Euro and Gold Topping, Japan Not in Control of its Destiny
Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013 Apr 09, 2013 - 06:40 PM GMT
It appears that XEU has finally completed its Intermediate Wave [2] and is ready for a strong Wave [3]. XEU has both a Broadening Top and a Head & Shoulders pattern to help Wave [3] along.
GLD is also finished with its smaller degree second wave, or nearly so. It has made a small attempt at hourly mid-Cycle resistance at 154.04, but has not achieved it. On the other hand, it has achieved a 61.8% retracement. This is a fast retracement (4.3 trading days), which means that the decline will be powerful.
The Friday high in TLT still holds (25 days in USB, 28 days in TLT), which makes this Trading Cycle left-translated and bearish. One should not be long in Treasuries.
The Yen may be finishing its Intermediate Wave [5] beneath the Head & Shoulders neckline, which is very bearish. The Cycles Model suggests a Trading Cycle low next week. It will very likely be followed by a retest of the neckline prior to a very powerful Cycle Wave III. This particular neckline may be washed out, but the next support and potential neckline occurs at 98.94.
(ZeroHedge) We started off the overnight session with various pseudo-pundits doing the count-up to a 100 in the USDJPY. It was only logical then that moments before the 4 year old threshold was breached, the Yen resumed strengthening following comments from various Japanese politicians who made it appear that the recent weakening in the currency may suffice for now. This culminated moments ago when Koichi Hamada, a former Yale professor and adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told Reuters that level of 100 yen to dollar is suitable level from the perspective of competitiveness. The result has been a nearly 100 pip move lower in the USDJPY which puts into question the sustainability of the recent equity rally now that the primary carry funding pair has resumed its downward trajectory.
No, the Japanese are not really in charge of their destiny.
Regards,
Tony
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