USD Dollar (USD) – The Dollar weakened against most of the major currencies after the NFP report showed worse than expected data while job losses came out -125k vs. expected -100k. The Unemployment Rate came out 9.5% better than expected 9.8%. Stocks in the US fell with NASDAQ and Dow Jones falling by -0.46% and -0.47% respectively. Crude oil fell for a fifth day in a row hardly managing to close at 72.2$ a barrel. Gold (XAU) recovered a little from its previous losses and closed at 1211$an ounce. Today, US banks will be closed in observance of Independence Day, low liquidity might cause to irregular volatility in the market.

Euro (EUR) – The Euro rose further against the Dollar after the release of the US employment report hitting a 6 week high and extending its rally. The Unemployment Rate came out 10% better than expected 10.1%. The PPI came out unchanged at 0.3% as expected. Trading above the support level of 1.2470 keeps the momentum positive for the pair. Overall, EUR/USD traded with a low of 1.2480 and with a high of 1.22610. Today, the Retail Sales are expected at -0.1% vs. -1.5% previously.

EUR/USD – Last: 1.2544

British Pound (GBP) – After the NFP data came out in US the Sterling has reached 8 week fresh high at 1.5228 but shortly fell below the 1.52 zone. The Construction PMI came out 58.4 worse than expected 58.6. Trading above the support level of 1.5120 keeps the momentum positive for the pair. Overall, GBP/USD traded with a low of 1.5148 and with a high of 1.5228. Today, the Service PMI is expected at 55.2 vs. 55.4 previously.

GBP/USD – Last: 1.5179

Japanese Yen (JPY) – The Dollar recovered versus the Yen after the NFP data came out while attempting to rise back above the 88 zone. Breaching the 87.8 level will turn the momentum to positive for the pair. Overall, USD/JPY traded with a low of 87.31 and with a high of 88.20. No economic data is expected today.

USD/JPY-Last: 87.90

Canadian dollar (CAD) – The US Dollar rose in Forex Trading versus the Canada’s Dollar as investors observed contrarian figures in the US Labor sector. The loss on jobs but decrease in unemployment rate added upside momentum to the pair. Trading above the support level of 1.0530 keeps the momentum positive for the pair. Overall, USD/CAD traded with a low of 1.0554 and with a high of 1.0666. No economic data is expected today.

USD/CAD-Last: 1.0606

Kiwi Declines Against USD by GoLearnForex

NZD/USD:

The Kiwi declined the most against the Greenback last week, compared to the rest of the G-10.  On October 28^th the RBNZ kept rates on hold.  More damaging to the Kiwi were the accompanying statements from the RBNZ in which they remarked that rates would likely remain on hold through Q2 of 2010.

Six days prior to that announcement NZD struck near the prior day’s high versus the dollar at .7606.  Since that day the Kiwi has been in a tail spin.  The Chart below is a daily Candle chart of NZD/USD.

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In the white circled area we have a Candlestick that traders refer to as a Hangman. There is a short candle body with a wick hanging down from it.  When this is seen during price appreciation it may signal a possible reversal.  The candles following the Hangman are lower and that could be confirmation enough to enter a short NZD position.

This pattern appearing out in front of a rate decision may have been traders signaling caution ahead of the announcement.  In the end traders were correct and price has continued to decline.  One last item to always keep an eye on are the daily Moving Averages.  NZD is approaching a close below its 50 day MA.  A close below the 50 day MA should put further pressure on the already battered NZD.

USD/CHF:

We have discussed correlations and their importance.  Aside from straight technicals and fundamentals often what drives a currency might be its correlation to another instrument, product and or commodity.  The Swiss Franc historically has had a very tight correlation to Gold, as one appreciates so does the other and vice versa.

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The Chart below shows the price movement of GOLD and CHF.  During Gold’s most recent depreciation (as depicted between the 2 blue lines), you observe the strong correlative effect one exerts on the other.  What should grab our attention as Gold has resumed its strength is that the Franc has not. As a trader you should wonder if Gold is overbought or the CHF oversold?  Of course keep in mind it is not a perfect correlation of 1, meaning some variation is normal.

US Markets finish the Day Slightly Ahead by GoLearnForex

In Asia, Equity Markets were down while in London and in the U.S markets finished the day slightly ahead.  This is coming on the heels of a horrendous close on Friday in the U.S and CIT’s bankruptcy filing over the weekend.  Equity Futures in Asia are pointing to a slightly higher open for Tuesday while London Futures are modestly lower.

