Peso
USD/MEX Swing reminderUMEX is currently breaking the trend line. It is in the zone. Notice that the .764 extension breaks previous high. We It is in a strong uptrend currently but can reverse at any time really looking at the price action. I marked some potential levels for limits and targets. This is a weekly swing. The idea would be to get a correction breaking trend line. If it follows this path, then we should get another nice buy in the future.
Eur/Mex Ending DiagonalThis is the daily. Diagonal seems to be in a wave 5 position of a "C" wave. Emex seems to be holding at the 27% extension of first wave (high came off the 1.382 trend fib extension). Both Umex and Emex are showing "B" wave corrective structure. And I would not be surprised to this diagonal double top (See USOIL). It broke bottom trend line and pulled slightly back up. I would wait for (hope for) it to correct up and trade it by sell stop order to catch it on the way down, but that's just me personally. It seems like a "W" count to me. That would mean an "X" wave next (3 wave correction, usually somewhat flat like in this scenario) which can be 50-75% (usually about 62%) retracement of the 3 wave move by the time completed.
COP risk premium low in EM space=> Here we are tracking a break to the upside in USDCOP with a target of 3223
=> This flow is trading the recent underperformance in Columbia and playing it against USD strength via inflation and bond to equity flows.
=> This should be a quick and sharp move with low political risk in Columbia and upside in Oil prices being capped for now.(edited)
=> If risk rises globally we see COP getting hammered and experiencing real pain with the knife being stuck in because of the low carry and less hawkish BanRep(edited)
=> Good luck to those few who are trading this cross
Mixed Technique: Bring back strong peso and old school reggaetonWelcome to the series where I play with both technical and fundamental aspects of the market. Leave your suggestions if you want me to cover a specific asset.
Technical story:
As everyone but Maluma noticed, FX_IDC:EURCOP is really close to marking all time... close, but breaking high may come too.
The correlation with emerging markets ( AMEX:VWO ), although broken in 2017 and for the most of 2018, seems to be making a return. It is hard to judge it because the market sell-off usually unites different asset sub-classes better than Santos uniting people of Colombia (no disrespect, calm yourself down). USDCOP broke out of the long-term wedge and seems to be heading higher. We have two main resistance lines to watch now: 3710 and 3910; and two main support lines: 3610 and 3555. For now the EURCOP seems to be making new 52-week high, it may suggest further upward moves. Neither of used indicators is suggesting the end of the rally. VWO coming down would definitely trigger the risk-on mode and bid the COP. If we face a bear market, the COP will definitely not be used as a safe haven.
Fundamental story:
Fundamentals look a little bit better for Colombia. I prepared a couple of charts for you:
GDP seems to be improving, inflation is kept low, debt to GDP is falling. Most of fundamentals suggest there is nothing as bad in Colombia as there was in 2016. Currency is however howering around levels from 2016. I presume it is falling down with the rest of emerging currencies, suggesting risk-off mode.
fred.stlouisfed.org - interest rate differential with USD suggests COP should be way lower. I KNOW IT IS USD, don't cry please. We can see however that heading to 2016 the currency was crushed. This was back when the economy was not doing so good and GDP dropped. Look like worries came back, but they are not to be seen for now.
fred.stlouisfed.org - Real Broad effective exchange rate (RBEER) rallied a lot during this year and the yoy change seems to be too high as for interest rate differential (IRD, used TVC:DE10Y as a proxy for Euro long term interest rate). In the years 2005, 2007, 2010, when it happened, the yoy change in RBEER caught up eventually within 1-2 years. Beware the IRD yoy change is already below zero for more than a year.
fred.stlouisfed.org - my favourite chart. Real interest rate differential vs EURCOP. The currency pair seems to have rallied a bit too much in 2016 and 2017 and we can expect a comeback to the range 3200-3000. Other option is that Colombian yields would have to rally suggesting weakness in Colombia's credibility or economy
d3fy651gv2fhd3.cloudfront.net - Manufacturing PMI is above 50 and suggests a healthy economy
In the first half of 2018 it looked like the FX_IDC:EURCOP was trying to break lower but I believe the current market situation kicked it higher
Conclusions:
Technicals are undecided yet. We are at a cross-road. In my opinion it is flipping a bird at COP bulls and may strengthen EUR against our reggeaton peso. Fundamentals of Colombia are strong and even interest rate differential sugest that the currency should appreciate against the euro. I believe it is a short-term bearish, long-term bullish situation for COP.
EURMXN Looking Indecisive!Looking at the EURO/Peso This is should be a strong sell for the week but I'm searching for the perfect entry. Looking at the trend up I dont think it is ready to break this trend line. I would look for it to push up to a area of resistance then start to push down strong enough to break through the trend line and hit a lower level of support. This might take some time to play out but getting in on this pair at the right position is a great win!
Riding the NAFTA Flows=> The recent chest beating from the US forcing Mexico into a "new" NAFTA caused some temporary optimism. However, we see nothing new and mostly the lack of options within EM has been priced in with regards to risks and mid term investment narratives.
