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FxWirePro: South Korean won trades marginally lower against euro, faces strong resistance at 1,284 mark

Jan 12, 2018 01:08 am UTC| Technicals

EUR/KRW is currently trading around 1,283 mark. Pair made intraday high at 1,283 and low at 1,279 levels. Intraday bias remains slightly bullish for the moment. A sustained close above 1,284 will take the...

FxWirePro: Ripple trades lower, any break below $1.56 targets $1

Jan 11, 2018 12:57 pm UTC| Technicals

RSI-Bullish divergence(Oversold -22). The pair shown a minor jump above 2 level and declined sharply from the minor high of 2.06. Ripple broken 1.60 level and near term major support is around 1.56 and any break below...

FxWirePro: GBP/JPY Trade Idea

Jan 11, 2018 12:41 pm UTC| Technicals

GBP/JPY declined more than 200 pips from the high of 152.60 yesterday on account of strong yen. The yen was trading higher against all majors after BOJ has planned to trim its bon d purchase. The pair continuing its...

FxWirePro: WTI crude breaks major resistance and hits 3Y highs, bulls on verge of retracing 50% Fibos, minor trend forms whipsaws – Uphold long hedges

Jan 11, 2018 11:28 am UTC| Technicals

Chart pattern formed- Breach of rising wedge resistance on daily plotting, Symmetric triangle resistance break-out and extension of consolidation phase by retracing more than 38.2% Fibonacci retracements, the uptrend is...

FxWirePro: Buy CHF/JPY on dips

Jan 11, 2018 11:18 am UTC| Technicals

Major support 113.72 (trend line joining 113.09 and 113.29). CHF/JPY is consolidating in narrow range after hitting low of 113.66 yesterday. The pair has shown a minor jump of 60 pips from the low till 114.28. It is...

FxWirePro: GBP/USD trades below 1.3500 level, dip till 1.3435 likely

Jan 11, 2018 11:17 am UTC| Technicals

Cable is consolidating after hitting low of 1.34735 yesterday. The pair jumped slightly by 25 pips afrom yesterday low. Cable was in corrective mode this week on slightly weaker economic data. The pair declined below...

FxWirePro: AUD/CHF breaks major resistance at 0.7680, good to go long above 0.7730

Jan 11, 2018 11:12 am UTC| Technicals

AUD/CHF has shown a breakout at major trendline resistance at 0.7680, bias higher. The pair has hit 15-week highs at 0.7729 before paring some gains to currently trade at 0.77 levels. Upside finds minor...

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