Sir Pipsalot's Daily Market Update 12-03-2009

Hey folks,

It looks like we're going to get another medium term push up on stocks and the EUR/USD with recent pushes we've seen. A break of 1.5144 will encourage me to buy the next decent dip on EUR/USD.

In stocks, we are likely to see a push up to 1120 over the next day or two. 1120 has some decent resistance though, so I'll look for signs of topping once it gets there in case a short starts to look good. I'd buy a dip to 1110 with a 6 point SL and 9-10 point TP on stocks futures.

Long term, we're still waiting for a major turn lower, but short to medium term is likely to get some follow through higher with just a bit more confirmation.

In news Wednesday, both the US ADP Employment figures and Aussie Retail Sales came out too close to expected to warrant a trade. In news Thursday:

0428 UK Services PMI (57.0 expected) - This indicator usually works pretty well and should provide a pretty reliable 40 pips. As with many UK releases, a retracement type trade has potential to hold up for 30-60 minutes, but I wouldn't hold it more than 45-60 minutes after the report as the news effect has run it's course by then.
If it comes out at 57.8 or higher, GBP/USD should rally 40 pips.
If it comes out at 56.2 or lower, GBP/USD should fall 40 pips.

0745 ECB Interest Rate Decision (unchanged at 1.00% expected) - They are very unlikely to make a move here, but if they did it would be a shock.
If they hike, EUR/USD and EUR/GBP would rally 100+ pips.
If they cut, EUR/USD would fall 100+ pips.

0830 and 1000 US News - I don't think these reports are terribly tradable right now.

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