Skip to Content
News & Analysis at your fingertips.

We use a range of cookies to give you the best possible browsing experience. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our use of cookies.
You can learn more about our cookie policy here, or by following the link at the bottom of any page on our site. See our updated Privacy Policy here.

Free Trading Guides
Subscribe
Please try again
Select

Live Webinar Events

0

Economic Calendar Events

0

Notify me about

Live Webinar Events
Economic Calendar Events

H

High

M

Medium

L

Low
More View More
DAX Technical Analysis: Souring Risk Appetite & Rising Euro Weighing

DAX Technical Analysis: Souring Risk Appetite & Rising Euro Weighing

What’s inside:

  • DAX breaking down, testing important support
  • Global risk appetite turned on its head, pressuring stocks, but so is…
  • The euro strengthening and busting the ‘head-and-shoulders’ pattern

Find out where our analysts see the DAX and Euro ending the year in the DailyFX Q4 Forecasts.

Last week, when we looked at the DAX we were discussing the double tailwind in place for major European markets, strong global risk appetite for stocks and a weak euro. Both of which went from supportive to destructive as stocks, globally, are in retreat mode and EURUSD isn’t making good on the topping ‘head-and-shoulders’ pattern. More on the euro in a bit…

The Nikkei, which was the biggest upside impresser in recent weeks, put in an extremely violent turnaround day last week after a ~20% run. It is likely to rest or keeping pulling back for now. U.K. stocks have been weak since the FTSE 100 failed to cross over the 7500-area with any real conviction for the fourth time since June. In the world’s largest stock market – the U.S. – the S&P 500 has been a hold-out, but showing signs of vulnerability as discussed in yesterday’s webinar.

Getting to the technical picture in the DAX, specifically, it’s at a bit of spot here as it breaks down through the top-side trend-lines extending over from peaks in 2000 and 2015. This top-side slope proved problematic for much of last month before the German benchmark launched higher on the 10/26 ECB meeting. It was big resistance, but not looking to be big support right now. The area right around 12900 marks the bottom of that multi-week consolidation then, and also the prior June record high. This will be important to hold. This week.

With the DAX outside of the nice neat upward sloping channel lines off the August low, a failure to turn higher and willingness for dip-buyers to step in aggressively would be a warning sign that we are in for a deeper retracement, with the mid-12600s in focus.

See this guide for ideas on how to Build Confidence in Trading

DAX: Daily

Keep an eye on the euro, it’s in the process of completely wrecking the ‘head-and-shoulders’ top it began dropping lower from on the ECB meeting. The crossing above the trend-line off the September high is a sign that more momentum may be on its way. With the one-month inverse correlation of the euro to the DAX sitting at -85%, the single-currency's impact is not going unnoticed.

EURUSD: Daily

Bottom line: If we see weakness out of global stock markets and a failure for buyers to soon show up along with further strength out of the euro, the DAX could be in for a bit of a tough stretch.

---Written by Paul Robinson, Market Analyst

You can receive Paul’s analysis directly via email by signing up here.

You can follow Paul on Twitter at @PaulRobinonFX.

DailyFX provides forex news and technical analysis on the trends that influence the global currency markets.

DISCLOSURES