Monday, April 19, 2010

4/19 Forex: AUD and JPY

In forex, parabolic sar bear signals from the Australian dollar against the U.S. (AUD/USD) and New Zealand (AUD/NZD) dollars, and from the Japanese yen against the euro (EUR/JPY) and the Swiss franc (CHF/JPY).

All four pairs have low average directional index readings, suggesting whipsaws are likely (as is the case with almost all the major forex pairs.


The AUD technicals:
trendadxpsarppsmacdmacd
trend
stosto
trend
AUD/USD US$0.9182
AUD/NZD NZ$1.2985

AUD/USD You are here:
  • Reversal
    • US$0.9387, +2.2%
  • Now US$0.9182
  • Reversal
    • US$0.9001, -2%
AUD/NZD You are here:
  • Reversal
    • NZ$1.3811, +6.4%
  • Now NZ$1.2985
  • Reversal
    • NZ$1.2873, -0.9%

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JPY technicals:
trendadxpsarppsmacdmacd
trend
stosto
trend
EUR/JPY ¥123.94
CHF/JPY ¥86.49


EUR/JPY You are here:
  • Reversal
    • ¥127.68, +3%
  • Now ¥123.94
  • Reversal
    • ¥121.04, -2.3%
CHF/JPY You are here:
  • Reversal
    • ¥88.94, +2.8%
  • Now ¥ 86.49
  • Reversal
    • ¥84.34, -2.5%

These signals will be followed in the daily Watchlist, which is posted beginning around 2:45 p.m. Eastern. Look for it at www.timbovee.com.

Abbreviations:
psar - Parabolic Stop and Reverse
adx - Average Directional Index
pps - Person's Proprietary Signal
ma20 - 20-day moving average
macd - Moving Average Convergence-Divergence
mfi - Money Flow Index
sto - Fast Stochastic


About the glance: The colors indicate the state of each signal.

  • trend: Determined by the 5-day moving average, green for up, red for down, yellow for sideways
  • adx: orange for above 30-up, blue for 20-down, purple for in the middle. Red is most prone to whipsaws
  • psar, pps, macd: green for bull mode, red for bear
  • sto: green for overbought, red for oversold, yellow for the neutral zone.


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