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EUR/USD: on the eve of the Fed and ECB meetings

29/04/2020

The attitude of investors towards the prospects of European assets and the euro remains restrained-negative. At the beginning of today's European session, EUR / USD is trading near 1.0840 mark, below the important short-term resistance level 1.0900 (EMA200 on the 4-hour chart).

Demand for the dollar as a defensive asset still remains, while the situation with coronavirus in the world still does not have a clear improvement trend, and disappointing macro data continues to come from the US and the Eurozone.

Investors do not expect from the planned two-day Fed meeting, which will end on Wednesday with the publication (at 18:00 GMT) of a decision on rates, something new or additional incentive measures.

The Fed has already done a lot to soften the business environment amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Fed will be interested of the press conference, which will begin at 18:30 (GMT). Volatility could rise sharply again in the financial market if Jerome Powell makes unexpected statements about the immediate prospects for the Fed's monetary policy.

At the same time, if the Fed is not expected to significantly change the current monetary policy at the moment, the ECB may greatly surprise the markets, if at the end of its meeting on Thursday it announces its intention to expand the quantitative easing program (QE), if not now, then in early June, when the next meeting of the ECB.

Thus, it is logical to expect a further decline in the EUR / USD pair. Below the key resistance levels 1.1050 (ЕМА200 on the daily chart), 1.1010 (ЕМА144 on the daily chart) negative dynamics prevail.

The breakdown of the support level 1.0840 (ЕМА200 on the 1-hour chart) will strengthen the negative dynamics of EUR / USD.

Support Levels: 1.0840, 1.0785, 1.0730, 1.0655, 1.0600, 1.0580, 1.0530

Resistance Levels: 1.0865, 1.0900, 1.0980, 1.1010, 1.1020, 1.1050, 1.1145



Trading Recommendations

Sell by market. Stop-Loss 1.0920. Take-Profit 1.0785, 1.0730, 1.0655, 1.0600, 1.0580, 1.0530

Buy Stop 1.0920. Stop-Loss 1.0790. Take-Profit 1.0980, 1.1010, 1.1020, 1.1050, 1.1145

 

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AUD/USD: at a strong resistance level

30/04/2020

Next week (May 5), the next meeting of the RBA will be held. As you know, in early April, the regular meeting of the RBA was held, following which the bank management decided to keep the current monetary policy unchanged. The key interest rate of the RBA was kept at a record low level of 0.25%, and the target level of yield on 3-year government bonds was also left at 0.25%. The decision to lower the rate and determine the current target level of government bond yields was made at the previous unscheduled meeting of the RBA on March 19. RBA predicts a significant slowdown in inflation in the 2nd quarter.

The guidelines for the RBA in determining priorities in its monetary policy, in addition to GDP growth, are inflation and unemployment. At the same time, economists note that inflation in Australia may approach zero, as housing prices are falling, wage growth is slowing, and unemployment is growing rapidly.

Today, the AUD / USD pair is trading at a strong resistance level of 0.6560 (EMA144 on the daily chart), maintaining positive dynamics over the past few weeks.

In the event of a breakdown of this resistance level, it can still grow to key resistance levels of 0.6640 (EMA200 on the daily chart), 0.6700 (EMA50 on the weekly chart).

If the RBA next week reinforces incentive measures again, then the Australian dollar quotes may suffer, and the pair AUD / USD may decline. In this case, a signal for AUD / USD sales will be a breakdown of the short-term important support level of 0.6433 (ЕМА200 on the 1-hour chart). The breakdown of the support levels of 0.6332 (ЕМА200 on the 4-hour chart), 0.6272 (local lows) will confirm the resumption of the bearish trend of AUD / USD.

From the news for today, in addition to the results of the meeting and the ECB press conference, it is worth paying attention to the publication at 12:30 (GMT) of data from the US labor market. It is expected that the number of new applications for unemployment benefits in the week of April 24-30 was 3.5 million (after 4.43 million in the previous week). Under current conditions (the coronavirus pandemic and a sharp economic slowdown), the reaction of market participants to the publication of this report by the US Department of Labor can be completely unpredictable.

Support Levels: 0.6455, 0.6433, 0.6332, 0.6272, 0.6070, 0.5975, 0.5665, 0.5510

Resistance Levels: 0.6560, 0.6640, 0.6700



Trading Recommendations

Sell Stop 0.6515. Stop-Loss 0.6575. Take-Profit 0.6455, 0.6433, 0.6332, 0.6272, 0.6070, 0.5975, 0.5665, 0.5510

Buy Stop 0.6575. Stop-Loss 0.6515. Take-Profit 0.6600, 0.6640, 0.6700, 0.6820