Back in July 2014, price broke out of a falling wedge pattern, found resistance at the 1.000 level and following the unpegging of the Swiss Franc, retested the backside of the wedge this January. Since this event market sentiment on the dollar has been incredibly bullish, pushing price through the parity resistance within the last week.
It has since been failing...
The Swiss franc is lower on the day amid speculation that the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will intervene in the foreign exchange market in order to actively weaken the currency.
As you can see by the comparison, gold tracks the Swissy rather closely. Interestingly enough, gold's all-time high of $1,923 ended at about the same time the SNB decided to peg their...
First target is hit (Thanks Swiss National Bank). We will move stops up to just under our entry. The trade is at no risk and now we will sit on our hands and see how far she can go, As we mentioned this is a weekly setup so we expect a good size move. However, what we saw from the Swiss last night can be a game changer. USE STOPS AND DON'T BE A HERO. You...
Remember the Swiss National bank is committed to defending the currency at 1.20 with "determination".
It may possible they are actively intervening at this point.
1.20 is the floor so buying now offer a great risk/reward opportunity. Unlikely to come again for a while.
On the technical side, each lower platau of the 20 day MA is met with a higher and price...
EURCHF has been drifting towards the lower end of a 3yr channel since the beginning of the year. Although it hasn't touched the 1.200 level the SNB has vowed to defend, it's gotten close enough in recent weeks to attract bargain hunters buying in anticipation of SNB intervention. I'm long at 1.208 and like the risk reward here as the weekly RSI, Stochastics and...
