Daily Technical Analysis

EURUSD Outlook

After bottomed at 1.5486, the EURUSD made an upside movement and topped at 1.5588 yesterday. However, my bearish hourly channel is still valid, so my model remains short targeting 1.5450. Immediate support seen at 1.5486 (yesterday's low). Initial resistance at 1.5600. CCI in neutral area on daily chart.

EURUSD Daily Supports and Resistances:

S1= 1.5487
S2= 1.5435
S3= 1.5385
R1= 1.5589
R2= 1.5639
R3= 1.5691

GBPUSD Outlook

The gaps were not filled yesterday. The weakness of Sterling continued. The pair bottomed at 1.9595, 25 pips lower from my short target. My model remains short, targeting 1.9530 area. Immediate resistance is seen at 1.9575. CCI in neutral area on daily chart.

GBPUSD Daily Supports and Resistances:

S1= 1.9577
S2= 1.9498
S3= 1.9401
R1= 1.9753
R2= 1.9850
R3= 1.9929

USDJPY Outlook

The Japanese Yen recovered against Dollar yesterday. The USDJPY bottomed at 104.02 and closed at 104.42. However, my model remains long as my bullish channel is still valid. As long as the pair stay above 103.35 area, the medium term bullish scenario is still intact. Immediate support is seen at 104.02 (yesterday's low). Initial resistance at 105.00. CCI in neutral area on daily chart.

USDJPY Daily Supports and Resistances:

S1= 103.78
S2= 103.14
S3= 102.27
R1= 105.29
R2= 106.16
R3= 106.80

USDCHF Outlook

The USDCHF seems in a good bearish momentum. The new bearish channel on my hourly chart looks good. My model is short, targeting 1.0300. Immediate resistance is seen at 1.0420. CCI in neutral area on daily chart.

USDCHF Daily Supports and Resistances:

S1= 1.0313
S2= 1.0256
S3= 1.0189
R1= 1.0437
R2= 1.0504
R3= 1.0561

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FOREX : Foreign Exchange Market

FOREX is a word play on the term Foreign Exchange Market. It is a market for buying and selling of currencies from all over the world. Certainly, such transactions are bound to be voluminous. It is just an estimate that there are about transactions of $1.5 trillion USD on a daily basis in the FOREX. Now just compare this with the paltry $300 billion USD a day transactions for the US Treasury Bond and the $100 billion a day transactions for the US Stock Exchange.

The FOREX came into existence in 1971 when the fixed currency exchanges were abolished. Currencies no longer had fixed values after that; on the contrary, their rates (mostly taken in comparison with the USD) were fluctuating, and changed on a daily basis. Throughout the seventies and the eighties the FOREX grew steadily, showing more advancement in the later years. The market has stupendously grown from $70 billion USD a day to the staggering amount that it transacts today on a daily basis.

There are actually about five thousand trading institutions in the FOREX. These include international banks, central government banks such as the US Federal Reserve, and commercial companies and brokers for all types of foreign currency exchange. The best thing that shows the unbiased nature of the FOREX market is that it has no fixed headquarters anywhere – it operates primarily from all major cities like New York, Tokyo, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Paris, Frankfurt, etc. One can even use the telephone or the internet to make the transactions. The major businesses at the FOREX are the buying and selling of products in other countries. Several transactions are also conducted from the currency brokers or traders who stand to make small profits with the daily fluctuations in the market.

Most of the FOREX business is centered on big banks and financial institutions, but it doesn’t mean that the FOREX is inaccessible to small investors. The recent changes in the financial regulations have effectuated this accessibility. Earlier, a minimum transaction size was required to conduct business with the FOREX. But the current rules have made it possible to break large inter-bank units into smaller bits. Each bit is worth as less as $100,000. This makes it possible to each individual investor through loans that are extended for trading, known as leverage. The ratio to control the lots is 100:1. This means, every $1000 USD will allow one to control $100,000 on the FOREX.

The benefits of trading with the FOREX are mentioned below:-

(1) Liquidity of Investments – As the FOREX is a huge market, the funds have a very high degree of liquidity. This is because of the presence of the international banks who provide their bids and carry out a large number of transactions on a daily basis. Therefore, there is always a buyer or seller for any type of currency.

(2) Highest Degree of Accessibility – The FOREX is open 24 hours a day for 5 days a week. Every Monday morning the exchange opens at Australian Standard Time and closes on Friday afternoon at New York time. Greater accessibility is provided because the transactions can be conducted from the person’s home or office.

(3) Open Market – At the FOREX, there are no secrets. All the fluctuations that occur in the market are made accessible to everyone at the same time. There is no insider trading in the FOREX.

(4) No Commission – There is no hassle of paying commission to the brokers in the FOREX. Here the brokers earn by setting up a difference between the buying price and the selling price of a currency, which is known as a spread.

It must be understood by now that for the FOREX to work effectively, the currencies must always be traded in pairs. For instance, the Japanese yen must be traded against the euro. When one kind of currency is sold, there should be another to be bought in its stead.

The profit happens because there is always mobility between the different currencies. Even if there is a miniscule change in the exchange rate, then it could mean substantial changes in the profits due to the large amount of money involved in the transactions. People are thronging to the FOREX and not any other institution due to the trust that they have in it. To add to the advantage, the market is absolutely well-advanced and uses sophisticated software for dealing out its transactions.

FOREX-DD : Forex Daily Analysis