Trading Support and Resistance - 1 July 2018

This week we’ll begin with our monthly and weekly forecasts of the currency pairs worth watching. The first part of our forecast is based upon our research of the past 16 years of Forex prices, which show that the following methodologies have all produced profitable results:

Let’s take a look at the relevant data of currency price changes and interest rates to date, which we compiled using a trade-weighted index of the major global currencies:

Currencies

Monthly Forecast July 2018

For the month of July, we forecast that the best trades will be long USD/JPY and long USD/SEK.

For the month of June, we forecasted that the best trade would be long USD/SEK. The final performance was positive, as shown below:

Currency Pair

Forecast Direction

Interest Rate Differential

Final Performance

USD/SEK

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2.50% (2.00% - -0.50%)

1.53%

Weekly Forecast 1st July 2018

Last week, we forecasted that the USD/MXN currency pair would rise in value. Unfortunately, it fell in value by 0.50%.

This week, we make no forecasts, as there were no strong counter-trend movements.

This week has been dominated by relative strength in the Canadian Dollar and the Euro, and relative weakness in the New Zealand Dollar.

Volatility was higher last week, with one third of the major or minor currency pairs changing in value by more than 1%. Volatility is likely to be even higher over the coming week.

You can trade our forecasts in a real or demo Forex brokerage account.

Previous Monthly Forecasts

You can view the results of our previous monthly forecasts here.

Key Support/Resistance Levels for Popular Pairs

We teach that trades should be entered and exited at or very close to key support and resistance levels. There are certain key support and resistance levels that should be watched on the more popular currency pairs this week, which might result in either reversals or breakouts:

Currency Pair

Key Support / Resistance Levels

AUD/USD

Support: 0.7362, 0.7309, 0.7260, 0.7230

Resistance: 0.7418, 0.7453, 0.7479, 0.7510

EUR/USD

Support: 1.1666, 1.1613, 1.1596, 1.1496

Resistance: 1.1732, 1.1875, 1.1897, 1.1937

GBP/USD

Support: 1.3183, 1.3129, 1.3105, 1.3057

Resistance: 1.3309, 1.3350, 1.3482, 1.3521

USD/JPY

Support: 110.42, 110.00, 109.07, 108.05

Resistance: 110.85, 111.41, 111.75, 112.06

AUD/JPY

Support: 81.30, 80.42, 79.99, 79.35

Resistance: 83.28, 83.65, 84.54, 84.83

EUR/JPY

Support: 128.55, 127.11, 126.35, 125.60

Resistance: 129.56, 131.61, 132.57, 134.12

USD/CAD

Support: 1.3047, 1.2826, 1.2793, 1.2750

Resistance: 1.3275, 1.3327, 1.3383, 1.3464

USD/CHF

Support: 0.9887, 0.9827, 0.9679, 0.9500

Resistance: 0.9922, 0.9937, 0.9985, 1.0005

Let’s see how trading two of these key pairs last week off key support and resistance levels could have worked out:

EUR/USD

We had expected the level at 1.1629 might act as support, as it had acted previously as both support and resistance. Note how these “flipping” levels can work well. The H1 chart below shows the how the price hit and rejected this level right at the start of the London session last Monday, a time of day which is often good for entering trades in European currency pairs such as this one. The price immediately printed a bullish engulfing candlestick which broke upwards right away, which often signifies a good reversal is about to take place. This trade was profitable, achieving a maximum positive reward to risk ratio just below 3 to 1.

EURUSD

USD/JPY

We had expected the level at 110.20 might act as resistance, as it had acted previously as both support and resistance. Note how these “flipping” levels can work well. The H1 chart below shows the how the price hit and rejected this level during the New York session last Tuesday, a time of day which is often good for entering trades in the USD/JPY currency pair. The price immediately printed a bearish inside candlestick which broke downwards right away, which often signifies a good reversal is about to take place. This trade was profitable, achieving a maximum positive reward to risk ratio a little less than 3 to 1.

USDJPY

You can trade our forecasts in a real or demo Forex brokerage account to test the strategies and strengthen your self-confidence before investing real funds.

Adam Lemon

Adam Lemon began his role at DailyForex in 2013 when he was brought in as an in-house Chief Analyst. Adam trades Forex, stocks and other instruments in his own account. Adam believes that it is very possible for retail traders/investors to secure a positive return over time provided they limit their risks, follow trends, and persevere through short-term losing streaks – provided only reputable brokerages are used. He has previously worked within financial markets over a 12-year period, including 6 years with Merrill Lynch.