Trading Support and Resistance - 18 November 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:

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Monthly Forecast November 2018

For the month of November, we forecasted that the best trade would be short EUR/USD. The performance to date is as follows:

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Weekly Forecast 18th November 2018 

Last week, we made no forecast as there was no strong counter-trend moves.

This week, we again make no weekly forecast.

Less than 44% of the important currency pairs or crosses moved by more than 1% in value over the past week. This volatility is increasing, but we expect it is likely to decrease again the coming week.

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

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:

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AUD/USD

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

We had expected the level at 0.7165 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 rejected this level right at the Tokyo open last Tuesday, marked by the up arrow in the price chart below, forming a bullish pin candlestick which broke up right away. This is often a great time of day to enter trades involving Asian currencies such as the Australian Dollar, and such candlesticks are often useful indicators of reversals when their wicks or the wick of the structure rejects key levels. This trade was been profitable so far, achieving a maximum positive reward to risk ratio of slightly less than 10 to 1.

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USD/CHF

We had expected the level at 1.0110 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 rejected this level early in the London session last Tuesday, marked by the down arrow in the price chart below, forming a bearish pin candlestick which broke down right away. This is often a great time of day to enter trades involving European currencies such as the Swiss Franc, and such candlesticks are often useful indicators of reversals when their wicks or the wick of the structure rejects key levels. This trade was been profitable so far, achieving a maximum positive reward to risk ratio so far of a little more than 5 to 1.

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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.