Recent bearish price action on spot gold, a daily chart of which is shown, has prompted a correction back down to the long-term uptrend support line. This bearish correction occurs right after price reached a high of around 1145 just last week. As of Thursday (3/11/2010) morning New York session, price is hovering right around the key trendline. For more technical analysis on gold, please click here for Thursday’s (3/11/2010) Chart of... 

Though technically still entrenched within a sideways consolidation, AUD/USD (a daily chart of which is shown) has displayed a marked bullishness since the early February low. This bullishness has prompted the pair to rise above several key resistance levels to the point where the 15-month high just above 0.9400 is not far off. For more technical analysis on this currency pair, please click here for Wednesday’s (3/10/2010) Chart of the... 

As of Wednesday (3/10/2010) morning New York session, price action on GBP/USD has continued its slide that began in the beginning of the week. Having broken down below the key 1.5000 mark, continued bearish price action in line with the overall downtrend could currently be targeting support around the long-term 1.4780 low of last week. – James Chen, CTA, CMT * For information on my DVD set, High-Probability Trend Following in the Forex... 

Price action on USD/CHF, a daily chart of which is shown, has consolidated in a tight, slightly bearish consolidation right underneath a key long-term downtrend resistance line extending from the 2008/09/10 high hit in November 2008. Since recently hitting this trendline in mid-February, price has bumped up against it several more times without breaking the dynamic resistance imposed by the line. Currently, since the lows around parity (1.0000)... 

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Price action on GBP/USD, a daily chart of which is shown, has made a bullish correction since the beginning of March after having dipped well below the key 1.5000 psychological level on March 1st. This bullish correction exists within the context of a steep accelerated downtrend in the pair. After having corrected up to approach the 1.5200 price region, the directional bias continues to be bearish in line with the strong current downtrend. For... 

Price action on EUR/USD, a daily chart of which is shown, continues to languish in consolidation despite a false upside breakout above the top (around 1.3700) of the current short-term trading range earlier in the week. The month of March could likely see continued bearishness for EUR/USD in line with the currently prevailing downtrend. Having just this week reached down to hit a new 9-month low just above 1.3400 support, price could potentially... 

Price action on EUR/JPY, a daily chart of which is shown, has consolidated in a sideways pattern for the last week between two key support/resistance price regions: 122.00 and 119.50, the latter level representing a 1-year low for the pair. This consolidation occurs within the context of a strong downtrend and after price broke down below a flag-like consolidation above 122.00. For more  Read More →

Price action on spot gold, a daily chart of which is shown, has made a significant bullish move in breaking out above the key 1130 price region, establishing a new 6-week high. This occurs within the context of a long-term uptrend. Despite a false breakdown of the longstanding uptrend support line in early February, gold has gone on to respect the trendline in late February, leading to the current bullishness. For more technical analysis on... 

Price action on USD/JPY, a daily chart of which is shown, has just formed a tight consolidation after having made a strong bearish run in late February. This occurs within the context of a continuing parallel downtrend channel that has been in place since the 2009 high in April. Having just respected the upper resistance border of this downtrend channel on 2/19/2010, price went on to breakdown below a short-term uptrend support line on 2/23/2010.... 

Price action on EUR/USD, a daily chart of which is shown, has formed yet another short-term consolidation within the context of a strong bearish trend that has been in place since early December. The current consolidation continues to carry a bearish bias. For more technical analysis on this currency pair, please click here for Monday’s (3/01/2010) Chart of the Day . – James Chen, CTA, CMT * For information on my DVD set, High-Probability... 

My monthly-recurring webinar that I conducted just this week on 2/24/2010 entitled, “My Daily Analysis: Finding High-Probability Trading Setups,” has been recorded and is available for all to view on FXstreet.com. Here is the link: http://transcripts.fxstreet.com/2010/02/my-daily-analysis-finding-highprobability-trading-setups.html . Hope you enjoy it! – James Chen, CTA, CMT * For information on my DVD set, High-Probability Trend... 

Bearish price action on GBP/USD, a daily chart of which is shown, has broken below key support in the 1.5350 price region to establish a new 9-month low and, in the process, tentatively dropped below the bottom border of a parallel downtrend channel that has been in place since the November highs. Currently, the bearishness has approached a key 161.8% Fibonacci extension (of the prior bearish run from 11/16/2009 to 12/30/2009) which resides... 

Price action on USD/JPY, a daily chart of which is shown, has taken a decidedly bearish turn after having reached and respected last week the top border of a key parallel downtrend channel extending from the April high. The high that was reached on last week’s turn was just above the 92.00 price region. In the process of making this bearish turn within the context of the overall downtrend, price action has made a tentative breakdown below... 

Price action on EUR/JPY, a daily chart of which is shown, has been entrenched in a relatively strong downtrend since the mid-January highs. In the process of this downtrend, several key support levels have been broken down, including key levels around the 127.00 and 125.00 price regions. After breaking swiftly and strongly below the 125.00 area in early February, price action toyed with the 122.00 support/resistance region before consolidating...