Currency Futures Trading: Currency Traders Recap 5/26/10
Posted by: Richard Estrada // Category: Currency Futures Trading
Once again currency traders were very active today as they continued to battle for position. Currency traders who are day trading futures, specifically currency futures have been confronted with large short-term volatility of late and in our opinion makes even the most experienced currency trader tighten up a little. When applying technical analysis in the currency futures market what can we discern from today’s price action? Before we answer that question let us take a closer look at the currency futures market.Remember, we are moving into a holiday weekend, which means moves might be even a little more exaggerated because of the potential thinning of currency traders. So if you are currency futures trading be vigilant and flexible s things can change very quickly.
The daily chart of the June 2010 British Pound Futures (6B) contract (see chart below) shows that even though the bears were able to break below a bear flag technical formation (outlined in red) early this week, the bulls have countered and are very close to pushing the British Pound back above the 5-day moving average (red – 1.4416). This average has been a pretty stiff area of technical resistance and might be a good area to pay attention to tonight.

The daily chart of the June 2010 Canadian Dollar Futures (6C) contract (see chart below) shows that the bulls were able to push the Canadian Dollar above the 5-day moving average (red – .9380) early, but by the close the bears were back in control. The area around the 5-day moving average might turn out to be a good gauge of technical momentum and if the bulls can push the Canadian Dollar back above this average we might see buyers technically enticed. A break below today’s low (.9305) and all bets to the long side are off the table at least for the night market session.
The daily chart of the June 2010 Euro Currency Futures (6E) contract (see chart below) clearly illustrates the once the bears were able to push the Euro Currency back below the 5-day moving average (red- 1.2328) it has been downhill rather quickly. The Euro Currency is currently trading within an area I consider shallow in volume, which means things can get really nasty if bears want to make a point. I would like to see the market trade back above 1.2162 for a while before even considering a long.


The daily chart of the June 2010 Japanese Yen Futures (6J) contract (see chart above) shows that the bulls are testing the 5-day moving average (red – 1,1136), which I interpret as a sign of potential technical strength. If the bulls can push above this average than we might see another push at the last cycle high (1.1246). Are there other areas of technical support and technical resistance that might be seen when utilizing technical analysis in other time frames? For complete detailed technical analysis in the currency futures market, join me daily in our live trading room. A trading room created by professional traders for traders.
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