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STRONG SUPPORTThere is an active position set at strike 1.145 for the second day in a row. The portfolio consists of naked puts, and the volume for the current contract is already significant. The synthetic formula enables the owner to take a long position with zero risk when the price reaches the specified strike. !!!!!We consider this level a strong support level when reached. !!!!!!! Currently, there are no grounds for opening short positions. Keep in mind, the portfolio's appearance at the strike does not guarantee that the price will move in its direction.
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by ClashChartsTeam
Celebrating 50 Years of Financial FuturesThis is a Thanksgiving Special Report. Swiss Franc ( CME:6S1! ), Canadian Dollar ( CME:6C1! ), Japanese Yen ( CME:6J1! ), British Pound ( CME:6B1! ), Mexican Peso ( CME:6M1! ) In May 1972, International Monetary Market (IMM), a division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), launched futures contracts on seven currency pairs. This was the world’s first financial futures instrument, a futures contract based on something other than physical commodities. What has made a Midwestern Exchange, known mainly for its Pork Bellies contract, a frontrunner in financial innovation? Bretton Woods System and its Collapse At the end of World War II, the United States and its allies created the Bretton Woods System. Essentially, it was a global monetary system governed by fixed currency exchange rates. The US dollar was backed by gold, at a fixed rate of $35 per troy ounce. Other currencies were pegged to the U.S. dollar. In 1955, one dollar was exchanged for 0.3572 British Pound, 4.2 Deutsch Mark, 3.3 France Franc, 0.986 Canadian Dollar, 360 Japanese Yen, 625 Italy Lire, etc. Each country was responsible for maintaining its exchange rate within 1% of the adopted par value by buying or selling foreign reserves when necessary. The U.S. was responsible for maintaining the gold parity. Its big commitment was allowing anyone with $35 to exchange for an ounce of gold at the US Treasury window. As global inflation rose sharply in the 1970s, many countries could not maintain the official peg. They responded by redeeming dollars for gold at the US Treasury window. With US gold reserve depleting rapidly and a gold run looming, in August 1971, President Richard Nixon announced the "temporary" suspension of the dollar's convertibility into gold. This marked the breakdown of the Bretton Woods. Central banks around the world were no longer obligated to peg their exchange rates to the US dollar. Leo Melamed and Milton Friedman With fixed rates, there was no exchange rate risk in international trade. However, flowing rate exposes importers and exporters to significant uncertainty to the amount of dollar or foreign currency they will receive or are obliged to pay for. Since its founding in 1898, CME has been the place where producers, processors, merchants, and commercial users come together to hedge price risks for a wide range of commodities. Leo Melamed, then Chairman of the CME, was convinced that the futures market is the solution to tackle the rise in exchange rate volatility. Leo set up an International Monetary Market division within the CME and prepared for new futures contracts derived from foreign exchange rates. Initially, this breakthrough idea found no friends on Wall Street. According to Leo, one investment bank president tossed it out saying he didn’t want the Chicago “Pork Belly Shooters” to contaminate the FX market. Leo met with Milton Friedman, a well-respected economics professor at the University of Chicago. Milton fully supported the ingenious design and published a feasibility study, “The Need for Futures Markets in Currencies” in 1971. Milton Friedman (1912-2006) won the Nobel Prize in Economic Science “for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy” (the Nobel Committee). This changed everything. When Leo went to Washington to lobby the idea of listing foreign exchange futures, Treasury Secretary George Shultz said, “If it’s good enough for Milton, it is good enough for me.” George Shultz (1920-2021) served as Secretary of State in the Regan Administration and as Treasury and Labor Secretary under Richard Nixon. He was also the Dean of Graduate School at the University of Chicago, and a good friend with Milton Friedman. If you are interested in the story of FX futures, you may find it online and at Leo’s 1996 memoirs, “Escape to the Futures”. Foreign Exchange Futures On May 16, 1972, IMM simultaneously launched seven futures contracts based on the US dollar exchange rates to British Pound ( CME:6B1! ), Japanese Yen ( CME:6J1! ), Canadian Dollar ( CME:6C1! ), Swiss Franc ( CME:6S1! ), Mexican Peso ( CME:6M1! ), Deutsch