The Currency Pair EUR/USD is the shortened term for the euro against U.S. dollar pair, or cross for the currencies of the European Union (EU) and the United States (USD). The currency pair indicates how many U.S. dollars (the quote currency) are needed to purchase one euro (the base currency). Trading the EUR/USD currency pair is also known as trading the “euro.” The value of the EUR/USD pair is quoted as 1 euro per x U.S. dollars. For example, if the pair is trading at 1.50, it means it takes 1.5 U.S. dollars to buy 1 euro.
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USDJPY is a major indicator of the Yen Carry Trade as Japanese citizens have the highest savings rate in the world and a larger portion of them invest in both our equities market as well as our US Treasury market, so any time they buy their yen are exchanged for US dollars thus putting upside pressure on USD & downside pressure on JPY naturally boosting this pairs ratio.
The “Great CAD Awakening” is finally upon us. Nearly 1 year ago I forecasted that USDCAD was going to entire a great strengthening period and once it did it would going to be an extremely powerful bull market for the CAD. Sure enough 1.24 came & went as price action flushed straight through the 200MA it it wasn’t even there. Notice how that prior bull period also coincided during the last major Oil Super-Bull market. MACD crossing centerline without slowing & Stochastics
DXY is the USD Index which is a basket of currencies of the largest currencies relative to the USD: EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, CAD and a few smaller others. This collection of currencies makes up the bulk of global currency reserves and is an accurate barometer of the relative performance of the US Dollar.
The GBP/USD (British Pound/U.S. Dollar) is an abbreviation for the British pound and U.S. dollar currency pair or cross. The currency pair tells the reader how many U.S. dollars (the quote currency) are needed to purchase one British pound (the base currency).
The Europound market involves deposits of British pounds outside of the jurisdiction of the Bank of England. This currency pair is especially important because it is the two largest currencies in the DXY US-Basket of currencies, thus it is paramount in the Global Forex Parity thesis.
The Australian Dollar (AUD) is the currency unit used in the Commonwealth of Australia. … The Dollar is rated by the World Foreign Exchange market as the fifth most-traded currency in the world. The Australian Dollar is also known as the “Aussie”.
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USDCHF has long since been a great canary in the coalmine for DXY (USD index). Today’s green candle is very similar to 11/30 (last day of Nov) so have to take it with a grain of salt. Keep watching USDCHF for signs of bottoming, that would be an early precursor of a dollar bottom, but any red candle on monday would negate any ST bottom potential.
( 5-12-21): AUDCAD so far has clearly rejected at that upper purple TL resistance. However, like prior rejections price action has flushed all the way back to the BC before returning back up, so just because the 13MA did not hold it does not necessarily mean it cannot return back up to that TL. However, with that said…
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