EURUSD Price, Chart and Analysis:
- EURUSD battles with technical resistance as short positions are reduced.
- ECB President Mario Draghi speaks on Wednesday.
Q2 2019 EUR Forecast and USD Top Trading Opportunities
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EURUSD continues to trade either side of 1.1300 Monday and may resume its move higher as US dollar traders continue to price-in Friday’s lowly US non-farm payroll numbers. The single currency is pushing ahead despite seeing the 10-year Italy-German yield spread widening again - currently around 268 basis points – as investors trim their EUR short positions.
EUR and JPY Shorts Cut as USD Bulls Scale Back – COT Report
There is little heavyweight data in the week ahead although ECB President Mario Draghi will be speaking on Wednesday and, as always, his words need to be carefully listened to, especially after last week’s monetary policy meeting. The ECB said that rates would stay lower for longer and subsequent commentary that rate cuts had been discussed underlined the weakness in the Euro-Zone with growth weak and inflation anemic.
Recent data from CLS, a major FX-settlement service provider, showed that foreign exchange turnover fell by 9.6% year-on-year in May as a lack of volatility pushed traders to the sidelines.
EURUSD is currently pressing the 200-day ma, a technical indicator that has held sway for over a year. Although broken, the pair have not yet closed above the long-term indicator, but current momentum suggests this battle will continue in the short-term. A close above would open the way to 1.1348 before 1.1450, the March 20 lower high comes into play.
EURUSD Daily Price Chart (November 2018 – June 10, 2019)
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