Price & Time: Important Time For USD/JPY

Talking Points

• EUR/USD rebounds off key Gann level
• USD/JPY holds Fibonacci support
• GOLD nearing critical resistance zone

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Weekly Foreign Exchange Price & Time at a Glance:

Weekly Price & Time Analysis: EUR/USD

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• EUR/USD traded to a new multi-week low earlier this week before rebounding off the 1x1 Gann angle line of the 2013 low near 1.3500
• Our trend bias is lower in the Euro while below the 2013 closing high near 1.3800
• The 1.3500 area remains a key downside pivot with weakness below needed to signal a resumption of the broader decline
• A minor cycle turn window is seen early next week
• Only a daily close back over 1.3800 would turn us positive on the Euro again

Weekly EUR/USD Strategy: Like the short side while under 1.3800.

Weekly Price & Time Analysis: USD/JPY

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• USD/JPY fell to its lowest level since late November earlier this week before finding support at the 100.80 200% extension of the mid-January advance
• Our broader bias is now negative in the rate while below 104.40
• The 100.80 level is now a key pivot that needs to be breached soon on a daily close to undermine the potential positive cyclicality of this week
• A minor cycle turn window is seen early next week
• A weekly close back over 104.40 would turn us positive again on USD/JPY

Weekly USD/JPY Strategy: We like the short side in USD/JPY while below 104.40.

Weekly Price & Time Analysis: GOLD

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• XAU/USD remains in consolidation mode after last week’s failure near the 38% retracement of the August to January decline near 1276
• Our broader trend bias remains positive in the metal while above the 1x1 Gann angle line of the 2013 closing low near 1223
• A convergence of Gann and Fibonacci levels between 1276 and 1286 needs to be overcome to signal the next leg higher
• A cycle turn window is seen around the second half of the month
• A daily close under 1223 would turn us negative on the metal

Weekly XAU/USD Strategy: Like being long while over 1223.

--- Written by Kristian Kerr, Senior Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com

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