Browse Symbol Stacks: EURUSD: Blanks of the trader
Blanks of the trader
Strength of JPY anticipated last week played out nicely in the first part of the week, especially GBP/JPY shorts were hitting far targets on consistent basis. Coming week has lots of contradicting signals across the major currencies, therefore will be staying away for the most part. The only clear signals in my book for the week are in AUD/JPY and CAD/CHF pairs. In terms of events to shake the markets, BOC will have its rate announcement on Wednesday, worth watching CAD pairs going into this event. More detailed description of events can be found below.
Weekly Currency BoardAUD
Bullish
Long AUD/JPY
USD
Neutral
No positions
EUR
Bearish
No positions
NZD
Neutral
No Positions
GBP
Neutral
No Positions
CHF
Bullish
Short CAD/CHF
JPY
Bearish
Long AUD/JPY
CAD
Bearish
Short CAD/CHF
China retail sales, industrial production (September), GDP (Q3), 3am: This plethora of Chinese data will be a key event for the market, with industrial production and retail sales forecast to increase over the previous month. Meanwhile the more important GDP number is expected to show a drop quarter-on-quarter to 1.95% from 2%, but an acceleration to 7.58% YoY from 7.5%. Markets to watch: Hang Seng China A50 Nikkei 225 AUD/USD USD/JPY copper, mining stocks
US existing home sales (September), 3pm: These are expected to slow to an annual rate of 4.9 million in September. Markets to watch: US indices, dollar crosses
Wednesday22 October Bank of England minutes (October), 9.30am: These minutes could be less important given the apparent shift in thinking over the past week, as events force central banks to shift to a more dovish stance. Markets to watch: GBP/USD EUR/GBPUS CPI (September), 1.30pm: Both the year-on-year and the month-on-month rate are expected to increase, to 2.1% and 0.3% respectively. Markets to watch: US indices, dollar crosses
Bank of Canada rate decision (October), 3pm: Since most other central banks are moving back to a more dovish stance, the likelihood is that the RBC will leave rates at the current 1%. Market to watch: USD/CAD
Thursday23 October China HSBC manufacturing PMI (October, preliminary), 2.45am: Last month’s reading was 50.2, so a drop into contraction territory could spook markets and undo the good work of the data earlier in the week. Markets to watch: Hang Seng China A50 Nikkei 225 AUD/USD USD/JPY copper, mining stocksGerman manufacturing and services PMI (October, preliminary), 8.30am: Both these numbers are forecast to edge back slightly, adding to the bearish outlook for Germany. Markets to watch: DAX EStoxx 50 EUR/USD EUR/GBP
Eurozone manufacturing and services PMI (October, prelimary), 9am: Fortunately the services number is forecast to rise slightly, to 53.28 from 52.4, but the manufacturing number is expected to shed 0.02 to hit 50.28. Markets to watch: EStoxx 50 EUR/USD EUR/GBP
UK retail sales (September), 9.30am: YoY growth is expected to accelerate to 4.01%, but the MoM figure is going to be less cheery, dropping to -0.14%. Markets to watch: GBP/USD EUR/GBP
US initial jobless claims, 1.30pm: These hit their lowest level since 2000 last week, providing a much-needed bit of good news. More of the same will reassure equity markets still further. Markets to watch: US indices, dollar crosses
US manufacturing PMI (October), 2.45pm, leading indicators (September), 3pm: The first reading on this is forecast to drop to 57.07 from September’s 57.5. Meanwhile leading indicators (which are designed to indicate potential developments in future economic data) are expected to show growth of 0.7% from August’s 0.2%. Markets to watch: US indices, dollar crosses
Eurozone consumer confidence (October, first reading), 3pm: As befits the dire situation in the currency union, the reading is expected to slump to -12.11 from -11.4 in September, a development that should continue to worry both politicians and central bankers. Markets to watch: EStoxx 50 EUR/USD EUR/GBP
Friday24 October UK GDP (Q3, first reading), 9.30am: The first estimate is forecast to show QoQ growth slowing to 0.83% from 0.9%, while the YoY rate moves up to 3.85% from 3.2%, which might prove to be modestly bullish for GBP/USD. Markets to watch: GBP/USD EUR/GBPUS new home sales (September), 3pm: The annual rate is forecast to slow to 460.9,000 from an August reading of 504,000. Markets to watch: US indices, dollar crosses
AUD/JPYThe pair bounced of 3σ lower channel last week pointing to likely bounce of the lower levels it was testing recently. See the bullish cypher pattern forming below that has potential to confirm this bias.
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