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CADCHF Short pullbackThe last movement down is explained by the current Swiss´s economics becoming more interesting than the US considering investors are looking for stronger economies where interest rates are still rising. Therefore, it is likely that the downtrend will continue as the Swiss currency will have more value. Furthermore, investors are looking for safe investments during the next possible recession, thus investors will go for the Swiss Franc as it is still considered as a safe haven asset. The rebound zone considers possible old support turning into a resistance.
EURUSD Long positionConsidering the US inflation level is decreasing, investors are looking for currencies where the interest rate will increase. Therefore the value of the dollar is likely to decrease as the FED is less likely to aggressively increase interest rates as they did before. In the end, the value of EURUSD will increase following this logic. The rebound zone has an old resistance likely to become a support.
GbpJpy short setup to take liquidity of demand zoneI could see a sell forming as price action seems like market makers want to run on this demand zone pushing down to the next level for a nice sell setup that should short for over 250pips from sell zone in markup resulting in over 2:1 risk to reward.
NZDUSD shortFollowing the recent trend of NZDUSD, a possible pullback zone is considered in the area of 0.59600. The area was already hit but is likely to come back as a result of liquidation above. The risk to reward ratio is 2. The rebound zone includes smart money reversals indicators such as the lowest of a pin bar.
Why are fundamentals ESSENTIAL in forex trading?What is the thing that manipulates the market to make sure your stop loss is touched in less than a minute? Simple, Fundamentals.
Forex trading constitutes the most accessible form of trading for individuals. Low barrier entries, low commissions, forex possess everything that a young trader wants. However, content that most young traders learn from on YouTube puts emphasis on technical analysis and neglects fundamental trading.
Big institutions like central banks or hedge funds, who are the ones moving the price, always make entries depending on the economics of a state. For example, EURUSD has recently reached the historical level of under 1.00000, a level that hasn’t been reached for over 20 years, after the European Union stopped dealing gas and oil with Russia.
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Furthermore, oil prices are closely related to Canadian currency, where increasing the price will increase the value of the currency. As the price of oil is increasing, AUDCAD is reaching historical levels of under 0.86000.
Therefore, we can clearly see that fundamentals influence the market’s direction.
We can apply fundamentals to reduce our risk as well. Indeed, we can identify risky opportunities and filter out bad trades or reduce the position size.
However, over the short term technical analysis can be a practical tool to determine price reversals or the timing of an entry. History tends to repeat itself, it is the same about markets. As a matter of fact, we can use historical market price data to forecast market movements.
In a perfect world, each trade would be the result of a mix of the two, with fundamental analysis assisting technical analysis. In conclusion, digital content to learn trading leans toward technical analysis even though fundamentals contribute to an important part of profitable trades by forecasting future market prices.