It looks like some profit-taking kicking in… still just retracements but moving farther from USD highs means farther from any USD buy stops…. not just FX as stocks opening lower as well.
On the other side, EURUSD 1.0568-77-94…. so far 1.0668 has capped the upside
keep drawing T/L and be patient
let the USD move run its course
we continue bit by bit to average in vs UsdJpy… there could be risk as high as 162.25
Cable we wait a bottom signal. it will come…. just when… just patient waiting on cable
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper.
The dollar is forging ahead again, heading for its biggest week-on-week gain since September last year, up 2.37% since last Thursday, while Wall Street looks set to open modestly higher thanks to what for now looks like win-win inflation numbers.
Wednesday’s data showed consumer price pressures remain stubbornly above the Federal Reserve’s target rate of 2%. And yet markets rushed to price in an 82% chance that the central bank will cut rates by another quarter point on Dec. 18, up from around 65% two days earlier.
European equities higher, ASML +5.6% after confirming 2030 outlook, DXY topped 107 ahead of Powell
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European bourses gain with clear outperformance in the Euro Stoxx 50, lifted by gains in ASML +5.2% after it reiterated its 2030 sales outlook; US futures are modestly firmer whilst the RTY outperforms.
Dollar continues to extend gains having surpassed 107.00, USD/JPY tops 156.00.
Bonds are subdued with slight underperformance in Gilts ahead of Fed Chair Powell and BoE Governor Bailey.
Metals succumb to the Dollar strength while crude trades choppily in a tight range.
re 10-yr chart
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fwiw / ING strategists want to be a ‘tad bullish’ on U.S. Treasurys due to the Trump-induced rise in rates, but Treasurys need a catalyst first, they say. “Historically, we’ve never seen a rate-cutting cycle where the 10-year yield consistently rose after the first cut,” – wsj
Notice how EURUSD battled 1.0550 after a bounce from an initial 1.0535 low and how momentum built to the downside once it started to distance below 1.0550,