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Tuesday 27th April 2021: Technical Outlook and Review

EUR/USD:

Looking at the weekly chart, we can see that prices are seeing further limited upside before it reaches our resistance area at 1.22000 – 1.22800. On the daily chart, it echoes the same bullish view as well, where prices are facing bullish pressure from our support level at 1.2000, in line with the 23.6% fibonacci retracement where we might see more upside above this level.

On the H4 timeframe, prices are trading within our support and resistance levels. Keeping in mind the view on the larger time frames, we could see a further  upside in price, above our support at 1.20077, in line with the graphical area, 23.6% Fibonacci retracement with 1.22000 as the resistance target, in line with the daily resistance level. Failure to hold above 1.20077 support could see price swing lower towards  the 1.19578 area.

Areas of consideration:

  • 22000 resistance area found on H4 time frame
  • 20077 support area found on H4 time frame

GBP/USD:

Looking at the weekly chart, we can see that prices are facing bullish pressure from our support at 1.36622, in line with our 38.2% fibonacci retracement and could see a further upside before it reaches our first resistance target at 1.43000. On the daily time frame, prices are approaching our resistance level at 1.4000 level, in line with 61.8% Fibonacci retracement.

On the H4 timeframe, prices are facing bearish pressure from our resistance at 1.39121, in line with our 50% fibonacci retracement where we could see a reversal below this level, with 1.37946 as our support target.

Areas of consideration:

  • 39121 resistance area found on H4 time frame
  • 37946 support area found on H4 timeframe

AUD/USD:

From the Weekly timeframe, price is making a consistent upward move towards where it may find resistance at 78.6% fibonacci retracement level of 0.79018. From the daily timeframe, we see price closing above the previous resistance area, showing bullish momentum.

On the H4 timeframe, price has broken above the 0.77488 level and pushed higher towards 127% fibonacci retracement , previous swing high level and the major figure of 0.78. Currently, we may see a reversal from here towards the 61.8% fibonacci retracement and horizontal graphical overlap area at 0.77600.

Areas of consideration:

  • H4 may return to 0.77600 before pushing higher.
  • Daily and weekly timeframes show more space for upside.

USD/JPY

From the weekly timeframe, prices are facing resistance from horizontal swing high resistance which coincides with 50% Fibonacci retracement and 78.6% Fibonacci extension, taking support from 104.224 level which is in line with 78.6% FIbonacci retracement and 78.6% FIbonacci extension. On the daily time frame, prices have broken the ascending trendline support, and is looking to push down towards horizontal swing low support, in line with weekly support level.

On the H4 timeframe, prices are facing bearish pressure from descending trendline resistance. Prices might push down towards horizontal pullback support, in line with 161.8% FIbonacci retracement. If prices push up and break the descending trendline resistance, prices might push up further to horizontal swing high resistance in line with 50% Fibonacci retracement and 61.8% Fibonacci extension. Ichimoku cloud is also above prices, showing a bullish pressure for prices.

Areas of consideration:

  • On the H4, prices might push up to horizontal swing high resistance of 109.934
  • Price facing resistance from 110.978 on weekly

USD/CAD:

The weekly chart shows price respecting the descending trendline, and pushed away from the weekly 1.26464 resistance. The daily chart shows that price has been making a steady move downwards and found support at the weekly level, if price manages to break below, we may see a swing towards the daily support at 1.23238.
The H4 chart shows price broke below the 1.24675 level in line with 127% fibonacci retracement and 100% fibonacci extension, where we caught a retest of this level before price pushed lower  and is now near the 1.23746 level of weekly support. We are currently seeing a pull back from this bearish move where price may reverse at the 1.24392 level, in line with 61.8% fibonacci retracement before pushing lower.

Areas of consideration:

  • The weekly and daily time frame a respect of the descending trendline.
  • On H4, price may be pushing lower since breaking the level of 1.24675.

USD/CHF:

USD/CHF has seen a reversal at the descending trendline resistance and is now holding below the weekly 0.95000 resistance level which is in line with our 61.8% Fibonacci retracement. The daily chart shows that price is now holding below the key daily 0.92300 support-turned-resistance. We could potentially see further downside from here towards the next daily 0.89800 support level.

On the H4 chart, we can see that price is now holding below both the Ichimoku cloud and the descending trendline resistance, showing bearish pressure in line with our bearish bias. Price is also now holding below the daily 0.92300 support-turned-resistance area, which is in line with our 38.2% Fibonacci retracement and 161.8% Fibonacci extension, where we could potentially see further downside from here towards our weekly 0.89800 support in line with 78.6% Fibonacci retracement. Otherwise, should price break above the daily 0.92300 level and descending trendline resistance, it could swing towards 0.93802 resistance instead.

Areas of consideration:

  • Price is facing bearish pressure as it holds below the Ichimoku cloud and descending trendline resistance.
  • We could potentially see price swing towards the next 0.89800 weekly support.

Dow Jones Industrial Average:

On the weekly chart, price is holding below key 34600 resistance. With price deviating so far from the moving average, we may expect to see some mean reversion in the Dow soon. Sellers may add to their shorts below 34600 resistance with a possible long term downside target at 31190 support. Otherwise a weekly break and close above 34600 resistance will see price swing higher. On the Daily, price is capped below 34600 weekly resistance as well facing bearish pressure. Traders should be cautious about any form of selling as technical indicators remain bullish.

On the H4, price is drifting sideways and holding above 33740 support. We see a low probability bullish scenario where buyers may consider adding to their longs above 33740 support. However with technical indicators giving a mixed signal and divergence still noted on the H4, any long positions should be taken with caution.

Areas of consideration:

  • Watch closely 33740 intraday support

XAU/USD (GOLD):

On the weekly timeframe, gold is testing and holding below descending trendline resistance and long term moving average resistance at 1785. A weekly close below this resistance could see price pull back lower towards 1687 support. On the Daily timeframe, price is also testing the resistance zone at 1805. A short term drop towards support at 1730 could be likely. Otherwise, failure to hold below 1805 resistance could see price swing higher towards 1855 resistance next.
On the H4, price drifted sideways and is currently testing support at 1777 level. With price holding above moving average and MACD showing room for further bullish momentum, we see a low conviction bullish scenario with price possibly pushing towards the 1805 level. However we would caution traders about the divergence that is forming on the H4 as well.

Areas of consideration:

  • Bearish divergence forming on H4
  • 1777 support is the intraday support level to watch

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