| | FX Strategy 18 Aug 2020 | | In the G10 FX Market, JPY and AUD are the top gainers today, up 0.55% and 0.52% versus the dollar while USD and SEK are the top losers. In the rates market, global yields were trading weak today. The Japan 10-year was trading at 0.04, down -0.6bp. The UK 10-year was trading at 0.214, down -2.9bp. The German 10-year was trading at -0.452, down -3.3bp. The US 10-year was trading at 0.669, down -4.0bp. | | In the Asian equities, markets were trading mixed today. The Hang Seng was trading at 25347.34, up 0.65%. The Nikkei 225 was trading at 23096.75, down -0.83%. In the European equities, indices were trading firm today. The FTSE 100 was trading at 6127.44, up 0.61%. The DAX 30 was trading at 12920.66, up 0.15%. The Euro Stoxx 50 was trading at 3305.85, up 0.02%. | | Looking at Equity Futures so far, FTSE100 Futures was trading at 6115.3, up 0.57%. The SP500 Futures was trading at 3378.88, up 0.52%. The Euro Stoxx 50 Futures was trading at 3304.0, flat 0.0%. | | In the Energy space, Oil futures were trading stronger today. The WTI Crude Futures was trading at 42.48, up 1.12%. The Brent Crude Futures was trading at 45.07, up 0.6%. | | Today we have already had the RMBA Meeting Minutes that were released at 01:30 GMT. This morning we are relatively light on economic data releases with only ECB's Guindos and Fed's Brainard speaking both at 08:00 GMT. Moving into the afternoon session, we have July US data with Housing Starts MoM for July (Previous 17.3% v Forecast 2.3%) and Building Permits MoM (Previous 3.5% v Forecast 2.8%) at 12:30 GMT. PPI MoM and YoY releases from Russia follow at 13:00 GMT. | | Later this evening we have Japan Balance of Trade (Previous YEN268.8B v Forecast YEN-120B) for July, Exports YoY (Previous -26.2% v Consensus -21%) and Imports YoY (Previous -14.4% v Consensus -22.8%) for July also. We will also have Machinery Orders MoM (Previous 1.7% v Forecast 2.5%) and Machinery Orders YoY (Previous -16.3% v Forecast -17%) for June, all being released at 23:50 GMT. | | 10-Year Yields Daily Chart (1-month) | | | | Daily FX Pivots | | | | Brent Crude Daily Chart (1-month) | | | | Forex Chart and Technical Analysis | | EURUSD Chart (Two-week) | | | | Strategy: Support at 1.1825 for 1.1894 Short-term view: EURUSD support comes in at 1.1825 MACD and RSI have a bullish bias. Hence, we see a bounce to 1.1894 enter at 1.1848. Below 1.1825 to open 1.1799 | | GBPUSD Chart (Two-week) | | | | Strategy: Resistance at 1.3136 for 1.3042 Short-term view: GBPUSD MACD and RSI are flat but resistance comes in at 1.3136 and we see a dip to 1.3042 enter at 1.3105. Above 1.3136 to open 1.3187 | | USDJPY Chart (Two-week) | | | | Strategy: Resistance at 106.34 for 105.73 Short-term view: USDJPY resistance comes in at 106.34 MACD and RSI have a bearish bias. Hence, we see a dip to 105.73 enter at 106.14. Above 106.34 to open 106.69 | | AUDUSD Chart (Two-week) | | | | Strategy: Support at 0.7188 for 0.7232 Short-term view: AUDUSD support comes in at 0.7188 MACD and RSI have a bullish bias. Hence, we see a bounce to 0.7232 enter at 0.7203. Below 0.7188 to open 0.716 | | | TraderMade Kingfisher House, 21-23 Elmfield Rd Bromley, Kent, BR1 1LT, United Kingdom E: info@tradermade.com T: +44(0)20 8313 0092 S: 0800 298 2520 (24hr) | | | | | | The FXNavigator On-line Research Service (the "Service") is provided by Tradermade Systems Ltd ("TraderMade"). The Service is comprised of annotated charts ("Charts"), technical commentary ("Commentary"), TraderMade strategies ("Strategies") and technical alerts ("Alerts"). The Service is delivered to end-users through a variety of mechanisms, including but not limited to TraderMade's own proprietary platforms, Thomson Reuters own proprietary platforms, email, RSS, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. 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