US Dollar Flirting with Trend Change, SPX 500 Selloff Gains Momentum

Talking Points:

• US Dollar Continues to Flirt with Trend-Setting Break
• S&P 500 Selloff Accelerates After Prices Top Sub-1900
• Crude Oil Falters at Former Support, Gold Still Flat

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US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices look to be attempting to set a double bottom at 10375, the October 22 close. Confirmation of the upward reversal pattern requires a breach of resistance is at 10458, marked by the top of a falling channel that has guided the benchmark currency downward since the beginning of the year. A daily close above this barrier initially targets horizontal support-turned-resistance at 10495.

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S&P 500 TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices pushed sharply lower, taking out the bottom of a rising channel and exposing the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement at 1866.60. A break below this boundary on a daily closing basis targets the 50% level at 1855.60. Channel floor support-turned-resistance is now at 1875.50, with a reversal back above that eyeing the 23.6% Fib at 1880.20.

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GOLD TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices are consolidating below resistance in the 1307.94-15.60 area, marked by the top of a descending Triangle chart formation and the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement. A break above that on daily closing basis targets the 50% level at 1330.18. The descending Triangle argues in favor of bearish continuation however (though confirmation is absent for now). Near-term support is at 1277.00, the Triangle bottom.

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CRUDE OIL TECHNICAL ANALYSIS – Prices edged lower following a retest of rising trend line support-turned-resistance set from mid-March. Initial support is at 101.14, the 23.6% Fibonacci expansion, with a break below that exposing the 38.2% level at 100.23. Alternatively, a move back above the trend line – now at 102.27 – aims for the May 14 high at 102.61.

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--- Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com

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