The US$ index closed a bit lower and this has helped to keep Gold and commodity currencies supported. The ECB decision triggered some spike movement on the  EUR/USD but there has not been any wedge breakout as yet. US stocks are drifting higher ahead of next week’s earning release for some of the big tech companies: Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

 

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Data:

 

Earnings:

 

CSI 4hr: currencies seem to be mean-reverting on the 4hr chart:

 

DXY weekly: not doing much as momentum remains low:

 

Markets:

S&P500 4hr: drifting higher so watch for any new TL b/o:

 

ASX-200 4hr: also drifting higher so watch for any new TL b/o:

 

Gold 4hr: watch for any new TL b/o:

 

EUR/USD 4hr: The ECB indicated they were in no hurry to raise rates and this seems to have kept the EUR/USD range-bound BUT keep watch for any new TL b/o:

 

AUD/USD 4hr: watch 0.74 and for any new TL b/o:

 

AUD/JPY 4hr: watch for any new TL b/o:

 

GBP/USD 4hr: watch 1.38 and for any new TL b/o:

 

NZD/USD 4hr: watch 0.70 and for any new TL b/o:

 

USD/JPY 4hr: watch 110 and for any new TL b/o:

 

GBP/JPY 4hr: watch 152 and for any new TL b/o: