I will be staying in the currency world today.

There will be no updates next week, as I will be in Austria skiing.

EUR/USD – Tried to break above resistance at 131.35 yesterday, but failed. That doesn’t mean that the top is in place, but the possibility has gone up considerably. Yesterdays candle was as close to a “Gravestone” candle as you get them, this is normally a topping candle, but it needs confirmation today in form of a red candle and the bigger the better.

Resistance is at 131.35; 132.45 and 133.35, while we have support at 130.30 and 129.30 a break below the later will add confidence to a possible top being in place yesterday and call for a new decline towards strong support in the 125.50 – 126.45 area. USD/JPY – I’m disappointed, that we have moved back below the long term falling trend line. That does leave the impression of a failure break, but as long as we don’t break below support at 76.55. A break below support at 76.55 will leave us with no other possibility, than a decline back below 75.57 towards 74.00.

This is not my preferred scenario, which is a break above resistance at 78.35 and more importantly 78.85, which should open up the upside for a continuation towards 82.50 as first target.GBP/USD – Tested resistance yesterday. We could see the retracement from 152.33 move higher towards 158.60, but I would not at all be surprised if resistance at 157.45 protects the upside for a break below 155.30 calling for the next powerful decline below 152.33.

Wave ii of 3 has clearly become an expanded flat, where wave “b” was 1.382 time wave “a” and wave “c” is 1.618 time wave “a” and at the same time we are testing the top of red wave iv of one lessor degree.USD/CAD – Almost made it to the support I mentioned yesterday. At the same time we can see the fighting with the mid-point of the falling channel, which has formed since late November 2011. It’s way to early to call for a bottom. We could easily see a firmer test of support at 99.56 and possibly even a decline towards 98.88, before a bottom is in place.EUR/JPY – The Elliott wave count shown is my preferred count for this cross. I do think we are very close to a bottom, but we need more evidence in form of a break above the minor resistance line at 105.50. That said I still think, the risk/reward buying EUR and shorting JPY within the 99.00 – 100.00 area is well worth taking, with a stop just below 97.00.

EUR/CHF – Is just above the floor, that the Swiss central bank (SNB) has defined at 120.00. I would not hesitate one second taking a long EUR short CHF position here. The former head of the Swiss central bank, Hildebrandt, was forced to leave his position, but I’m sure that hasn’t changed the position of the board and they will defend the floor viciously. Therefore this is a very low risk high reward possibility, with a stop placed just below 120 say 119.50.

Longer term I looking for a rally higher towards the 128 – 129 area.

One final thing. I do like TRY very much right now. We have already seen a major double top activated in EUR/TRY (see my post here:

http://theelliottwavesufer.blogspot.com/2012/01/elliott-wave-analysis-on-eurtry.html)
In TRY/JPY we might soon see a double bottom activated (see my post here: http://theelliottwavesufer.blogspot.com/2012/01/elliott-wave-analysis-on-tryjpy.html)
CHF/TRY should also represent nice opportunities. I haven’t done any analysis on this cross, but if the CHF will weaken from EUR/CHF 120 and I think EUR/TRY will drop to the 221 area, then CHF/TRY should do very well.

Remember that the interest rate in favor of TRY alone makes these crosses attractive and now that the trend is in favor of TRY too these crosses are very attractive

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The FOMC announced yesterday, that interest rates might stay at exceptionnel low levels to 2014. They didn’t say, that they will keep them low or for that sake not raise them if inflation begins to pick up. But the financial markets interpreted the statement as they will hold them at 0 – 0.25% until 2014 and that pushed the the risk-scenario to the forefront.
As long as the financial markets sees it this way the risk is, that risky assets will rally higher, but we are not yet quite out of the woods, so regard the price-action today and tomorrow carefully.

USD Index – is now testing the neckline support, The MACD-indicator is at the zero line, this is make it or break it time. If we break below here we will be looking at a deeper decline towards 76.40, but remember we need a break.

The other side of the equation is a break above the steep minor resistance line at 80.00 and more importantly a break above 80.35, that would call for a new rally towards 81.78 again as possibly higher.EUR/USD – Here we are at resistance at 131.35, which needs to hold to avoid a continuation higher towards the next resistance at 133.35.

If however 131.35 holds for a break below 130.30 and more importantly 129.30 we should see a new decline towards strong support in the 125.50 – 126.45 area. USD/CAD – My “X” wave triangle got creamed yesterday and we are most likely looking at some kind of double zig-zag, that should at least reach 99.56, but the risk is a continuation towards 98.88 and 97.20 if the risk-scenario plays out.EUR/TRY – Is tracing out a nice little bear-flag and when it breaks out to the downside we will see the next decline towards the double top target near 221.25.VIX Index – Spiked outside the lower Bollinger Band again, but closed inside the Bollinger Bands again. Take care as we are setting up a sudden trend-reversal. Wedge resistance at 21.50 is key for the next rally higher.

S&P 500 – is right at its 2007 and 2011 highs resistance-line. We apexed yesterday calling for a potential top here at 1,326. Maybe the financial markets realises that the misinterpreted the FED yesterday?
Dow Jones Industrial – We are back at resistance at 12,751. As long as this resistance stays intact I’m still looking for a break below support at 12,500 to confirm the top and the next decline lower.
However risk is clearly a break above 12,751, which will open for a rally higher towards 12,807.
CRB Index – Closed right at its resistance at 316.30. As I said yesterday a clear break above here will open for a continuation higher towards the 339 area (risk-scenario). While a break below 309 and more importantly 306.80 is needed to invalidate further upside progress and call for a decline back towards support near 293.65.
Gold – Shoot up through resistance, which has opened for a continuation towards the next resistance at 1,761 and maybe 1,802.
We also move back into the raising channel back from late 2008, which is bullish, but remember this is a monthly chart (see below), so the final call is still out in the open.
Gold Monthly
Copper – Here too we keep climbing, which points towards a more risk-on behavior, but copper is heavily overbought, so we have to tread carefully up here.
Crude oil – Is holde below the broken support line on acting as resistance, but we need a break below 97.40 to take of the upside pressure and a call for a deeper decline towards 92.54 and likely lower.
A break back above 101 will call for a new test of resistance near 103.40 and probably higher near 106.40.
Sorry for being a bit twisted today, but we are right at an important cross-road, which can lead both ways…

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