Currency snapshot (major pairs)

Dollar index trading at 97.76 (-0.13%)

Strength meter (today so far) – Euro +0.02%, Franc +0.07%, Yen +0.51%, GBP -0.07%

Strength meter (since last week) – Euro +0.07%, Franc +0.06%, Yen +0.64%, GBP +0.98%

EUR/USD –

Trading at 1.097

Trend meter –

• Long term – Sell, Medium term – Sell, Short term – Sell

Support                      

• Long term – 1.06, Medium term – 1.08, Short term – 1.09            

Resistance –

• Long term – 1.16, Medium term – 1.143, Short term – 1.132

Economic release today –

• Construction output grew 0.9 percent y/y in August.

Commentary –

• The euro isn’t moving much this week. Active call – Sell EUR/USD at 1.116 with stop loss at 1.15 and target at 1.01. However, in the short run, Euro might ride higher.

GBP/USD –

Trading at 1.229

Trend meter –

• Long term – Sell, Medium term – Sell, Short term – Sell

Support –

• Long term – 1.2, Medium term – 1.27, Short term – 1.29

Resistance –

• Long term – 1.39, Medium term – 1.35, Short term – 1.34

Economic release today –

• Unemployment rate is currently stands at 4.9 percent.
• Wages are up 2.3 percent in August.

Commentary –

• The pound is the best performer this week. In the short term, we expect the pound to drop towards 1.2 area. We expect the pound to reach parity.

USD/JPY –                      

Trading at 103.3

Trend meter –

• Long term – Sell, Medium term – Range/ Sell, Short term – Sell

Support –

• Long term – 91, Medium term – 98, Short term – 98

Resistance –

• Long term – 111, Medium term – 107, Short term – 107

Economic release today –

• All industry index grew by 0.2 percent in August.

Commentary –

• The yen is gaining once more after finding support around 104.5 area. Active call – Buy Yen @119.5 with stop loss around 123.8 and target at 114 and 110, 108.9 and 98.5. All targets reached, new target 90 added. Yen may retrace to 111 per dollar if BOJ intervenes.

USD/CHF –        

Trading at 0.989

Trend meter –

• Long term – Buy, Medium term – Range, Short term – Range/Sell

Support –

• Long term – 0.9, Medium term – 0.927, Short term – 0.95

Resistance –

• Long term – 1.037, Medium term – 1.01, Short term – 0.994

Economic release today –

• NIL

Commentary –

• Franc is likely to continue moving in line with euro. We expect Franc to strengthen against Dollar to as high as 0.86 area in the medium term.