Sir Pipsalot's Daily Market Update 12-24-2009

Sir Pipsalot

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Hey folks,

Well, Merry Christmas everyone. The EUR/USD has broken some aggressive downward trendlines is a bit more likely to range trade rather than continue higher into the last trading day of the week (Thursday). I think a break up through 1.4375 though would tilt the odds more towards a gradual uptrend holding up for the day with a break of 1.4425 solidifying those odds further.

Stocks did indeed sell off a bit from where they were when I did the signal last night, but now they've rallied back up just a bit below there and equities are thinly trading and very calm at the moment. I still think downside is more likely than upside tomorrow, so if you entered short on stocks along with my trade yesterday (see: https://www.forexpeacearmy.com/fore...psalots-daily-market-update-12-23-2009-a.html), know that I'm holding short as originally planned.

In news Wednesday, the BoE minutes were pretty uninspiring, and most US news came out low, but close to expectations, except US New Home sales which not only came in very low, but also had a sizable downwards revision to prior month's numbers. It almost looked as though they were trying to sneak in the bad news over the slow holiday week. In any case, the USD weakened across the board for 2 1/2 hours, but as expected, the move was a bit muted due to the lighter holiday trading.

There's no more key news expected for the rest of the week. There is US Core Durable goods tomorrow at 0830 EST, but being on Christmas Eve, it's unlikely to get any significant attention, and it's not a great report even under normal circumstances. I'd recommend skipping it and enjoying the rest of your holiday weekend. I'll be back with my next signal for Dec 28th on Sunday night/Monday morning. Have a safe and happy holiday weekend everyone!

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To our success!
Sir Pipsalot
 
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Due to the UK, NZ, AU, and CAN banking holidays and just general market inactivity today Monday 12-28, I'm not trading and won't be putting out a signal. We will do a signal Monday night/Tuesday morning for Tuesday 12-29 though.
 
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