USDCAD higher on the day. Retail sales weak pave the way for a BOC rate cut next week.

2024-06-13

It’s clear from Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem’s latest speech that he wants to ease rates further but he’s still reluctant to signal it. That’s left us with the clunky line:

“With further and more sustained evidence that underlying inflation is easing, monetary policy no longer needs to be as restrictive as it has been.”

That’s an exact repeat of the line in the press conference last week where he also added that it was reasonable to expect further cuts, but only if inflation continues to ease.

I take it as a flimsy commitment to continue to ease by a central bank that’s worried about getting burned. If not for the mistakes of the post-covid cycle, the Bank of Canada would have lowered rates much further by now but generals always fight the last war so being late was

2024-06-12

A swing area between 1.08538 and 1.08617 looms above. There may be some profit-taking against the area on the first look

2024-06-11

The EURUSD is breaking below the 1.0722 to 1.07346 swing area. Staying below increases the sellers control.

2024-06-10

The 100 bar MA on the 4-hour chart is being approached at 1.27384

2024-04-03

The 38.2% retracement of the USDCHFs move down from the 2022 high comes in at 0.90252. Staying above that is more bullish in the short and long term now.

2024-04-02

The Kickstart video for the 3 major currency pairs for April 2, 2024

2024-03-29

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In this video you will learn about the latest fundamental developments for the USDJPY pair. You will also find technical analysis across different timeframes for a better overall outlook on the market.

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0:00 Fundamental Outlook.
1:43 Technical Analysis with Optimal Entries.
3:08 Upcoming Economic Data.

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2024-03-27

The ceiling going back to November/December 2023 and over the last 5 weeks at 1.36049 to 1.35269 Staying below, keeps the sellers in play (and in short term control too).