London Open Notes - Tuesday 10th March

Good morning all

CABLE

• I wouldn’t stand in its way. There is too much negativity around GBP at the moment and we should look for selling opportunities.

• The market is a little oversold on the 60min but we should be able to keep it tight on the 15min.

• Use the 60min 20ma as resistance until it breaks back up.

• 1st line of support at 1.3750 and resistance at 1.3850.

• Keep an eye on GBPJPY as usual.

• The 141.75 will remain as huge resistance until broken.

• The 135.50 level will be 1st major level of support at MP and any break through here should target the WS2 area at 133.00.

EURUSD

• The Golden Cross is happening on the 60min chart which is positive for the EUR.

• We need a pullback and support off the 60min 20ma and 4hr 20ma for further strength in the EUR.

• 1.2725 will be 1st line of resistance and the MP will offer the 2nd major resistance level at 1.2757. We could look for small shorting opportunities at MP with a stop behind if the market is overbought on the 15min chart at the time.

• Otherwise lets stay with the trend and buy as close to the 60min as possible.

EURGBP

• EURGBP is powering up and this easing in GBP is very bad news for EURO land.

• There have been so many mixed reports about the EUR that it was hard to get our head around but as it stands we have to look to buy the EUR on dips.

• 60min chart is overbought.

• 15min chart is overbought and need to wait for next pullback to the 60min 20ma.

Verdict

Stay short of GBP and sell only when it allows with a sensible stop.

 

GOLD, AUDUSD, USDCAD - Tuesday 10th March

Good Morning all,

USDCAD:

• After the break out of the highs yesterday we have seen a retracement to the 4 hourly 20 MA, We could see further buying coming in at this level.

• On the 15 minute chart we are currently supported on the hourly 50 MA and 4 hourly 20.

• To the upside we would need to see a break of the DP and the 15 minute 50 ma. If we start seeing higher lows form then we could get in earlier but I will update you.

• To the Downside we would need to see a break of the 4 hourly 20 ma and would be targeting DS1 then the 4 hourly 50 ma.

AUDUSD:

• After a the move lower yesterday AUD has retraced fully into the 4 hourly Mas

• 21 CCI is a bit high but will be watching for this on the hourly to cross back down.

• 15 minute is boxed between the MA´s so a break through DP and the 60 minute 20 would be most favourable to the downside although the 15 minute 50 is just below this so that would need to be an early profit level.

• To the upside we are limited with the WP and the daily 20 ma just above this.

Gold:

• Has nearly fully retraced onto the long term support level from the Daily chart only $5 to the downside.

• 15 minute chart does look like it wants to move further down waiting for the trigger to come into line.

• The upside will be limited until we can break back through the 60 minute 20 ma

 

JPY Desk - Tuesday 10th March

Good Morning everyone. I hope you are all well.

Today’s action…….

USDJPY-

• Looking rather weak at the moment but has fallen almost 100 pips so need to see retracement back up to somewhere near the pivot at 98.70 on 15m chart before contemplating going short

GBPJPY-

• Finding support on monthly pivot which might possibly be a double bottom

• 135.50 is the level that needs to break here but I am being cautious with the m.a’s so far away

EURJPY-

• Struggling to get through the resistance level on the 60m chart

• 128.60 appears to be the breakout area then 129.00 being the ultimate level for a push higher

• Not interested in going long with USDJPY looking weak

Verdict…

I am quite content to sit-out for the moment and wait for a few greens candles on the USDJPY 15m

I would like to see the trigger coming from plus 100 and get in somewhere near the pivot with a tight 20-30 pip stop.

Have a good morning

 

JPY Desk New York Open Notes - Tuesday 10th March

Good afternoon all…..

I hope a few of you managed to hold the USDJPY of this morning.

Jame’s Gold was a good one too so no need to be looking at USDZAR or Swissie.

We will give you the ‘verdicts’ for the session and these are really the only pairs you will need to monitor.

Bernanke is having a chat this afternoon so the markets could be quite volatile. Be careful around 12:30pm GMT

GBPUSD-

• Trying desperately to hold above the 60m 20ema but not convinced of GBP strength from anywhere just yet so am sitting out of this one

• A break of 1.3900 should see a push higher

• With USDCAD looking weak this may materialise soon but watch the 1.3900 level for confirmation.

EURUSD-

• 1.2740 is the number here. A break of that should see a push. However, there is a monthly pivot just up ahead so not looking for anything unless we see a break of 1.2760

USDJPY-

• Back beneath the 60m 50sma this really needs to break DP at 98.70 before I am getting interested in the upside

• On the downside we need to see WP at 98.00 taken out

EURJPY-

• Making a run with the EUR strength

• A break of 125.40 will see this tackle highs of 125.75 so an opportunity lurking

• Best of the bunch

GBPJPY-

• Nothing doing here with price still below 60m 20ema

• Struggling with overall sterling weakness

• Must wait for break of 137.00 and for USDJPY to break up

VERDICT

Long EURJPY & EURUSD on break

 

GOLD, AUDUSD, USDCAD - Tuesday 10th March

Afternoon all,

AUDUSD:

• Has broken the weekly pivot

• Next resistance level is at DR1 if this is broken look for the 4 hourly 20ma

• If this fails to break then a retracement back to the MA´s would be a good sign as the hourly 50 and 20 cross into the correct direction for an up trend.

USDCAD:

• Looks weak this afternoon after not really knowing what it was doing this morning.

• Will be looking for this to push past the previous low and to DS1. Very difficult to enter now but we will look for a retracement. Before entry.

Gold:

• Again pushing on session lows very difficult selling around this level with such key daily support around here.

• Expect to see a lot of support on the WS1 level and 904 the previous low.

• Not good for trading ATM but will updated if this changes.

Verdict:

Retracements will be key to this afternoon’s session on AUD and Cad to give possible entries. I will be concentrating on the Indices and will update you through the Announcements tab on these.