In this webinar, we looked during price action setups forward of tomorrow’s recover of US Non-Farm Payroll numbers for a month of May. Tomorrow’s NFP news is accented with a integrate of additional equipment of interest, as Spain appears to be headed for a no certainty opinion for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy; and a subject of trade tariffs came adult again currently when a United States announced that steel and aluminum tariffs will be levied on Canada, Mexico and a EU.
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US Dollar Pullback Continues as Rate Expectations Soften
As a knock-on outcome of a theatrics in European politics, rate expectations have started to get pushed-out around a US and a Federal Reserve. While a travel in a integrate of weeks during a bank’s Jun assembly is still high probability, a awaiting of a sum of 4 hikes this year out of a Fed looks utterly a bit some-more questionable, with contingency as of this morning down to 27%. This has helped a US Dollar to continue pulling back after a unsuccessful try during 95.00 progressing in a week; and as we saw on shorter-term charts, there’s a box to be done for short-side strategies in a US Dollar. Coming into this week, we had set adult AUD/USD and NZD/USD for that scenario, and with those markets display varying degrees of development, we continued to demeanour to a offset proceed around a US Dollar as we proceed tomorrow’s NFP report.
EUR/USD Testing Key Resistance
The dump in EUR/USD was quick and violent, and when we re-encountered this pivotal support territory on a approach down, this was a small speed strike that helped to delayed a pierce over a integrate of days. But – this turn had played out utterly a bit in a latter-third of final year with countless inflections, and earlier this morning, prices bounced adult to this territory to find a bit of resistance. This area runs from 1.1685-1.1736, as organisation by a integrate of longer-term Fibonacci levels, and this area can assistance to justify short-side plays. If prices do not stay next 1.1750, another intensity area of insurgency exists from 1.1821-1.1855, and this could also be an area to theatre short-side plays should a stream territory of insurgency not hold.
EUR/USD Four-Hour Chart: Finds Resistance during a Familiar Area

Chart prepared by James Stanley
GBP/USD Holds a Lows, For Now
An component of support finally started to uncover in Cable (GBP/USD), and this is a area that we’ve been following that runs from 1.3269-1.3321. The past integrate of days have seen prices organisation within this zone, and a span has jostled behind towards a 1.3300 area. Nonetheless, sellers have remained active, and given how oversold a span was entrance into this week, we could be saying some-more of a short-squeeze than an tangible bullish move. This highlights a same territory of intensity insurgency that we were looking during progressing in a week around 1.3400, and this is something that could be helped by Non-Farm Payrolls tomorrow. If we see a breeze of USD-weakness, this could assistance to poke GBP/USD a bit-higher, and if we do see lower-high insurgency set-in during or around that 1.3400-zone, a doorway opens for short-side setups.
USD/CHF Continues to Turn Lower
We had looked during the short-side of USD/CHF on Tuesday as a bearish-USD play, and that pierce has continued to uncover guarantee as Franc-strength has slanted a span deeper next a relation level. This keeps a short-side of USD/CHF of seductiveness as prolonged as prices sojourn next 1.0000, and longer-term targets could be destined towards a feeder area of intensity support around a .9700-handle.
USD/CAD With a Heavy Two Days of Volatility
Yesterday’s BoC helped to pierce on a clever Canadian Dollar, and afterwards today’s tariff speak helped to retreat that move. We looked during a awaiting of personification reversals, focusing on CAD strength and looking to blur this morning’s headline-driven pop. As prolonged as prices sojourn next 1.3000, short-side swings sojourn an appealing option.
USD/JPY Becomes Messy
The span continues to lure a support territory that we’ve been following that runs from 108.62-109.19. Shorter-term price action shows a lacking response from bears, however, and this creates a short-side of a span a bit reduction attractive. The prolonged side of a span isn’t all too appealing either, as bulls have been incompetent to pull a span with most conspicuous strength over a past week. This could, however, be used to bottom into other trades, vocalization to a intensity for short-side EUR/JPY and GBP/JPY scenarios.
NZD/USD for Short-USD Strategies
This was the second span we were following for USD-weakness this week, mostly looking to a longer-term operation that stays in a pair. This was a adored span for USD-strength in Apr as we looked to play a short-side of that range. With that bearish thesis now priced-in, we started to follow a prolonged side for USD debility as one of a FX Setups for this week. With a span now trade behind above a .7000 level, that thesis stays viable. We looked during a integrate of opposite ways of operative with this move.
NZD/USD Weekly Chart: Prices Bounce From Range Support

Chart prepared by James Stanley
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