Mark and Italy Lira. Five of those original FX contracts are still actively trading at the CME. Deutsch Mark and the Lira have been delisted since Germany and Italy joined the Euro currency. The new contract, Euro/USD FX ( CME:6E1! ), becomes the most active CME FX future contract. FX contracts saw exponential growth in trading volume in the next fifty years. In the first 9 months of 2022, average daily volume for all FX futures and options reached 983,000 lots, according to the CME Group. On November 15th, Euro FX alone traded 359,000 lots and had an open interest of 683,293 contracts. My writings on TradingView include a number of trade ideas on FX futures contracts. Please take a look if you haven't yet. FX Futures were the start of a “Financial Revolution” in the futures industry. The next few years saw new breeds of futures contracts, including interest rate futures between 1975 and1977 and equity index futures in 1982. During the holiday season, I would start a series on the leaders and innovators at CME, CBOT and KCBT. They brought GNMA Futures, T-Bill and T-Bond Futures, Eurodollar Futures, Value-Line Index Futures and S&P 500 Futures to life and revolutionize the financial derivatives world as we know it today. Happy Trading. Disclaimers *Trade ideas cited above are for illustration only, as an integral part of a case study to demonstrate the fundamental concepts in risk management under the market scenarios being discussed. They shall not be construed as investment recommendations or advice. Nor are they used to promote any specific products, or services. CME Real-time Market Data help identify trade set-ups and express my market views. If you have futures in your trading portfolio, check out on CME Group data plans in TradingView that suit your trading needs www.tradingview.com
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by JimHuangChicago
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Swiss franc Futures (6S1!), H4 Potential for Bullish RiseType : Bullish Rise Resistance : 1.04785 Pivot: 1.04350 Support :1.03890 Preferred Case: On the H4, with RSI is showing an ascending trend, and the price is consolidating now, we would hold a short term bullish bias that price may rise from the pivot at 1.04350 where the swing highs are to the 1st resistance at 1.04785 where the overlap resistance is. Alternative scenario: Alternatively, price could drop to 1st support at 1.03890 where the 38.2% fibonacci retracement is. Fundamentals: US CPI was out yesterday, which caused a big jump of the USD, the price may pullback after that.
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by Tickmill
Swiss franc Futures (6S1!), H4 Potential for Bullish RiseType : Bullish Rise Resistance : 1.04785 Pivot: 1.04350 Support :1.03890 Preferred Case: On the H4, with RSI is showing an ascending trend, and the price is consolidating now, we would hold a short term bullish bias that price may rise from the pivot at 1.04350 where the swing highs are to the 1st resistance at 1.04785 where the overlap resistance is. Alternative scenario: Alternatively, price could drop to 1st support at 1.03890 where the 38.2% fibonacci retracement is. Fundamentals: US CPI was out yesterday, which caused a big jump of the USD, the price may pullback after that.
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by Genesiv
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SWISS FRANC Futures (6S1!), H4 Potential for Bullish RiseType : Bullish rise Resistance :1.03220 Pivot: 1.02695 Support : 1.03220 Preferred Case: On the H4, with the price pullback from the support, combined with the fundamental news, we have a short term bullish bias that the price may rise from the pivot at 1.02695, where the current price is to the 1st resistance at 1.03220, where the overlap resistance and 23.6% Fibonacci retracement are. Alternative scenario: Alternatively, price could drop to the support at 1.02025, where the swing lows are. Fundamentals: The CPI m/m and Retail Sales y/y are out today, both of them are better than the expectationa nd previous data.
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by Tickmill
SWISS FRANC Futures (6S1!), H4 Potential for Bullish RiseType : Bullish rise Resistance :1.03220 Pivot: 1.02695 Support : 1.03220 Preferred Case: On the H4, with the price pullback from the support, combined with the fundamental news, we have a short term bullish bias that the price may rise from the pivot at 1.02695, where the current price is to the 1st resistance at 1.03220, where the overlap resistance and 23.6% Fibonacci retracement are. Alternative scenario: Alternatively, price could drop to the support at 1.02025, where the swing lows are. Fundamentals: The CPI m/m and Retail Sales y/y are out today, both of them are better than the expectationa nd previous data.
