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EUR/USD Outlook Unfazed by FOMC Minutes as Risk Appetite Improves

EUR/USD Outlook Unfazed by FOMC Minutes as Risk Appetite Improves

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EUR/USD Rate Talking Points

EUR/USD appears to be unfazed by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Minutes even though the central bank warns of a protracted recovery, and the Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicates a further appreciation in the exchange rate as it breaks out of the downward trend carried over from late July.

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EUR/USD Outlook Unfazed by FOMC Minutes as Risk Appetite Improves

EUR/USD continues to mimic the recovery in global equity prices as the improvement in risk appetite weighs on the US Dollar, and the decline from the yearly high (1.2011) may prove to be an exhaustion in the bullish trend rather than a change in market behavior as the European Central Bank (ECB) appears to be in no rush to alter the path for monetary policy.

In a recent interview with Boersen-Zeitung, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann appeared to be taming speculation for additional monetary stimulus as the Governing Council member insists that “the monetary policy stance is currently appropriate.”

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In turn, the account of the ECB’s September meeting may continue to highlight that the EUR 1.350 trillion envelope for the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) “should be considered a ceiling rather than a target,” and the transcript may foreshadow more of the same for the next interest rate decision on October 29 as the economic recovery in the Euro Area appears to be broadly tracking the baseline scenario laid out by the central bank.

Until then, a further improvement in risk appetite may keep EUR/USD afloat amid the inverse relationship between the US Dollar and investor confidence, and it looks as though the tilt in retail sentiment will also persist in October as traders have been net-short the pair since mid-May.

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The IG Client Sentiment report shows 35.37% of traders are net-long EUR/USD, with the ratio of traders short to long standing at 1.83 to 1. The number of traders net-long is 1.25% lower than yesterday and 0.57% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 0.62% lower than yesterday and 16.46% higher from last week.

The recent decline in net-long position could be a function of profit-taking behavior as EUR/USD retains the advance from the September low (1.1612), but the growingtilt in retail sentiment may bring back the extreme readings from earlier this year as 38.79% of traders were net-long the pair at the start of the month.

With that said, swings in risk appetite may continue to sway EUR/USD as key market themes carry into October, and the pullback from the yearly high (1.2011) may prove to be an exhaustion in the bullish trend rather than a change in market behavior as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) breaks out of the downward trend carried over from late July.

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EUR/USD Rate Daily Chart

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  • Keep in mind, a ‘golden cross’ materialized in EUR/USD towards the end of June as the 50-Day SMA (1.1799) crossed above the 200-Day SMA (1.1261), with the moving averages still tracking the positive slopes from earlier this year.
  • At the same time, a bull flag formation panned out following the failed attempt to close below the 1.1190 (38.2% retracement) to 1.1220 (78.6% expansion) region in July, with the Relative Strength Index (RSI) helping to validate the continuation pattern as the oscillator bounced along trendline support to preserve the upward trend from March.
  • However, the EUR/USD rally stalled following the failed attempt to close above the 1.1960 (38.2% retracement) to 1.1970 (23.6% expansion) region, with the RSI highlighting a similar dynamic as it slipped below 70 to ultimately break trendline support.
  • A similar scenario materialized in September even though EUR/USD traded to a fresh yearly high (1.2011) at the start of the month, with the exchange rate taking out the August low (1.1696) after staging another failed attempt to close above the 1.1960 (38.2% retracement) to 1.1970 (23.6% expansion) region.
  • Nevertheless, the pullback from the yearly high (1.2011) may prove to be an exhaustion in the bullish price action rather than a change in trend amid the failed attempt to break/close below the 1.1600 (61.8% expansion) to 1.1640 (23.6% expansion) region, with the RSI highlighting a similar dynamic as it reverses ahead of oversold territory and breaks of the downward trend carried over from the end of July.
  • Need a break/close above the Fibonacci overlap around 1.1810 (61.8% retracement) to 1.1850 (100% expansion) to bring the 1.1960 (38.2% retracement) to 1.1970 (23.6% expansion) region on the radar, with a move above the 2020 high (1.2011) opening up the 1.2080 (78.6% retracement) to 1.2140 (50% retracement) area.
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