In case anyone is completely bored and looking for an intra-day play I am short Eur/Jpy as a counter trade, a bit risky, move at your own comfort level. Usd is bid overall.
FX option expiries for 21 February 10am New York cut
The first being for EUR/USD at around 1.0778-80, which could help to limit any downside action in the session ahead. That also sits near the 100-hour moving average, seen at 1.0776 currently. As such, the expiries could double up as a supportive layer for price action before rolling off later.
Then, there is the one for USD/JPY near 150.00 again. The large expiries there should keep price action more limited and centered around the figure level still, as we have seen through the week so far.
I noted last week I believed Eur/Jpy might target the 50% mark of our model, which is 162.20, it has been revisited repeatedly overtime. It was reached, but it is not looking very decisive. That said, it is still bid as long as 191.90 holds in our model.
Those who have followed me over the years have seen me say you can’t trade EURUSD or GBPUSD without keeping an eye on EURGBP. The move up in this cross is behind some of the demand for EURUSD while GBPUSD struggles on the upside.
As the chart shows, EURGBP has bounced off a test of .8500 *just below( and is currently trying to establish above,8575, which would expose .8592-.8620 as the last leg down is negated.
On the downside, it needs to hold .8532 to keep the bid but .8570+ for the string bid.
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook
Europe’s central bank has singled out wages as the single biggest risk to its crusade to contain inflation. Fourth-quarter negotiated wages data likely headlines the trading day.
Our friends with Gtwo3.com are of the opinion that Euro Futures are on a buy-only status around current levels; the Euro should not be shorted at this time …