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Some Respite For The Dollar In The Next 24 Hours?

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Submitted by Nic Lenoir of ICAP

The topside resistance of the assumed-to-be bull flag pointed out this morning in EURUSD has held so far. A quick look at the dollar index over the last few days of trading indicates we are facing support here at least in the near term. Even if we cannot claim to have made a bottom in the medium to long term, it looks we should at least retest 75.80 before another wave of selling.

Crude Oil confirms it has lost any correlation with any other market, or reality for that matter. Some people think it is linked to the suicide bombing killing several members of the Iranian guard, personally I think it is simply the market reaching the "euphoria" phase of the bubble. This is when correlations break down, record for number of consecutive up days are broken, and we start hearing about $200 target projections. The latter hasn't happened yet to my knowledge... unless some analysts claim their predictions from last summer ignoring the 75% sell-off that happened in the meantime... We see targets at 80.94 and 91.19 for oil on this move. Personally I would not be surprised if we see the $91 mark. I would rather focus on trying to identify the top however than fueling the fire.


Good luck trading,

Nic




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Mon, 10/19/2009 - 16:21 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 16:23 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 16:28 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 18:46 | Link to Comment NYPoke
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US$ has been working on a fifth wave extension since June or so.  Never can tell when those things will finish.  However, it has been trading in range, rather than in a free-fall, which makes for a good long call.  Picking the bottom is a whole different issue.  Has to break the upper trend line, with conviction, to pick the bottom.

 

Too many Dollar Bears.  Oversold & time for a bounce.  Only question is when.

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 16:34 | Link to Comment Jim in MN
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Enough!  It is time for a well-orchestrated dress rehearsal of a dollar panic, to see where the cards are held.  Then, Lucy will yank the football and Charlie Brown...ah, poor Charlie Brown.

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 17:05 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 17:18 | Link to Comment Lionhead
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Nic, I'd like to see that neckline broken in the flag first. Likely the point of a breakout or failure as the case maybe. Good Luck!

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Looking for WTIC to $89 or $91 if it runs all the way to target.

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 17:36 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 18:16 | Link to Comment Rusty_Shackleford
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"It's a bit like watching the engine on the stand, running at high RPMs, without oil, and wondering when the thing is going to seize-up."

 

That was kick-ass.

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 17:51 | Link to Comment Plainview
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AAPL results rocketed the futures and that smashed the Greenback.

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 12:25 | Link to Comment Hephasteus
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They didn't have any results. They simply changed accounting practices. Geez. Why is NO ONE aware that this was going to happen.

I could have predicted a 15 percent sales increase on apple on September 24th just by reading this.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1556128/apple-sales-increase

 

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 18:14 | Link to Comment Rusty_Shackleford
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Yeah.  Dollar rally. ;)

 

We're lucky if it'll hold 75.2.

 

Doubt it.

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 22:33 | Link to Comment Rusty_Shackleford
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That didn't take long.

75.149

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 12:23 | Link to Comment Hephasteus
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LOL Don't ya love it when answers come quick.

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 18:53 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 20:35 | Link to Comment peterr (not verified)
Mon, 10/19/2009 - 20:32 | Link to Comment ghostfaceinvestah
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this is some good analysis.

http://blog.atimes.net/?p=1180

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 20:35 | Link to Comment Gilgamesh
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RBA just put a nail in the coffin.  No respite tonight, unless there is a big reversal (could happen, although AUD/USD pushed over .93)

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 20:58 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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