Jan, 24, 2018 By Vikram Murarka 0 comments
In our Sep’17 report we had retained the upside target of 1.2250, with a possibility of an interim dip towards 1.17/16. The market played out exactly as expected. A dip to 1.1574-1.1554 was indeed seen in Oct-Nov’17 and has been followed by a rise to 1.2323 in Jan’18 so far. We were also looking for a rise in the German 10Yr Yield towards 0.45% and a rise in EURINR to 77, both of which have also moved exactly as expected in the last 4-months.
Our preferred short term view is for resistance on the Euro near 1.2350 to hold in the near term (Jan) producing a correction towards 1.20-1.19 (Feb), before targeting 1.25 by March-April. Thereafter, we may either see a corrective fall towards 1.17-16 (less preferred) or a straight rise past 1.25, which is the more preferred possibility, taking into consideration some historic structural similarities in the Euro monthly candlestick chart.
The weekly chart above shows the rise from 1.035 at the beginning of 2017 up to 1.2356 now, which we have analyzed as a possible 5-wave formation. We are currently in the 5th wave of the large 5-wave upmove (starting Jan ’17) and given this wave count, we assume an immediate downleg towards 1.20 from 1.23 currently, before a rise towards long term resistance near 1.25 (resistance shown in monthly line chart above), which would complete our 5-wave projection in the next 2-3 months.
Thereafter, our less preferred long term view stems from a possible A-B-C correction towards 1.17-1.16, which would happen if resistance at 1.25 turns out to be strong enough to produce a sharp rejection.
In the next page, we explain the structural similarities in price movement between two periods, the first in 2002-03 and the second being now, terming it ‘fractals’. Given that the fractals have been working very well so far, we give greater preference to the current period working out similar to the 2002-03 period. Going by this analysis, we tilt towards a straight rise past 1.25 after the initial 2-3 months, rather than a corrective fall towards 1.17-16 as shown above.
Of course, it would be important to watch price action near 1.25 around Mar-Apr’18 to decide whether the Euro will actually move up past 1.25, replicating the movement as seen in Apr ’03, or come off from the resistance.
The above chart shows the structural similarity of price movements between the 2002-03 period and now in 2017-18. The current price scenario indicates a rise towards 1.25, in line with our projection for the next 2-3 months as mentioned in the previous page. But thereafter, a fall towards 1.17-1.16 is a matter of doubt since a similar situation in Mar-Apr 2003 saw the price move up sharply, breaking above the then long term resistance near 1.10 coming down from 1992, as marked in the chart above. Thus, if the historical fractal continues to play out, we could well get a straight rise past 1.25 in April 2018.
The above charts show similarity between how the Euro and the German-US spread behaved in 2002-2003 (left hand chart) and how they are behaving currently (right hand chart). This similarity yields 2 important forecasts:
This chart shows close positive correlation between Nymex WTI and EUR-USD.
We are projecting a fall in WTI towards 60-57 by Apr-May’18 before a sharp rise towards 63-65 by Sep-Oct’18 and further towards 70-72 by Dec’18. Correspondingly, we could see some stability in Euro for a couple of months, before it rises sharply to 1.25 and higher, maintaining its close correlation with WTI. This also is in line with the bulllish Euro view from the fractal study.
Looking at similar fractal periods in EUR-JPY, we find that a break of resistance happened in 2003; thereby raising questions on whether the current upcoming resistance near 138-140 will hold.
If history repeats itself, the Euro-Yen may move sideways in the 140-130 region (or within 145 & 125) for a few months before rising past 140 in the longer run, which will be supportive of a rise past 1.25 on the Euro-Dollar.
We expect Euro historical fractal to be repeated. After some correction towards 1.20 in the coming weeks, the Euro could breach resistance at 1.25 to aim for 1.30-1.40 later in the year.
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