USD Overview (04 February 2022)Yesterday, USD weakened against most major currencies except CAD, JPY and CHF.
The U.S. employment report will be released later at 2130 (GMT+8).
Average Hourly Earnings m/m (Forecast: 0.5%, Previous: 0.6%)
Non-Farm Employment Change (Forecast: 145K, Previous: 199K)
Unemployment Rate (Forecast: 3.9%, Previous: 3.9%)
Macro
GBP/JPY Outlook (03 February 2022)Overall, GBP/JPY is trending downwards. Recently, GBP/JPY broke above the key level of 155.
The Bank of England (BoE) will be announcing their monetary policy decision later at 2000 (GMT+8). It is expected that the BoE will be increasing interest rate by 0.25%. Pay attention to whether the central bank is still planning to carry out more rate hikes in the near future. Also, with the central bank’s asset purchase programme coming to an end soon, pay attention to any information that the BoE has once QE ends.
A press conference will be held later at 2030 (GMT+8). During this time, expect volatility in GBP.
Currently, GBP/JPY is trading down towards the key level of 155. Its next support zone is at 153.800 and the next resistance zone is at 156.000.
Look for short-term buying opportunities of GBP/JPY if it bounces up from the key level of 155.
GBP/USD Outlook (03 February 2022)Overall, GBP/USD is ranging across. Recently, GBP/USD broke above the key level of 1.35.
The Bank of England (BoE) will be announcing their monetary policy decision later at 2000 (GMT+8). It is expected that the BoE will be increasing interest rate by 0.25%. Pay attention to whether the central bank is still planning to carry out more rate hikes in the near future. Also, with the central bank’s asset purchase programme coming to an end soon, pay attention to any information that the BoE has once QE ends.
A press conference will be held later at 2030 (GMT+8). During this time, expect volatility in GBP.
Currently, GBP/USD is bouncing off the resistance zone of 1.36000 and the next support zone is at 1.33800.
Look for short-term selling opportunities of GBP/USD.
EUR/JPY Outlook (03 February 2022)Overall, EUR/JPY is trending downwards. Recently, EUR/JPY bounced off the support zone of 128.800.
The European Central Bank (ECB) will be announcing their monetary policy decision later at 2045 (GMT+8). The central bank is expected to keep its monetary policy unchanged during the meeting. Nonetheless, with the ever-rising inflation in the eurozone, pay attention to whether the ECB has adjusted its view on the interest rate hike timeline.
A press conference will also be held later at 2130 (GMT+8). During this time, expect volatility in EUR.
EUR/JPY’s next support zone is at 128.800 and the next resistance zone is at 130.000.
Look for short-term buying opportunities of EUR/JPY.
EUR/USD Outlook (03 February 2022)Overall, EUR/USD is ranging across. Recently, EUR/USD broke the resistance zone of 1.12.
The European Central Bank (ECB) will be announcing their monetary policy decision later at 2045 (GMT+8). The central bank is expected to keep its monetary policy unchanged during the meeting. Nonetheless, with the ever-rising inflation in the eurozone, pay attention to whether the ECB has adjusted its view on the interest rate hike timeline.
A press conference will also be held later at 2130 (GMT+8). During this time, expect volatility in EUR.
Currently, EUR/USD is bouncing down from the key level of 1.13. Its next support zone is at 1.12000 and the next resistance zone is at 1.13800.
Look for short-term selling opportunities of EUR/USD.
NZD/USD Outlook (03 February 2022)Overall, NZD/USD is trending downwards. Recently, NZD/USD broke above the key level of 0.66.
Currently, NZD/USD is trading down towards the key level of 0.66. Its next support zone is at 0.65400 and the next resistance zone is at 0.67100.
Look for short-term selling opportunities of NZD/USD if it breaks below the key level of 0.66.
AUD/USD Outlook (03 February 2022)Overall, AUD/USD is ranging across. Recently, AUD/USD broke the resistance zone of 0.71000.
The Reserve Bank of Australia will be releasing their monetary policy statement tomorrow at 0830 (GMT+8).
Currently, AUD/USD trading towards the support zone of 0.71000 and the next resistance zone is at 0.73000.
Look for short-term buying opportunities of AUD/USD if it bounces off the support zone of 0.71000.
USD/CAD Outlook (03 February 2022)Overall, USD/CAD is ranging across. Recently, USD/CAD broke below the key level of 1.27.
During the meeting yesterday, the OPEC+ kept its oil production hike unchanged for March at 400,000 barrels-per-day.
Currently, USD/CAD is trading up towards the key level of 1.27. Its next support zone is at 1.26100 and its next resistance zone is at 1.29200.
Look for short-term buying opportunities of USD/CAD only if it breaks above the key level of 1.27.
USD/JPY Outlook (03 February 2022)Overall, USD/JPY is ranging across. Recently, USD/JPY traded into the support zone of 114.200.
Currently, USD/JPY is testing the support zone of 114.200 and the next resistance zone is at 116.000.
Look for short-term buying opportunities of USD/JPY if it rejects the support zone of 114.200.
Macro study of U.S. economy - Market warning signals?They do not scream "SELL" just yet, but these indicators offer strong caution of further market correction. Please take some time to study the charts so you understand the story they tell. I am not an economist; I am a trader who has been learning more about bonds and macro indicators.
(I have ignored the pandemic drop because it was extraneous to normal economic factors that move markets.)
ISM Manufacturing
> A leading indicator - below 50 indicates contraction
> Peak expansion in 2021 seems to have ended, yet wages have risen - this will pinch corporate profits
> If next month is lower, it indicates further slowdown (slowing expansion)
> Texas manufacturing for Jan'22 showed concerning declines
> Note the readings below 50 from Aug-Dec 2019 indicated a problem. Covid-19 did not cause markets to drop; it exaggerated the move.
