Friday, December 31, 2010

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Gold Trading Update

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:49 AM PST

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The gold climbed to a high of $1414 an ounce, compared to the low of USD 1372 an ounce in the end of last week, supported by Euro's recovery from a three week low against the US Dollar. At this period trade is thin as most of funds and banks are out of the market. Little activity is expected during the break.

The markets will resume properly in the first week of January and investors expect gold to climb around $1450. an ounce. Fears about Euro zone's peripheral economies debt crisis still exist and are not going to vanish easily. These concerns make people to feel better when they hold a tangible asset.

• The next support levels are located at the $1410, $1400 and $1390 levels.
• The next resistance levels are found at the $1420, $1435 and $1450 levels.

USD/CHF Provides Signs for Reversal

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:44 AM PST

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The USD has dropped significantly versus the CHF in the past 2 weeks, and it is currently traded around 0.9375. And now as evident in the data, the 4-hour chart is giving bullish signals, indicating that USD/CHF pair might go up. Forex traders can take advantage of this impending movement by having their Entry Orders in place to capture this reversal.

• The next support levels are located at the 0.9345, 0.9315 and $0.9295 levels.
• The next resistance levels are found at the 0.9405, 0.9435 and 0.9470 levels.

USD/CHF 4-Hour Chart
USD-CHF 30-12-2010

USD/JPY- Bullish Signal

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:55 PM PST

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The USD/JPY pair saw quite a consistent bearish trend during the past few weeks. The pair lost about 300 pips since December 16th, falling from the 84.40 level to the 81.40 level today. However, after the pair failed to breach through the 81.40 level it began correcting itself, and is now trading near the 81.60 level. The bullish correction is likely to extend today, with potential to reach the 82.00 level.

• The chart below is the 4-hour chart USD/JPY by ForexYard.

There is a very distinct bearish channel formed on the 4-hour chart, and the pair is now floating in its bottom.

• The pair recently reached as high as the 84.20 level, yet this appears to have initiated a mild bearish correction.

• The Slow Stochastic has just completed a bullish cross above the 20-line, indicating that a bullish correction might take place.

• In addition, The RSI signals that the price of this pair currently floats in the over-sold territory, indicating upward pressure.

• The next support levels are located at the 81.20, 80.80 and 80.50 levels.

• The next resistance levels are found at the 81.90, 82.30 and 82.70 levels.

USD/JPY 4-Hour Chart
USD-JPY 30-12

Silver Looks to Move Above All-Time High

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:47 PM PST

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The gains in spot silver prices continue to increase with today's price breaching the all-time high of $30.69.

When the price of a commodity makes a new high, this sends a very strong message that something fundamental is occurring in the market. One school of thought is a recovery in the global economy. As the economies of the developed nations of world begin to grow, such as the US, Great Britain, China, and Japan, demand for raw materials have increased along with industrial consumption numbers. Traders can take advantage of the rising prices by going long on spot silver with stops placed below the rising trend line that extends from the late August low.

Today's Market Events:

USD – Weekly Unemployment Claims – 13:30 GMT
Expected 416k. Previous: 420k.
An improving unemployment picture bodes well for the US economy and should help to strengthen the dollar. Gains in the EUR/USD should be sold into with support at the 50% retracement level from the June to November move at 1.3070. Resistance follows at yesterday's high at 1.3275 and the 38.2% Fib retracement at 1.3360.

USD – Pending Home Sales – 15:00 GMT
Expected: 1.8%. Previous: 10.4%.
It will be tough to top the number of November's pending home sales but US data has typically been strong in the 4th quarter with the exception of the November non-farm payroll numbers. Strong US data could cap the AUD/USD gains at the resistance level of 1.0181.

Oil – Crude Oil Inventory Report – 16:00
Expected: -2.8m. Previous: -5.3m.
Crude oil prices have a strong bid behind them as shown by their resilience to trade above the $90 level. Traders may be targeting the psychological $100 level.

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