UsdSingapore and UsdHong Kong are laboring and I believe it is due to money flowing into US stocks and out of Bonds since institutions expectedly took their shot in that one last week. For now.
Although Usd is laboring against those cross pairs I am not seeing carryover into EurGbp or EurChf like there is in the majors and so am not yet enthused about the buy side there. Would need to see more. Money is flowing into those two but the horizon is under pressure.
The first thing I do when starting my day is to look at my platform as sort of a heatmap to see the winners and losers as well as the price action overnight.
That was intense algo price changes in Euro crosses on the data. I see EurGbp continuing to move down away from 8300 and would love to see one more little pop toward it so I can add.
If you look at various EUR crosses it will give you a clue why RURUSDD is bid.
The most obvious is EURGBP but if you fig deeper , look at others such as EURBTC (BTCUSD last at 98300 after hitting a record high at 104000 while EURUSD is near its high for the day).
I am not privy to the flows other than flows other than observi8ng short EUR positions being unwound.
Chart wise, key levels are at 1.0550 and 1.0610 but watch its crosses for a clue..,
US futures tilt higher ahead of Powell & European paper awaits French no confidence vote
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European bourses are mostly trading in positive territory; US futures tilt higher ahead of Powell and a busy data slate.
USD is broadly firmer vs. peers, AUD lags post-GDP, and GBP was weighed on by commentary from BoE’s Bailey who said he sees four 25bps cuts in 2025; a move which has since pared.
European paper awaits French no confidence vote at 15:00 GMT.
Crude holds an upward bias, WSJ reports that Saudi aims to keep oil prices elevated rather than chase market share; XAU/base metals are subdued amid the slightly firmer dollar.
Using my platform like a heatmap shows JPY and AUD as the biggest losers., Unwinding of long JPY crosses likely helping to keep EURUSD pinned at 1.05 and some support to GBP as well in what is a generally up day for the USD ahead of key events.
Michael – regarding your post on bias shift in Euro, not today in my view but I see growing conditions for that to filter in as soon as tomorrow, I posted this yesterday …. “I see some conditions that point toward EurGbp pulling up toward 8400 in coming days”.