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Pro Commentary Lite ... 6th May 2008


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Price: 1.5526

Resistance:1.55631.56061.56451.5692
Support:1.55101.54791.54401.5412

Hourly chart with indicators

Bias:We should see the rally reach 1.5598-12 initially and after a pullback to the 1.5630-42 area

Daily Bullish:Gains remained fairly steady over yesterday and are continuing this morning. I suspect these will continue to push higher to 1.5563 – take a little care it could hold – but I still feel we should see a move to the 1.5598-12 area where a slightly deeper correction should develop. While the correction remains above the 1.5530-50 area we should see the rally extend later towards the 1.5630-42 area where I look for an intermediate peak and a correction lower. Next resistance is found at 1.5692.
MT Bullish:6th May: The bounce from 1.5359 looks encouraging but should suffer a pullback from the 1.5630-42 area. While this remains above 1.5360-00 I still look for the upside to progress over time to 1.5798 & possibly 1.5862.
Daily Bearish:Gains are developing in line with the underlying analysis and I suspect these may stall around the 1.5630-42 area and cause a deeper pullback. Before reaching this resistance we should note the 1.5598-12 area that is likely to produce a correction back to 1.5550. Thus only an earlier break below 1.5510-15 would undermine the upward path for losses through 1.5479 and 1.5440 and down to the 1.5412-25 area. Only below risks a second attempt at the 1.5340-60 support area.
MT Bearish:5th May: We have reached the downside target and should also note the 1.5295 support. If we see any direct losses that break this area then the break of bullish divergences could cause acceleration lower.

ELLIOTT WAVE COMMENTS

Elliott Wave Chart

6th May

Having met the 1.5340-60 target support I feel this may be labeled Wave (a) lower. Thus the next move will be in 3 waves or a combination of 3 waves in Wave (b).

We appear to be seeing Wave c from yesterday’s 1.5425 corrective low yesterday and this provides a 161.8% projection at 1.5648 which is just 6 points above the Wave b peak of the decline in Wave v and thus the 1.5642-48 area should cause a pullback in what should be Wave x.

Overall a 50% retracement in Wave (b) is at 1.5689, a 61.8% at 1.5766 and a 76.4% at 1.5862. We need monitor the likely stalling point on the way higher.

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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