Dives to 7-day lows below 0.8550, as bears stepped in

Share: EUR/GBP pair drops to a new seven-day low of 0.8546, influenced by market expectations of a BoE rate hike and ECB’s unchanged stance. Technical analysis shows the pair struggling to break the 50-day SMA at 0.8582, maintaining a downtrend with a year-to-date low of 0.8492 in sight. Despite the downtrend, a falling

Bears threatens the 100-day SMA amid USD strength

Share: XAG/USD peaked at a daily high of $24.80 then settled near the $24.15 area. US NFPs and PMI figures from August beat expectations. Still, wages decelerated, and Unemployment rose. The USD strength drove the grey metal downwards. At the end of the week, the XAG/USD closed with losses but managed to hold some

Bulls give up, and bears retake the 20-day SMA

Share: GBP/JPY retreated towards the 181.00 area and cleared most of its weekly gains.  Investors continue to digest BoE’s decision on Thursday.  Governor Ueda committed that the BoJ will be more flexible with the 10-year JGB. On Friday, the JPY traded mixed against most of its rivals, mainly because of Governor Ueda’s from

Bears attack 182.00 with eyes on BoE Interest Rate Decision

Share: GBP/JPY stays pressured after reversing from three-week-old ascending resistance line. Downbeat oscillators, fears of BoE’s dovish hike direct sellers toward previous resistance line. Buyers need validation from BoE Governor Andrew Bailey and yearly high marked in July to retake control. GBP/JPY holds lower grounds near 182.00 after snapping a three-day uptrend the

Bears take control in long squeeze

Share: GBP/USD bears eye a 50% mean reversion if not the 61.8%ratio. The 4-hour W-formation neckline support has a confluence with the 78.6% Fibonacci.  GBP/USD ended at around 1.2840 on Friday after reaching its lowest level since July 6 while investors remain concerned that the hawks will continue to circle over the Federal

Bears licking their lips as bulls face wall of resistance

Share: EUR/USD bulls are in the market but face a wall of resistance. EUR/USD bears eye the 4-hour W-formation and a move into test key support. EUR/USD traded higher Friday as the US Dollar bears pounced on data that inflation showed further signs of cooling in June according to Personal Consumption Expenditure data. However,