The Forex Market Insight Report shows charts on different major currencies and commodities, with brief commentaries on how new data releases and news cause movements in the market.

Headline:

  • Another positive night for financial markets after strong Chicago PMI
  • EUR heads lower for second day as European bonds markets show signs of pain
  • Aussie tries to push higher, but capped at 1.0720
  • Dow sees another positive night, but loses ground from early highs to close
  • Commodities generally higher overnight, but gold slips lower
  • Big day of data for the Aussie, with Chinese manufacturing at 11.00am and retail sales at 11.30am

AUD/USD
Gold has finally calmed down a little, with the precious metal finding clear reactance at 1840. As per yesterday’s report, aggressive traders will be using 1840 as a short-term selling opportunity, while the bulls will be waiting for a break above 1840 for new longs.

XAU/USD
Gold has finally calmed down a little, with the precious metal finding clear reactance at 1840. As per yesterday’s report, aggressive traders will be using 1840 as a short-term selling opportunity, while the bulls will be waiting for a break above 1840 for new longs
EUR/USD
The Euro has pulled back into the buy-zone just above 1.4350, but traders will be waiting for some kind of reversal signal before jumping into longs. The Euro has been under pressure as debt fears resurface, so traders will be taking a more cuatios approach

GBP/USD
Not a lot of action on the GBP/USD with traders still focused on 1.6200 and the major line in the sand. A break below 1.6200 will shift the tone to bearish, while a move back to 1.6330 could be seen as a selling opportunity.
USD/JPY
The USD/JPY continues to provide selling opportunities on any move back to 77.00/20 and traders are likely to follow this strategy in the near term. The targets for short positions will be back to 76.50.
SILVER
We can now see that silver is displaying good strength and is now bumping up against 42.00. A break of 42.00 will be seen as a new opportunity for longs.
USD/CHF
The GBP/JPY has broken below 124.50 and this trigged a short-term move down 124.00. From here, traders will be looking for a move to 123.40, while a move back to 125.50 is also a selling opportunity. Of course, 127.00 remains the best levels for shorts.
GBP/JPY
No real change on the AUD/JPY, with the pair resting under resistance at 82.20. Traders will be waiting for a break higher to continue with new long positions.

AUD/JPY
No real change on the AUD/JPY, with the pair resting under resistance at 82.20. Traders will be waiting for a break higher to continue with new long positions.

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OIL
Oil pulled back into the buy zone at previous resistance overnight before bouncing more than $2.00 per barrel. Oil is trading is a very positive manner at the moment and traders will be looking for a break above 89.50 for new longs.
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