Wednesday, March 5, 2014

EUR/USD Retreats From 1.3820 High

EUR/USD (daily chart as of March 5, 2014) touched a high of 1.3823 on February 28 with a long bullish candlestick after it traded through the daily EMA 50 (arrow on chart). However, the candlesticks from February 28 to March 4 (gray shadow on chart) looked quite bearish with a combination of several bearish patterns, including the bearish harami, bearish engulfing, and gravestone doji. Plus, the first candlestick engulfed the entire trading range of all the following three candlesticks.

The market is in light trading awaiting the ECB decision and the U.S. job data. As of this writing, the pair is climbing higher and poised to test the resistance of 1.3780/3800, which is the session high of the gravestone doji on March 4. If it is unable to break out of 1.3800, that would confirm the mentioned bearish patterns and price could fall to test the daily EMA 50 again, and then potentially the daily EMA 100 and EMA 200.

Support levels below:
1st support: daily EMA 50
2nd support: 1.3640 (February 27 low) or daily EMA 100
3rd support: daily EMA 200

Resistance levels above:
1st resistance: 1.3780/3800 (March 4 high)
2nd resistance: 1.3820 (February 28 high)
3rd resistance: 1.3890 (December 27, 2013 high)

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