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FX Daily, October 17: EU-UK Deal Sends Sterling and the Euro Higher

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.26% to 1.0983 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, October 17(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: A Brexit deal between the UK and the EU has been struck. Whether it can win Parliament’s approval is a horse of a different color. Meanwhile, US-Chinese relations continue to sour. The capital markets are narrowly mixed as investors await further developments. The MSCI Asia Pacific...

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USD/CHF technical analysis: Breaks below 0.9940 confluence support, turns vulnerable

The pair remains under some selling pressure for the second straight session. The ongoing slide dragged it below a two-month-old ascending trend-channel. Bears might now aim towards challenging the 0.9900 round-figure mark. The USD/CHF pair extended this week’s rejection slide from the vicinity of the key parity mark and remained under some selling pressure for the second consecutive session. The ongoing slide to one-week lows has now dragged the pair below a...

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USD/CHF technical analysis: Intraday uptick falters just ahead of parity mark

Despite the intraday pullback, the pair has managed to hold above 200-DMA. The near-term technical set-up support prospects for some dip-buying interest. The USD/CHF pair failed to capitalize on its intraday positive move and faced rejection near the key parity mark, albeit has still managed to hold above the very important 200-day SMA. Given the pair’s repeated bounce from a support marked by the lower end of a two-month-old ascending trend-channel, the near-term...

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FX Daily, October 15: Non-Disruptive Brexit Hopes Remain Elevated

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.16% to 1.0977 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, October 15(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: Ideas that a Brexit deal may be close is helping to firm sterling, while soft Chinese PPI offset the spike in food prices to show the weakness of the world’s second-largest economy. Minutes from the meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia earlier this month kept a door open to a...

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USD/CHF technical analysis: Buyers’ exhaustion around 0.9985/90

USD/CHF repeatedly fails to cross 0.9985/90 area. A two-month-old rising trend-line, 100-day EMA grabs sellers’ attention. Repeated failures to rise past-0.9985/90 resistance-area drags USD/CHF to 0.9965 by the press time of early Tuesday. The pair now witnesses pullback towards the two-month-old rising trend-line, at 0.9930, a break of which could further drag the quote to a 100-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) level of 0.9910. Though, pair’s declines beneath...

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USD/CHF technical analysis: Pivots around 200-day SMA, near mid-0.9900s

Continued with its struggle to extend the momentum beyond 200-DMA. Bears eye a decisive break below the ascending trend-channel support. Bulls are likely to await a sustained strength above the key parity mark. The USD/CHF pair failed to capitalize on last week’s attempted rebound from a support marked by the lower end of a two-month-old ascending trend-channel and met with some fresh supply on Monday. The pair’s repeated failed attempts to extend the momentum...

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FX Daily, October 11: Nothing Like Approaching the Edge to Focus the Minds

Swiss Franc The Euro has risen by 0.56% to 1.1031 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, October 11(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: As the edge of the abyss is approached in three distinct areas, there is hope that victory can be snatched from the jaws of defeat. US-China trade talks continue today, and there is hope of a small deal that could lead to the US not hiking tariffs next week. A shift in the UK toward a...

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USD/CHF: Bulls have eyes on a break into the 1.000s in pursuit of channel resistance

USD/CHF has met a confluence of support as the US Dollar extends higher. Latest positioning data shows that CHF net shorts had been climbing for a third week.  FOMC minutes at the top of the hour is next major risk.  USD/CHF has met a confluence of support as the US Dollar extends higher on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s Minutes today and US consumer Price Index tomorrow. Currently, USD/CHF is trading at 0.9952 having travelled between 0.9915...

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FX Daily, October 9: Hope is Trying to Supplant Pessimism Today

Swiss Franc The Euro has risen by 0.35% to 1.0912 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, October 9(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: The 1.5% drop in the S&P 500 and the deterioration of US-China relations and the prospects of a no-deal Brexit failed did not carry over much into today’s activity. Asia Pacific equities were mostly a little lower, though China and India bucked the regional trend, while Korea was...

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FX Daily, October 8: Not a Good Day for Negotiators

Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.27% to 1.0881 EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, October 8(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates Overview: The re-opening of Chinese markets after a long holiday did not produce the volatility that many expected. Chinese stocks alongside most Asia markets traded higher today, and the yuan advanced. After opening higher and extending its recent rally, Europe’s Dow Jones Stoxx 600 turned...

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