=> Combined with our broad view of EM weakness across the board we see capital flight to safety as a sensible and necessary play here.
=> GL
Shorts remain under pressure here...=> Here we are tracking for a short-term high to be set, whilst bulls remain above resistance at 39.35 the yearly highs are open for a test.
=> Here we can either trade crumbs to the highs or look for opportunities at 41.50x as we begin to set a secular high.
=> Whilst we don't see EM out of the woods yet, we are expecting some recovery into 2019.
=> A very complex environment here so good luck to all those involved.
ARGT on life supportI just don't understand why this and other emerging markets are getting new life this week. The IMF is and central banks are buying the peso to prevent its free fall. However, the Country's GDP just SHRANK 4%. Some banks are telling folks to by emerging markets now, which doesn't make sense as any price rise is due to central banks buying currency and not due to a strong economy. Who know what kind of dead cat bounce will occur in the next few weeks, but long term prospects are not good. First target at support of 22$, second target at 19$. Peso down over 50% since December and weaker peso compound debt woes.
USDARS - Emerging Markets in TroubleThe collapse of the Peso has accelerated after President Macri called yesterday for the IMF to accelerate disbursement under its standby programme amid rapidly deteriorating market sentiment. The Argentinian central bank hiked rates from 45% to 60% in a forceful attempt to shore up confidence. However, despite the hike, the Peso has continued to weaken. The ball is now clearly in the IMF's court...
PHP downtrend continuation. Great R:R.The Peso continues to decline this month. Since the 10% crash from January to February, the long term trend is in a downwards channel. However I believe that it will once again break below the channel and continue to fall. (Click and drag on the price axis to move the chart).
Looking at more short term profits:
A Head and Shoulders pattern is forming on the daily chat. This is normally a reversal pattern and not a continuation, however I believe that a 50% retracement of the "head" will still act as resistance, as it has in previous red daily candles. See the black horizontal minor resistance level from the past month as this also lines up.
Normally the target of this H&S would be a 1:1 extension of the head to the neckline, however because it will be breaking this important channel, there is no resistance there to hold it so expect a drop fast. Possible resistance level is the black line on the chart.
The RSI is not near the oversold level, so still has further to fall.
Downsides:
-There have not been any noticeable H&S formations on this pairing in the past.
-H&S normally signifies a reversal rather than continuation.
-The resistance in the channel may be enough to push it back up as this "H&S" is not yet so big. If this fails then look for a short opportunity after a larger structure.
Good luck trading.
What is trending this week? Not much.Out of 32 charts I watch only 3 are trending, and I missed my entry on 2 of them which are silver and USDMXN huhuhu.
Well maybe some exotics are trending my account to trade them is not set up yet so I did not check 4-5 charts.
Before I write what I think, I would just want to post my watchlist, and if someone is interested in what I think about one of those, I could make an idea, not like I am overwhelmed by activity.
7 majors
EURUSD
USDJPY
AUDUSD
USDCAD
GBPUSD
NZDUSD
USDCHF
10 exotic USD pairs
USDSEK
USDMXN
USDCNH
USDNOK
USDCZK
USDHUF
USDPLN
USDSGD
USDTHB
USDTRY
8 minors
EURJPY
EURCAD
EURNZD
EURCHF
EURGBP
GBPCAD
CHFJPY
GBPJPY
3 metals
Gold
Copper
Silver
1 energy
Oil
2 agriculture commodities
Soybean
Cotton
1 crypto (only one since they are all directly correlated)
BTCUSD or ETHUSD
For a total of 32
7 majors
10 exotic USD pairs
8 minors
2 metals (could add silver)
1 energy Oil
2 agriculture futures
1 crypto
Anyway, so once again I missed good trades, and all I got left is Bitcoin.
I use moving averages a bit like the guppy method to help confirm a trend, GMMA's use EXPONENTIAL moving averages, but it is not that different, and displaying the MA's helps. I just made an indicator with all of them so I don't have to bother everytime.
Right now I removed the 100 150 200 MA's because it is just gross, there is too much and it pollutes the chart, but I will display them from time to time.
There are many ways to see this, but here are the 3 main reasons I think Bitcoin will go up and we should long on 7600.
Target will most likely be 10000 or 12000, we will see later.
Shall Bitcoin get close to 7600 I will zoom in and try to get the best entry.
It probably gets overcut again, but if it gets overcut too much I rather miss out whatever, there are going to be opportunities elsewhere in a few weeks at most (right?)
Mexican Peso going up, weekly updateVery basic layout. Momentum out of shrinked volatility. Purely technical analysis.
USD/MXN Jumps to 18.50 markThe US Dollar recently gained massively against the Mexican Peso. That occurred mainly due to the political turmoil around the Mexican Presidential election, which caused a sudden fall in the value of the Peso.
However, the surge was stopped by a resistance line of a speculated ascending channel pattern at the 18.50 mark. Although, the psychological significance of this level might also have played a role.
Due to that reason a descent should be expected. However, the pair is set to face the support of the 200-period SMA and the monthly PP, respectively, at 18.41 and 18.45.