At the Close. Capitulation.
20:05CET
I just waited for the release of the FOMC minutes to see if we would have some kind of market change, but that did not prove to be the case. What an outrageous day. EUR/JPY capitualtion via EUR/USD big sell-off and USD/JPY tanking is rather unprecedented in recent history (recent months, I mean) and that's what has shocked me the most today. The extreme levels that are usually a big guidance for spotting counter-trend moves have all been violated with an ease long time no seen, at least on my end. What will come after this, I honestly don't know, but the EUR is in extreme OS (oversold) mode vs USD and JPY, and that is a fact. Of course the market does not care what my techs say, but I'm reporting this fact to you and it will take quite some effort to look at the EUR not in an oversold state after today's capitulation. SHort-term, first level in a hypothetical recovery in EUR/JPY should be the printing of 111.45, first retracement of today's big sell-off, although it would need much more to return to normality, as I said.
The USD, in the other hand, made nice but steady progress vs AUD, GBP and CHF, lost vs JPY (crazy currency of the day, again), and particularly interesting, lost the broken line (now dynamic resistance line) vs Gold ($1,365), as we find the unit trading @ $1,377 now, still with the head-and-shoulders pattern intact, but within reaching distance of being dismissed if the unit break $1,385-90.
As for the FOMC minutes, here's what they said:
Fed discussed even more unconventional measures in Oct: Minutes
* Discussed targeting bond yields, price targeting in October video conference
* Saw risks from targeting yields
Link to text (full):
http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcminutes20101103.htm
Link to Downgraded forecasts:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcminutes20101103ep.htm
Before calling it a day, here's how retail traders are positioning themselves in FX brokers. Long/short ratio below. Please note how AUD and EUR longs have increased, the USD looks very good there; however, still shocking to see so many Swissy longs (so many money makers outhere?) and Cable shorts). I'm Tony Juste, thanks for watching my space on the web. Stay tuned with CTAinvestor.com or Twitter.com/CTAinvestor to real-time market trading tips or get them delivered if you open with investors-europe.com.
Nov 23, 2010 20:00 GMT+0100
1. USD/JPY
75.91% 24.09%
2. XAU/USD
72.10% 27.90%
3. USD/CHF
69.15% 30.85%
4. USD/CAD
58.88% 41.12%
5. AUD/USD
53.97% 46.03%
6. EUR/USD
53.91% 46.09%
7. GBP/USD
45.41% 54.59%