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Pro Commentary Lite ... 28th March 2008 ... USDCHF


An excerpt from FX-Strategy's Pro Commentary

 

 Price:                            0.9919

Resistance:0.99570.99871.00231.0064
Support:0.99000.98790.98460.9785

Hourly chart with indicators

Bias:I still can’t rule out a dip to 0.9846 but suspect we shall see a recovery before long

Daily Bullish:We did see some strength yesterday but this stalled at 0.9987. Given the shallow nature of the recovery I still can’t totally rule out additional losses so we need to work on breaks today. To see direct gains we need 0.9879-00 to support. A move high will then need to break back above 0.9957 to retest the 0.9987 high. If seen then look for gains to extend towards 1.0023 at least and I suspect higher to 1.0064 at least and probably 1.0108-12. Any earlier dip to 0.9846 (max 0.9785) should see a recovery.
MT Bullish:A deeper recovery was seen as expected but this stalled between the 1.0160-91 and 1.0352-75 resistances. For further gains we’ll need to see the 1.0249 high broken followed by 1.0375. (27th March)
Daily Bearish:Price action remained fairly flat yesterday with the gains seen not really sufficient to generate a stronger follow-through higher. While the 0.9957-87 area caps we should be aware of the remaining risk of a slightly stronger dip lower. There is initial support at 0.9900 and then the 0.9879 low. Breach should extend losses to 0.9846 at least. I suspect this would hold. If not, then we could see extension to 0.9815 and at most 0.9785 which I feel will cause a reversal higher. Next support is found at 0.9708-40.
MT Bearish:We have seen a bullish divergence at the 0.9644 low but it isn’t very strong. Thus we still need to be cautious. Below 0.9785 would appear to suggest a retest of 0.9644 which should hold on first test. (27th March)

 

ELLIOTT WAVE COMMENTS

Elliott Wave Chart

27th March

I am still more inclined to suggest the 0.9644 low was the end of the decline. However, there still has been no confirmed reversal higher and until that occurs it will be better to be aware of the alternatives.

There is a 76.4% retracement in Wave –b- at 0.9785 but we still can’t rule out a deeper pullback in this currency pair. However, only below 0.9644 would confirm a new low in Wave –v- and I’ll need a little more structure to judge potential targets.

In the meantime if we are seeing a major low we’ll need a break back above 1.0249 and the 1.0352 Wave –iv- high to confirm a larger move higher that frankly should imply a move to the last Wave (b) which is at 1.1106.

Ian Copsey

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In 2006, Ian Copsey joined GFT as a currency analyst writing commentary and interday analysis. Copsey is one of the foremost forex technical analysts in the world with more than 20 years experience in financial markets.

He began his career at Barclays Bank's forex trading room in 1982 then moved to head their foreign exchange sales desk in Hong Kong in 1988 where he spent almost 5 years. It was in Hong Kong that he studied technical analysis and began to provide forecasts on a daily basis.

In 1993 he moved to Tokyo with Dow Jones Telerate as a technical analysis specialist, later as regional manager of technical analysis products, and then continued to develop his unique blend of forecasting tools. During his time in Tokyo, he authored Integrated Technical Analysis (John Wiley & Sons, 1999) which covers his techniques in full. He is an expert indicator and system designer.

Ian created the FXS group of indicators and writes the daily Pro Commentary

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