Euro Price Outlook: EUR/USD Breakout Targets- Battle Lines Drawn

2019-09-16 18:30:00

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Euro Price Chart – EUR/USD Daily
Euro Price Chart – EUR/USD 240min
Euro Trader Sentiment – EUR/USD Price Chart
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Euro rebounds of down-trend resistance – Critical support at yearly low-day close at 1.0972
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Euro reversed off downtrend resistance against the US Dollar last week with decline now testing monthly open support. The immediate focus is on a breakout of last week’s range - these are the updated targets and invalidation levels that matter on the EUR/USD price chart. Review my latest Weekly Strategy Webinar for an in-depth breakdown of this Euro price setup and more.

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Euro Price Chart – EUR/USD Daily

Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Technical Strategist; EUR/USD on Tradingview

Technical Outlook: In this month’s Euro Weekly Price Outlook we noted that EUR/USD was “poised to mark a massive reversal candle off slope support – IF EUR/USD has indeed turned the corner, look for exhaustion pullbacks to be limited to the monthly open.” A brief retest of the September opening-range lows post-ECB unleashed a rally into confluence resistance on Friday at 1.1107- price has pulled back from this threshold early in the week with the decline once again approaching monthly open support at 1.0990. We’re now looking for a breakout of the weekly opening-range for guidance

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Euro Price Chart – EUR/USD 240min

Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Technical Strategist; EUR/USD on Tradingview

Notes: A closer low at Euro price action sees EUR/USD continuing to trade within the confines of a descending pitchfork formation extending off the June highs with the upper parallel further highlighting resistance last week at 1.1107/12 – a region defined by the May lows and the 38.2% retracement of the June decline. The pullback is now testing initial support at 1.0990/96 with the 2019 low-day close just lower at 1.0973- a break / close below this threshold is needed to mark resumption of the broader downtrend targeting the yearly low at 1.0926.

Weekly open resistance stands at 1.1073 with a breach above the Friday highs needed to suggest a more significant low was put in this month. Such a scenario would shift the focus back towards subsequent resistance objectives at 1.1167 & 1.1187.

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Bottom line: Euro turned from downtrend resistance last week and the focus is on a test of key support targets just lower with a hold above the low-day close needed to keep the rebound viable. From a trading standpoint, a good place to reduce short-exposure / lower protective stops - looking for signs of possible exhaustion ahead of 1.0973. Ultimately a breach above 1.1112 is needed to put the bulls in control.

Euro Trader Sentiment – EUR/USD Price Chart

Euro Trade Sentiment - EUR/USD Price Chart

A summary of IG Client Sentiment shows traders are net-long EUR/USD - the ratio stands at +1.37 (57.9% of traders are long) – weak bearish reading
Traders have remained net-long since July 1st; price has moved 1.9% lower since then
Long positions are 6.6% lower than yesterday and 13.2% lower from last week
Short positions are4.9% lower than yesterday and 1.4% higher from last week
We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests EUR/USD prices may continue to fall. Yet traders are less net-long than yesterday and compared with last week. Recent changes in sentiment warn that the current EUR/USD price trend may soon reverse higher despite the fact traders remain net-long.

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