Profit Mongers @ 11:06 PM, Thursday September 02 2010
Hey folks,
EUR/USD continues to work out it's potential topping pattern, but a final thrust higher near 1.2900 is likely before a selloff, so I would consider shorting EUR/USD in the 1.2870-1.2910 range if it gets there Friday.
USD/JPY is still a good short around 84.30 or higher as it plays a range and sets up hopefully for a selloff to new lows. See Thursday's signal for more on my USD/JPY trade.
EUR/GBP has entered an area of resistance here above 0.8300 that may top it out for a few days. If you haven't already, I'd consider taking come partial profits. I still plan to hold out with my long through the volatility for a final run towards 0.8600 that should come after the pending retracement.
Stocks managed to push a bit higher today but should be setting up for a multi-day high at the least. I'd look for jobs data to create some stock market volatility today, but ultimately top us out and point us lower into early next week. If you shorted recently in the 1070-80 range as I did, things still look fine at this point, but depending on the nature of price movement over the next 2 days, I may want to close early for a smaller than expected gain to be safe.
In news Thursday, we saw Sweden hike interest rates as somewhat expected, but we still saw the 400 pips or so selloff we were looking for. I decided to hold EUR/SEK short based on some longer term breakout technicals as well and am looking for a selloff to 9.2300 - 9.2400 for now. Hopefully we'll get there by Monday. In news Friday:
0830 US NonFarm Payrolls & Unemployment Rate (-105K expected and 9.6%) - EUR/USD is harder to predict on these reports, but USD/JPY seems to work like a champ just about every time. It'll rarely be the biggest mover, but it has the most reliability.
--If NFP comes out at -170K or lower, USD/JPY should sell off about 50 pips in the first minute or two, then consolidate and eventually push further for 70-100 pips depending on the situation.
--If NFP comes out at -40K or higher, USD/JPY should rally about 50 pips in the first minute or two, then consolidate and eventually push higher for 70-100 total pips depending on the situation.
--If Unemployment Rate comes out at 9.8% or higher, this will help push a low NFP number into a bigger, faster drop, while holding back a high NFP number's rally or even reversing it into 2-way action.
--If Unemployment Rate comes out at 9.4% or lower, this will help push a high NFP number into a bigger, faster rally, while holding back a low NFP number's sell off or event reversing it into 2-way rangebound action.
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