With the holiday season fast approaching and no major catalysts expected on the forex calendar, we’re checking out consolidating price action in EUR/USD for a few different potential swing setups.
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What to Watch: EUR/USD
On the one hour chart of EUR/USD above, we can see the pair has tightened up once again this week, likely on the lack of major market-moving events and ahead of the end-of-year holiday season.
We don’t have any major catalysts expected as well on the forex calendar, so we’re checking this pair out for a potential swing technical play, seeing if we can play the uptrend at a better price.
On the chart above, we can see a pattern of rising ‘lows’ that seems to draw in buyers on every retest. And with a pattern of lower ‘highs’ developing as well, odds are pretty good the technical bears could take this pair lower once again in the next few sessions, barring any surprise events.
If so, watch out for a retest of the rising ‘lows’ pattern for a short-term / swing long position, as technical traders may play the longer-term uptrend in the pair and the broad theme of USD weakness / “unlimited stimulus” that continues to drive risk sentiment higher.
Now if we do get a surprise geopolitical/economic event to rock the markets over the next few sessions, use the outer limits of the consolidation as a signal to potentially play a simple breakout play on EUR/USD.
Again, keep in mind that the overall trend is higher, so any downside breaks may be limited unless it is a doozy of a catalyst (e.g., no U.S. stimulus deal finalized, COVID vaccine-related news, war, etc.).
Of course, if it is a positive risk-related event (e.g., dramatic fall in COVID cases/hospitalizations, lockdowns lifted, an increase in U.S. stimulus, etc.), then with liquidity a bit light because of the holiday, an upside break could lead to a really fast rally in the short-term.