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FX Breakout Monitor: SEK and gold making waves as majors dither FX Breakout Monitor: SEK and gold making waves as majors dither FX Breakout Monitor: SEK and gold making waves as majors dither

FX Breakout Monitor: SEK and gold making waves as majors dither

Forex 5 minutes to read
John Hardy

Head of FX Strategy

Summary:  A weak CPI print has the Swedish krona breaking down all over while the major currencies continue to dither within tight ranges. And gold has broken free again to the upside over the last couple of sessions

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It appears FX traders are awaiting important catalysts like the outcome of US-China trade negotiations and Brexit and perhaps the next rounds of macroeconomic data that will prompt greater anticipation of coming policy moves from the major central banks. Today, the currency most pointedly on the move was the Swedish krona, as the currency fell to new local lows across the board on a weak CPI print. We’ll watch whether this move holds into today’s close for a possible sell-off of the krona versus the USD or EUR tomorrow morning. Gold is on the bid as well even as silver is left back in the range.

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Our AUDCAD barely avoided a stop-out yesterday and rolled conveniently back lower as we take it off for less than half of the distance to the original stop. The EURUSD short is going nowhere now several days after we entered the position near current levels. We will consider SEK shorts tomorrow depending on the quality of the market close today in EURSEK and USDSEK.
Source: Saxo Bank
Today’s FX Breakout monitor

Page 1: Prospects seem moribund for the immediate term in most FX pairs – still awaiting whether EURUSD makes a more concerted effort lower after the recent break signal.
Source: Saxo Bank
Page 2: Gold continues to poke to new highs for the cycle, though without much impulsivity – still it is making a statement relative to the deadbeat majors here – see more below. The other prominent mover is SEK, with prominent new lows today in reaction to the weak Swedish CPI data. And all quiet on the CNY front allows USDTHB to look at a new low as well – while USDZAR looks the other way as South Africa credit spreads have recently pulled back wider.
Source: Saxo Bank
Chart: USDSEK

The Swedish krona was in for a drubbing today on a weak CPI release that took the currency to new lows across the board. Note that the horizontal line near 9.40 here is the highest daily close back in late 2016 (and before that since 2002). Important to watch whether the move holds into today’s close for a sense of whether the krona is in for a new bout of trending weaker. 
Source: Saxo Bank
Chart: XAUUSD

Impressive that gold continues to make a statement by poking to new highs for the cycle, but less than impressive that it is doing so with an Average True Range close to the very lowest registered over the last several years. The most prominent chart points higher are the range highs from $1,366/oz up to $1,375/oz, the highest levels since 2014.
Source: Saxo Bank
REFERENCE: FX Breakout Monitor overview explanations

The following is a left-to-right, column by column explanation of the FX Breakout Monitor tables.

Trend: A measure of whether the currency pair is trending up, down or sideways based on an algorithm that looks for persistent directional price action. A currency can register a breakout before it looks like it is trending if markets are choppy.

ATR: Average True Range or the average daily trading range. Our calculation of this indicator uses a 50-day exponential moving average to smooth development. The shading indicates whether, relative to the prior 1,000 trading days, the current ATR is exceptionally high (deep orange), somewhat elevated (lighter orange), normal (no shading), quiet (light blue) or exceptionally quiet (deeper blue).

High Closes / Low Closes: These columns show the highest and lowest prior 19- and 49-day daily closing levels.  

Breakouts: The right-most several columns columns indicate whether a breakout to the upside or downside has unfolded today (coloured “X”) or on any of the previous six trading days. This graphic indication offers an easy way to see whether the breakout is the first in a series or is a continuation from a prior break. For the “Today” columns for 19-day and 49-day breakouts, if there is no break, the distance from the current “Quote” to the break level is shown in ATR, and coloured yellow if getting close to registering a breakout. NOTE: although the Today column may show a breakout in action, the daily close is the key level that is the final arbiter on whether the breakout is registered for subsequent days.

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