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Daily Analysis of GBP/USD for May 16, 2016 GBP/USD broke the bullish trend line projected from the May 9th lows, and now we can expect a decline toward the support zone of 1.4316...

USD/CHF Recedes from Near 2-Tops Amid Light Trading The USD/CHF pair consolidates two back-to-back sessions of gains witnessed last week, now wavering in a tight range near two-week highs USD/CHF finds stiff resistance around 0.9770 region Currently, the USD/CHF pair trades almost unchanged at 0...

USD/JPY May Hold for Now, but Should Eventually Head Below ¥105 – Deutsche Bank Taisuke Tanaka, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, suggests that noting the sluggishness in the US economy and the chance that the Fed may forego another rate hike until after the presidential election, we reduced our end-J...

Below 1.4350, GBP/USD Seems Vulnerable to Further Downslide The GBP/USD pair is attempting to extend its rebound from 100-day SMA support and has now moved back to the high point of the day near 1.4370. The pair on Friday fell sharply to a 15-day low of 1...

EUR/USD Seen Testing 1.1216 – Commerzbank According to Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, the pair’s downside could have an initial target at 1.1216. Key Quotes “EUR/USD eroded its 2 month uptrend and 20 day ma at 1...

EUR/USD Risks Tilted to the Downside – UOB Analysts at UOB Group believe the pair could retreat further in the next 1-3 weeks. Key Quotes “The unexpected breach of 1.1350 and 1.1300 last Friday has shifted the risk to the downside”...

AUD/USD Rebound from 200-DMA, Now Eyeing 0.7300 for Further Recovery Despite of disappointing Chinese economic data over the weekend, the AUD/USD pair zoomed from opening lows near 0.7250 to currently trade at day's peak level of 0.7290...

USD/CAD Off Highs, Retreats to 1.2930 A better tone in crude oil prices has forced USD/CAD to abandon the area of earlier tops and return to the 1.2930 region...

GBPUSD - We Look to Sell at 1.4385 GBPUSD - We look to Sell at 1.4385 (stop at 1.4425) GBPUSD - Continued downward momentum from 1.4530 resulted in the pair posting net daily losses yesterday. The selloff has posted a correction count on the intraday chart...

FxWirePro: AUD/JPY Rejected at Strong Trendline Resistance, Good to Sell Rallies AUD/JPY was rejected at strong trendline resistance and currently trades at 79.17. The pair recovered sharply from session lows struck at 78.65 in opening trades after dismal Chinese data over the weekend...

FxWirePro: Gold Struggles to Break Below $1260, Good to Buy at Dips Major support - $1261 (21 day MA) The yellow metal has once again taken support near $1260 and recovered from that level. It is currently trading around $1277. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support $1260 holds...

EUR/JPY Fades a Spike to 123.20 as Risk-off Seeps Back The retreat in the Asian indices back towards monthly lows, particularly the Japanese stocks, boosted the JPY bulls and drove the yen crosses lower across the fx board. EUR/JPY capped by daily R2 The EUR/JPY pair now trades +0...

EUR/USD Looks for Direction Near 1.1300 The single currency is alternating gains with losses vs. the dollar on Monday, now taking EUR/USD to the low-1.1300s. EUR/USD supported near 1.1280 Spot has regained the 1.1300 handle after briefly dipping to the 1...

USD/JPY Struggling to Regain Momentum Above 109.00 Handle Following its reversal on Friday from 109.50 resistance area, the USD/JPY pair now appears to struggle in moving back above 109.00 handle. On Monday, the pair remained capped at 109...

Oil Bounces Over 1% on Goldman Sachs Comments Oil benchmarks on both sides of Atlantic resumed its recent upsurge after a brief drop seen last Friday, in response to the optimistic comments from long-time bear Goldman Sachs on oil fundamentals...

EUR/GBP More Rangebound Below 0.7900 EUR/GBP is posting meager gains at the beginning of the week, extending its consolidative pattern below the 0.7900 mark...

AUD/NZD: Positive Momentum but Cose to a Turning Point - Westpac Imre Speizer, Senior Market Strategist at Westpac, suggests that the NZD/AUD momentum remains positive and could push it a little higher to around 0.9400, but we are probably also close to a turning point...

EUR/USD: Futures OI Increased by 3.7k Last Friday Preliminary data from the CME Group shows that futures traders added new business in the 6E contract (EUR/USD) last Friday, a day in which the pair broke a key area of support at 1...

FxWirePro: USD/INR Fails to Sustain Above 66.90, Intraday Bias Remains Bearish USD/INR is currently trading around 66.83. It made intraday high at 66.91 and low at 66.81 marks. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 66.95 marks. A daily close below 66...

Fundamentals to Watch Out for This Week This week is relatively risk heavy with data and events...