Despite The Pullback, EUR / USD Is The Best Week Of Caps

EUR/USD ends week far from highs, still up 200 pips. 

Next week events: FOMC, NFP and EZ GDP.

The EUR/USD pair was about to end the week hovering around 1.2430, with a weekly gain of 200 pips. A weak US dollar was the main driver of the pair. Volatility rose and could remain elevated taking into account what the economic calendar shows for next week. 

On Friday, the euro recovered part of the losses that followed US President Trump comments about a “strong dollar”. It rebounded from 1.2360 and lost momentum below 1.2500. During the last hours of the US session, it was moving between 1.2450 and 1.2400. US economic data had little impact on markets on Friday. The Q4 GDP report showed that the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6% below the 3.0% of market consensus. 

Rally goes on: sixth weekly gain 

EUR/USD peaked on Thursday at 1.2536, the highest level since December 2014. It reached it during Mario Draghi’s press conference following the ECB decision to keep monetary policy and the statement unchanged. “ECB President Mario Draghi expressed confidence that inflation would move up, pointing to a strong recovery and early signs of rising wage increases. The words were perceived as hawkish by the markets and sent bond yields and the EUR higher. While we do not expect euro core inflation to pick up significantly this year, the market may be becoming increasingly nervous that it could happen earlier than expected due to the strong economic data”, said analysts from Danske Bank. 

The US dollar recovered some ground and pushed EUR/USD to trade momentarily below 1.2400 following Trump’s comments about a “strong US dollar”. Next week two key events are likely to dominate the week in the US: the FOMC meeting (Wednesday) and the jobs report (Friday). In the Eurozone, GDP data will be released (Tuesday). 

Despite moving away from the highs, EUR/USD posted a gain of 200 pips over the week. It was headed toward the sixth weekly rise in-a-row and the highest close since December 2014. 

The uptrend remains intact supported mostly by the decline of the US dollar. The US Dollar Index dropped to 3-year lows at 89.00. Some technical readings in the EUR/USD chart warn about extreme overbought readings that could rise the odds of a consolidation for next week. On the other side, the negative tone around the greenback appears to be intact. 

Euro / USD 1.2230, It Seems To Close The Highest Level Of The Week

• DXY resides in green nearly 90.40.
• EUR / USD fails for daily profit in NA session.
• Investors are awaiting the latest events on the government shutdown.

U.S. Regardless of the worries about the closure of the government, Greenback received traction at the end of the week and weighed on a pair of American dumplings. In writing, the EUR / USD pair was trading at 1.2230, there was a decrease of 0.07% in the day. On weekly basis, the pair is still around 40 pips and it remains on the track to record the fifth straight positive weekly off.

Although the UOM Consumer Spirit index 97 was lower than the market's expectations, although the first initial reading of January declined from 9.44 to 94.4, which meant that the negative impact of the US Dollar Index on NA session was not affected. This week, for the third time in this week after testing 90 handles for the third time, the index started resuming its deficit and was last seen in 90.40, where it was 0.09% higher in the day.

After a crucial break on the crucial 2.6% handle on Thursday, the 10-year American T-Bond yield increased its profit on Friday and helped extend the slight recovery period in the second half of the day. At present, the 10-year T-Bond yield day has increased by 1% to 2.635%.

On the other hand, investors are waiting for the latest development when the bill passes the bill, which will have to be avoided by government shutdowns. According to the latest headlines, President Donald Trump reached some Senate Democrats and invited the White House to deal with them. Nonetheless, despite the government shutdown, the market reaction is likely to be limited to decreasing the volume of business before the weekend.

Technical Approach -

"Technically, the Euro / USD pair has set a high and high weekly basis, which has reached the highest level since December 2014 and closed at a moderately high level," says Valeria Baidarich, FXStreet's American chief analyst. That is the trend of fasting in all this place has continued to rise in the fifth week, in which it is showing that technical indicators have made the profit over but readings, Lek And they are not suggesting exhaustion upward.

"In the daily chart, the probability of accelerating is also strong, as the 20 SMA has achieved strong fluctuations below the current level, while Momantum started its advance after correcting the overbought conditions because RSI 66 is consolidated around, All of which tend to bend upward growth, "Bedararic adds further.

USD / JPY Falls Below 111 Because The US Dollar Will Sell

• DXY refreshes below 3-year low level 91.
• US Dollar / JPY is the largest weekly drop record from April.

During the initial trading hours of the US session, after reaching the daily high level of 111.70 during the early trading of the US dollar, the USD / JPY couple lost more than 70 pips and broke down on November 11, after the end of November, after 110.91 To refresh your lowest level. In writing, the pair was trading at 110.95, 30 pieces or 0.27% decrease in the day.

Earlier this week, the declaration of cut in the purchase of the BOZ allowed JPY to be collected along with USD and other major currencies. In fact, despite the strong performance of the Euro Index this week, the EUR / JPY pair is looking to shut down the couple weeks.

On the other hand, after the technological reforms seen during the first half of the week, the US Dollar Index, once again, reversed the course and broke the crucial 91 points and renewed the lowest level at 90.71 since January 2015. The US on Friday Despite reading relatively less-expected core-CPUs, DXY failed in a significant recovery as investors focused on the euro, which grew more than its strongest level in more than three years.

On weekly basis, the pair is losing more than 200 pips, its biggest loss since the first week of April. However, due to the oversold conditions on different timelines and the barriers of the Fed on various time limits, due to the increase in at least three more rates in 2018, the pair could have been less pressurized in the near term.

The Technical Outlook - 

This pair can get technical assistance before 110.80 (November 27 low), 110 (psychological level) and 109.55 (less than September 14). On the upside, the replacement can be seen in 111.75 (200-DMA), 112.75 (100-DMA) and 113.20 (9 January high).

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