HYG high yield bond ETF
> Includes many junk bonds - indicative of economy's credit situation (corporate, municipal, consumer)
> Yellow lines show the beginning of a significant drop that indicated worsening credit conditions
> Note the "valleys" below 85 match with SPY corrections
> Will this keep dropping to 81-80?
CCI - Consumer Confidence Index
> A leading indication of people's optimism about economy
> Red rectangles show significant drops that corresponded with SPY correction
> Does most recent CCI drop reflect more SPY correction?
GBP/JPY Outlook (31 January 2022)Overall, GBP/JPY is ranging across. Recently, GBP/JPY bounced off the support zone of 153.800.
The Japanese Retail Sales y/y data (Actual: 1.4%, Forecast: 2.9%, Previous: 1.9%) released earlier today indicated a slowdown in consumer spending.
The Japanese Unemployment Rate data (Forecast: TBA, Previous: 2.8%) will be released tomorrow at 0730 (GMT+8).
GBP/JPY’s next support zone is at 153.800 and the next resistance zone is at 156.000.
Look for short-term buying opportunities of GBP/JPY.
EUR/JPY Outlook (31 January 2022)Overall, EUR/JPY is trending downwards.
The Japanese Retail Sales y/y data (Actual: 1.4%, Forecast: 2.9%, Previous: 1.9%) released earlier today indicated a slowdown in consumer spending.
The Japanese Unemployment Rate data (Forecast: TBA, Previous: 2.8%) will be released tomorrow at 0730 (GMT+8).
Currently, EUR/JPY is testing the support zone of 128.800 and the next resistance zone is at 130.000.
Look for short-term selling opportunities of EUR/JPY if it breaks the support zone of 128.800.
NZD/USD Outlook (31 January 2022)Overall, NZD/USD is trending downwards. Recently, NZD/USD traded into the support zone of 0.65400.
Currently, NZD/USD is testing the support zone of 0.65400 and the next resistance zone is at 0.67100.
Look for short-term selling opportunities of NZD/USD if it breaks the support zone of 0.65400.
AUD/USD Outlook (31 January 2022)Overall, AUD/USD is ranging across. Recently, AUD/USD traded down to the key level of 0.70.
The Australian Retail Sales m/m data (Forecast: TBA, Previous: 7.3%) will be released tomorrow at 0830 (GMT+8).
Currently, AUD/USD is testing to break below the key level of 0.70. Its next support zone is at 0.68200 and the next resistance zone is at 0.71000.
Look for short-term selling opportunities of AUD/USD if it breaks below the key level of 0.70.
USD/CAD Outlook (31 January 2022)Overall, USD/CAD is ranging across. Recently, USD/CAD bounced down from the key level of 1.28.
USD/CAD’s next support zone is at 1.26100 and its next resistance zone is at 1.29200.
Look for short-term buying opportunities of USD/CAD only if it breaks above the key level of 1.28.
USD/JPY Outlook (31 January 2022)Overall, USD/JPY is ranging across.
The Japanese Retail Sales y/y data (Actual: 1.4%, Forecast: 2.9%, Previous: 1.9%) released earlier today indicated a slowdown in consumer spending.
The Japanese Unemployment Rate data (Forecast: TBA, Previous: 2.8%) will be released tomorrow at 0730 (GMT+8).
USD/JPY’s next support zone is at 114.200 and the next resistance zone is at 116.000.
Look for short-term buying opportunities of USD/JPY.
USD Overview (31 January 2022)Yesterday, USD strengthened against most major currencies except GBP, EUR and JPY.
The Core PCE Price Index m/m data (Actual: 0.5%, Forecast: 0.5%, Previous: 0.5%) released last Friday indicated that prices of goods and services purchased by consumers rose by 0.5% as expected.
$BTC may rocket in May 2022If you zoom out, you can see BTC is oscillating between roughly 30 and 60 since early 2021.
Despite all the negative macro, BTC remained extremely strong because adoption is inevitable . How likely do you think is that BTC or crypto in general just disappears?
While it's a self fulfilled prophecy, if BTC (and other cryptos) adoption continue to grows, then it carries intrinsic value. For this reason, I don't think you can compare the current drop to 2017 where crypto usage was lightyears from what it is today.
However, let's not ignore macro which is currently very shitty. Two big macro forces:
Potential war in Ukraine, the Fed that will raise interests later this year, and overall negative mood after two years of Covid bring things down.
Crypto being adopted by corporations and countries (!) and basically becoming part of the landscape.
The negative trend pushes money away from risky, volatile investments, thus outside crypto (and even stocks, as you probably saw).
The positive pushes money toward crypto.
In the next months, I bet that a couple of states in the US will fight over being the "most crypto friendly state". I'm also pretty sure we're going to see adoption by more corporations, would it be just to speak to a specific audience (think COINBASE:DOGEUSD ). Their logic is very simple, why should we not get access to that money some of our customers have?
I also think Covid restrictions will be lifted around end of Q1 2022 which will increase optimism and positivity.
To sum up:
If the negative wins, then BTC will fall below 30k and maybe down to 20k. I think it's about 25% likely. This could last for a while, from a couple of months (possible) to 1-2 years (very unlikely).
If the positive wins, FOMO will kick in and $100k, $200k this year are within reach because investors will go in with the logic "around 2030, 1BTC=$1M"
A good trade right now is to buy below $40k and exit as we approach $60k.
My trade is to HODL way beyond $60k.
DYOR.