Weekly market outlook for January 19th-23rd 2009
EURUSD
EURUSD Elliot Wave
EURUSD seems to be displaying a perfect Elliot Wave pattern on the H4 chart. If this outlook is correct, then next week we should see a retest of the 1.3080 – 1.3000 area, followed by a big bullish run till 1.3800 – 1.3830 area. A breach below 1.3000 would invalidate this view and I will look to sell at a retest of wave 5’s low. If, instead, price will bounce off 1.3080 – 1.3000 and break 3’s low at 1.3333, I will look to buy at retests of former resistance lines that become support and finally I will sell short at 1.38 for some nice profit. This is my plan for the EURO.
GBPUSD
GBPUSD weekly outlook
This pair looks more bearish biased and the 1.4470 88.6% fib level is a key level. I will probably look to buy it if momentum is not strong near it, but I will do that cautiously, moving my stop to breakeven at +20 and taking partial profits at +30 pips. If that level gets broken, I will look to go short at a retest for a possible profit of 100 pips or maybe more. A break of 1.4470 would probably mean a break of 1.3 on the EURO, as these two pairs tend to be correlated, so I will watch this pair carefully. Another key turning point is 1.5 and I will look to sell on the first touch if momentum is not strong and then look for a breakout of this level, that would confirm my Elliot Wave for EURUSD also. So if 1.5 gets broken, I will also look to buy at that level once it becomes support.
USDCAD
USDCAD weekly outlook
USDCAD has a very strong resistance at 1.3000 and a break of that would mean a big bearish move on EURUSD and GBPUSD. A lot of time has passed though between bounces off that resistance, so when price gets there I will look to go short for a nice profit. USDCAD seems to be range-bound, floating in the 1.15 – 1.3 area and a descending wedge formation seems to have formed on the H4 chart. That will definitely be something to watch out for and look for a break of those trendlines. A break to the downside would be bullish for the EURUSD/GBPUSD pairs and a break to the upside would mean bearish continuation for those pairs.
EURJPY
EURJPY weekly outlook
I am looking for a short at 122 – 122.35 area, but cautiously. That’s a nice resistance line at confluence with a 50% fib, so it looks like a strong one. A break above it would signal EURO bullishness and I would look to buy at a retest of 122-122.35 resistance become support. Target would be over 100 pips.
GBPJPY
GBPJPY weekly outlook
I made a nice 50 pips on this one thursday and anticipated some nice moves I wasn’t able to play because of exams. Next week, it’s possible to see a break of 132 on the downside, so I would look for a short on a retest. I would probably also buy at 129 for a fast scalp, then sell short at the retest of 129 after it becomes resistance. For the upside, 137-137.5 area is a key resistance, at confluence with a 38.2% fib trendline drawn from a daily chart and we also have a 61.8% fib resistance line just below, so I would first look to go short there if it goes up. Then if it lurks back up to it, I will wait patiently for a breakout and then buy at a retest of resistance become support.
This is my trade plan for next week and these are the major moves I’m ready to face. Good luck to you all!
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