The greenback looks set to add to its gains against the euro after yesterday’s sticky US CPI print. Positive employment data from the euro zone and in line with expectations Q4 GDP prints yesterday also did little to spark confidence in the euro.
The euro managed to push the pair above the 61.8% Fibo retracement level, 1.096, from the downward wave following the start of the Fed’s hiking cycle. The dollar has since managed to find its footing which has seen the pair fall back onto this critical level. This rate at 1.096 also coincides satisfyingly with the 50-day MA rate currently at 1.0719. I expect this support level to give way which will allow the dollar to pull the pair onto the zone between the blue 38.2% Fibo retracement rate of 1.044 and the green 50% Fibo retracement rate of 1.046. A break below this level will see the dollar test the pair’s 200-day MA rate currently at 1.032 and deeper into the zone between the green 38.2% Fibo at 1.023 and the blue 50% Fibo at 1.021. I honestly won’t rule out a move back to parity around the end of 1Q2023 and start of 2Q2023 as it coincides with the blue 61.8% Fibo rate and the green 23.6% Fibo.
Fundamentally I don’t see much support for the euro unless there is a concrete “Fed pivot”, which is looking unlikely. As the recessionary realities hit the global economy investors will run back to the dollar and higher yielding US bonds which will be dollar positive.
Technical indicators: The sell signal on the daily MACD indicator is losing momentum which could allow for a pullback towards 1.080 and 1.090. (This is where my sell limit orders will sit). The daily RSI however still has room to move lower. It’s the weekly indicators which are making me a greenback enthusiast (I’ll leave the weekly chart in the comments).
The weekly MACD buy signal is rolling over and looks set to cross to a sell signal and the weekly RSI has already started rolling over from its high of 68.70. The weekly RSI has not been this high since January 2021.
The dollar’s deprecation in 4Q2022 was clearly a melt up in investor risk-on sentiment which rode on the back of the supposed “Fed pivot”. The dollar milkshake is very much in play for 2023.
The euro managed to push the pair above the 61.8% Fibo retracement level, 1.096, from the downward wave following the start of the Fed’s hiking cycle. The dollar has since managed to find its footing which has seen the pair fall back onto this critical level. This rate at 1.096 also coincides satisfyingly with the 50-day MA rate currently at 1.0719. I expect this support level to give way which will allow the dollar to pull the pair onto the zone between the blue 38.2% Fibo retracement rate of 1.044 and the green 50% Fibo retracement rate of 1.046. A break below this level will see the dollar test the pair’s 200-day MA rate currently at 1.032 and deeper into the zone between the green 38.2% Fibo at 1.023 and the blue 50% Fibo at 1.021. I honestly won’t rule out a move back to parity around the end of 1Q2023 and start of 2Q2023 as it coincides with the blue 61.8% Fibo rate and the green 23.6% Fibo.
Fundamentally I don’t see much support for the euro unless there is a concrete “Fed pivot”, which is looking unlikely. As the recessionary realities hit the global economy investors will run back to the dollar and higher yielding US bonds which will be dollar positive.
Technical indicators: The sell signal on the daily MACD indicator is losing momentum which could allow for a pullback towards 1.080 and 1.090. (This is where my sell limit orders will sit). The daily RSI however still has room to move lower. It’s the weekly indicators which are making me a greenback enthusiast (I’ll leave the weekly chart in the comments).
The weekly MACD buy signal is rolling over and looks set to cross to a sell signal and the weekly RSI has already started rolling over from its high of 68.70. The weekly RSI has not been this high since January 2021.
The dollar’s deprecation in 4Q2022 was clearly a melt up in investor risk-on sentiment which rode on the back of the supposed “Fed pivot”. The dollar milkshake is very much in play for 2023.
