Cable Extends Gains to Easily Exceed 1.6000 Barriers (Daily Classical)

Published May 27th, 2009 - 09:15 GMT
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• Euro setbacks continue to be very well supported
• Dollar/Yen locked in choppy consolidation trade
• Cable easily exceeds key psychological barriers; ignores overbought readings
• Dollar/Swiss rallies one again well capped ahead of 1.0930






EUR/USD



EUR/USD – With the daily RSI rolling over from overbought, the risks from here are for a material pullback over the coming days. However, Tuesday and Wednesday’s jackknife reversals off of the respective daily lows is concerning and we will need to see a break back below 1.3860 to get things once again moving back to the downside. Above 1.4050-60 delays and exposes the 1.4100-50 area. Strategy: SIDELINED; AWAIT CLEARER SIGNAL.

Level

Resistance

Details

1.4150

R3

12/31 high

1.4060

R2

1/2 09 high

1.4050

 R1 

5/22 high

Level

Support

Details

1.3900

S1

Figure

1.3860

S2

5/26 low

1.3795

S3

10-Day SMA


USD/JPY



USD/JPY – The market had been well offered over the past several weeks but setbacks have now stalled out just shy of next key support by 93.55 from March, which guards against the critical 87.15 multi-year trend lows. Friday’s bullish close has been followed by some constructive consolidation this week which could now suggest that an interim base is in place by 93.85 ahead of a bounce back towards 96.70 over the coming days. Below 93.85 negates. Strategy: SIDELINED; AWAIT CLEARER SIGNAL.

Level

Resistance

Details

96.70

R3

5/19 high

96.25

R2

5/20 high

95.55

 R1 

5/27 high

Level

Support

Details

94.40

S1