The Dollar was slightly off against the G-10 mirroring the DJIA small advance today of 77 points.  Oil closed today mostly unchanged while Gold soared again to 1,054.  In the U.S the ISM Manufacturing figures printed smartly better than expected coming in at 55.7 versus expectations of 53.  In addition, the Pending Home sales figures surprised to the upside at 6.1% against expectations of 0%.

This is a busy week for economic data releases.  Due out tomorrow will be the RBA Rate decision.  The current rate holds at 3.25% and market consensus is looking a quarter point hike to 3.5%.  In the U.S, Factory Order numbers are set to print.  A positive show will confirm today’s ISM numbers while a below consensus read will cast doubt on the durability of the ISM figures from today.

Upcoming Forex Events for November 3, 2009

GBP Construction PMI  Forecast   47.20   Previous 46.70

USD  Factory Orders (MoM) Forecast  1.00%   Previous  -0.80%

AUD AIG Services Index  Previous   49.30

GBP Nationwide Consumer Confidence  Forecast  72.00   Previous  71.00

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AUD/USD:

The AUD continues its recent retrace.  Many traders use different time frames for different currency pairs.  The longer the time frame the more valid the pattern you are charting is.  Moving Averages are basic tool that even the most sophisticated trader needs to always be cognizant of.  The markets tend follow the moving averages generated off of the daily charts.

In Chart below I use a moving average from an 8 hour chart.  I strongly encourage traders to be vigilant of at least checking a weekly, daily, 8 and or 4 hour chart and then any time frame less than 4 hours that you may want to look at.

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You can see that the yellow line representing the SMA 50 was breeched and prices continued a steady fall (The Red line is the 100 SMA).  There are also a number of near candle formations that support this price depreciation.

Circled in blue is a near Falling Three Candle pattern.  Typically you have a red candle followed by 3 or so small green candles that are contained by the original red candle.  Following the last green candle is another red candle with price closing below the original red.  The Falling Three pattern is nearly followed by Three Black Crows.  This candle pattern forms when you have the candles each open in the midsection of the proceeding candle but also close lower than the proceeding candle.  This pattern nearly forms between the 2 white lines.

GBP/USD:

This pair has been range bound since May.  When a pair trades in a range, price is confined to a narrow margin of highs and lows.  In the Chart below the 2 red lines represent the range support and resistance lines.

The 2 red boxes indicate when minor breakouts have occurred.  The tops and bottoms of the boxes would be your absolute stops depending on the handle you entered the trade at.  Another point of consideration is the 50 SMA and 100 SMA.  You can see that the SMA’s are also moving sideways.  Price typically pops when it passes above/below a significant SMA.  With SMA moving into a sideways march we are approaching congestion on this pair and that should signal another breakout.  Obviously if the dollar continues to strengthen as it has GBP should be headed south.

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USD/CAD:

We have noted several times a formation we refer to as a Step pattern.  More commonly this is identified by Lower Lows and Lower Highs and vice versa.  We picked up on this pattern emerging on a 4 hours chart.  We identified the possible start of this pattern shortly after the BOC  publicly declared it’s sentiment for a “weak Canadian Dollar”.  We assured you that there would still be time to catch this move even if you could not trade the actual news.

We suggested that you wait for the Step to appear and buy on the dip which was a confirmation of our pattern formation. On the graph that it is depicted near the 3 and a yellow circle. The exit for taking PNL we had at 1.0660 a prior support resistance point.

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EUR/USD:

The Squeeze Play.  We talked about this move where we are seemingly forced into a breakout.  In one of our earlier pieces we mentioned that our experience told us not to bet on the Squeeze Play, meaning trade against the direction of the existing trend.  I must admit we got carried away by the hoopla of crossing 1.50.

So the question you all should pose” is why in this case do you bet against the trend when one of the number one rules of technicians is never bet against the trend”.  The answer is based on the number two rule of technicians and that is; trade for the outcome that has the highest statistical probability of occurring.  To explain this further lets pose a question.  Why didn’t the market make this move a while ago similar to the recent strong moves in CHF  & AUD?

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The answer is the Strength of the move was deteriorating in advance of 1.50.  Every trader had their   eye on  1.50, but obviously no one was a real buyer (for now) otherwise at 1.4830 when momentum started to stall we would have had traders continuing to bid up the EUR.  Lastly, when price action was negligible on the big cross of 1.50 that should have been another tip that there were no big orders lined up to continue buying north of 1.50.

We added  a MACD to indicate when the momentum started to wane. There are number of overbought tools on your platforms that you can use, from Stochastics and Oscillators to something as simple as the RSI.

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