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by Genesiv
SWISS FRANC FUTURES (6S1!), H4 Potential for Bullish RiseType : Bullish Rise Resistance : 1.06965 Pivot: 1.05910 Support : 1.04780 Preferred Case: On the H4, with prices moving above the ichimoku indicator and within the ascending channel , we have a bullish bias that price will rise to the pivot at 1.05910 where the swing high resistance and 78.6% fibonacci projection are. Once there is upside confirmation of price breaking pivot structure, we would expect bullish momentum to carry price to 1st resistance at 1.06965 where the overlap resistance, -27.2% fibonacci expansion, 100% fibonacci projection, 127.2% fibonacci extension and 78.6% fibonacci retracement are. Alternative scenario: Alternatively, price could drop to the 1st support at 1.04780 where the pullback support is. Fundamentals: Since there is a surprise rate hike by 50bps to -0.25%, we have a bullish view on the Swiss Franc.
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by Genesiv
Swiss Franc Futures (6S1!), H4 potential for bullish riseType : Bullish Rise Resistance : 1.07335 Pivot: 1.05890 Support : 1.04820 Preferred Case: On the H4, with prices moving within an ascending channel and above the ichimoku indicator, we have a bullish bias that price will rise to the pivot at 1.05890 where the swing high resistance and 78.6% fibonacci projection are. Once there is upside confirmation of price breaking pivot structure, we would expect bullish momentum to carry price to 1st resistance at 1.07335 where the 100% fibonacci projection, -27.2% fibonacci expansion and 127.2% fibonacci extension are. Alternative scenario: Alternatively, price could drop to the 1st support at 1.04820 where the pullback support is. Fundamentals: Due to the surprise rate hike by 50bps to -0.25%, we have a bullish bias on Swiss Franc.
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by Genesiv
SWISS FRANC FUTURES (6S1!), H1 Potential for Bullish RiseType : Bullish Rise Resistance : 1.04550 Pivot: 1.03825 Support : 1.03400 Preferred Case: On the H1, price is moving above the ichimoku cloud which supports our bullish bias that price will rise from the pivot at 1.03825 where the swing low support, 61.8% fibonacci projection and 61.8% fibonacci retracement are to the 1st resistance at 1.04550 in line with the swing high resistance and 61.8% fibonacci projection. Alternative scenario: Alternatively, price may break pivot structure and drop to the 1st support at 1.03400 in line with the swing low support and 100% fibonacci projection . Fundamentals: The SNB surprised markets with a 50bps rate hike, taking policy rates to -0.25% which gives us a weak bullish bias.
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by Genesiv
Overextended Markets (Overbought And Oversold)1) Bollinger Bands: Some traders will determine the market as "over-extended" when the price is piercing above or below the Bollinger bands. If above then the price is considered overbought and price may start to reverse. If below then the price is considered oversold and the price may start to reverse. 2) Stochastic RSI: some traders will determine the market as "over-extended" once the price is over the 70% line or below the 30% line. The bottom 30% means the price might be oversold and buyers are projected to come in. When the price is above the 70% line the market is considered overbought and sellers are projected to come in. 3) Supply And demand When we have 3x continuation patterns in a row DBD or RBR in a row, we can draw a downward or upward aggressive trend line (momentum line). When this happens, we consider the market overextended and call it the “elastic band effect”. stretch out an elastic band to the breaking point and let go, the elastic band snaps back at a high-speed force and hurts. This is the same for trading, When the market is overextended and breaks the downward or upward momentum line, we can assume the market will snap back and remove 2 if not 3 of the opposing zones that gave us the ability to draw the aggressive momentum line. Buying or selling the pullback into the demand or supply is usually a good call if the criteria are met for a good trade.
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by MoneyballAustin
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CHF SWISS Futures Supply And Demand analysis-CHF very weak currency. I'm not about to go and call the bottom of the and neither should anyone. What I notice is price has created 4x DBD supply zones in a row which allows us to consider the market overextended, and we have the ability to draw an aggressive downward ML. -Waiting for price to have the "elastic band effect" and have price shoot up and break the aggressive downward ML + remove an opposing zone. -A quality DBR must be created from that and then I will look for a potential swing trade.
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by MoneyballAustin