Out of our 4 foreign exchange technique discussions this week, three have been arguably very efficient with correct danger administration as our strategists did a terrific job of navigating round a busy calendar of high tier occasions. Soar in to see the way it all went down!

Foreign exchange Setup of the Week: USD/JPY’s Consolidation Forward Of The FOMC Determination

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On Monday, we noticed a candy consolidation sample on USD/JPY, the right setup for these anticipating a robust directional transfer within the U.S. across the extremely anticipated FOMC financial coverage assertion. Expectations have been that the Fed would pause its fee climbing cycle as a result of stabilizing inflation information within the U.S.

Our outlook was that if the Fed succeeded in speaking its hawkish bias regardless of a “skip” in rate of interest hike this month, then USD/JPY might achieve extra pips.

Nicely, it seems like that’s what we acquired because the Fed did maintain off on one other fee hike this month, however in addition they signaled a excessive likelihood of extra hikes forward.  It’s additionally notable that no member noticed the opportunity of a fee minimize in 2023.

USD/JPY broke above the triangle sample famous within the authentic dialogue, leaping almost 200 pips earlier than sellers reversed the market, possible from revenue takers. An argument will also be made that anti-dollar gamers got here to play, specializing in weak U.S. financial indicators, together with falling U.S. enterprise survey information, falling inflation updates, and rising unemployment claims to anchor the concept the Fed could not have to hike once more in July.

By Friday, USD/JPY bulls took again management because the market retested the rising 100 SMA, possible a response to the BOJ saying no change to their financial coverage, holding their goal rates of interest at -0.1%.

For individuals who rode the volatility on this one and executed good danger administration practices, you possible did nicely with this technique dialogue this week.

USD/CHF: Tuesday – June 13, 2023

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On Tuesday, we determined to throw one other Greenback targeted setup, this time on USD/CHF. We additionally made the catalyst give attention to the quick approaching U.S. CPI replace, which we thought might affect hypothesis/sentiment on the FOMC assertion.

Expectations as mentioned in our Occasion Information have been that the CPI quantity would are available beneath the April charges of change, and in that situation, the U.S. greenback might fall in opposition to currencies with comparatively hawkish central banks. However we didn’t utterly depend out the FOMC assertion as a possible short-term bullish catalyst for the pair.

Nicely, these expectations appeared to have performed out because the U.S. CPI headline quantity really got here in beneath expectations (however didn’t instantly ship the pair decrease), and the FOMC did sign additional hikes forward to ship the pair increased throughout the Wednesday session.

Merchants did get bearish on the pair throughout the Thursday session, presumably on the bear greenback argument mentioned within the USD/JPY recap above, the place the latest U.S. information factors to a potential situation the place the Fed could have reached peak climbing cycle.

The Swiss franc additionally possible rode a spike in euro power, which got here after very hawkish feedback from the European Central Financial institution (they signaled a hike in July was “very possible”).

For individuals who have been capable of maintain on to a wild journey by way of the entire main catalysts, this was a really profitable setup if it was danger managed nicely.

EUR/USD: Wednesday – June 14, 2023

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On Wednesday, EUR/USD had simply hit a robust space of curiosity on the chart, a rising ‘lows’ trendline that may very well be of nice curiosity to each the bulls and the bears. Very attention-grabbing certainly because it was possible a terrific soar off level for both camp relying on the upcoming financial coverage statements from each the FOMC and ECB.

As we’ve mentioned above, the FOMC gave us the “hawkish pause” situation that was extremely anticipated, whereas the European Central Financial institution lifted rates of interest by 25 bps as anticipated.

Our major ideas forward of the occasions have been that if the Fed did pause its fee hikes and if the ECB raised its rates of interest like markets are anticipated, then EUR/USD might regain its intraweek highs.

Nicely, that’s just about the way it performed out, and with additional assist from ECB rhetoric {that a} July hike is “very possible.”  EUR/USD shot up like a rocket over 100 pips on the ECB occasion, testing the 1.0950 minor psychological space earlier than shedding momentum.

This was one other setup that aligned with our technique dialogue, and with correct  danger administration, it was a probable worthwhile setup.

EUR/NZD: Thursday – June 15, 2023

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For our final technique dialogue of the week, we targeted on the ECB financial coverage assertion because it was prone to trigger a stir within the euro with expectations of a fee hike forward.

This time although, we thought the occasion might ship the euro increased throughout the launch, which might really give bearish merchants on EUR/NZD an opportunity to play the longer-term development decrease on the 1-hour timeframe.

We have been leaning in that camp based mostly not solely on our euro outlook mentioned in our ECB Occasion Information, but in addition on the likelihood that broad market sentiment could shift constructive on the concept of the Fed nearing the tip of the speed cycle.

As mentioned in our different recaps, the euro did pop increased after the ECB hiked and signaled extra hikes to come back, pushing EUR/NZD to the highest of the falling channel and met resistance as soon as once more.

After consolidation by way of the Thursday U.S. session and Friday Asia session, we noticed yet one more pop increased within the pair, solely to satisfy resistance once more. It’s possible information of the BOJ holding rates of interest at ultra-low ranges could have introduced in some risk-on merchants / comdoll bulls.

It doesn’t appear to be we’ll get a major transfer to provide this technique a transparent decision of whether or not it was efficient or not.  However for these energetic merchants who danger managed a brief entry across the 1.7600 psychological degree (across the high of the falling channel), it’s possible you have been capable of seize just a few pips forward of the weekend. For individuals who have been rather less affected person together with your entry, it’s possible you gave up just a few pips when you determined to dump earlier than the week’s shut.

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