EUR/USD A mere retracement in the bigger move?

It is the weekends again and i appreciate the spare time i have to reevaluate my charts and gain insights.

The EUR/USD took a dive of around 200 pips after Non Farm Payroll.

As always, trading in NFP is risky and good money management must be there to mitigate it.

I have wrote articles on both. You can find them using the search box.

Upon seeing the drop, many folks herald a new age of bearish momentum.

In my opinion, i see it as merely a retracement in a bigger move.

Of course i am not basing this on my “gut feel” or “instincts”.


Taking a bigger outlook since June 09, we have been in a big up channel and even with Friday’s big drop, we have not tested the lower trendline.

If you have been reading my views, you will know that i love to use S & P 500 as a clue.

S&P 500 rallied on Friday and have been since June 09.

If the subtle correlation of the S&P500 and EUR/USD is still in play and no adverse news comes along, we can watch out for the rally to bring the EUR/USD along.

However, any upside movement will be contested by the even number prices.

  • 1.4200
  • 1.4400

One area of concern for me however is that the price failed to hit 1.4200 by Friday close.

I will be watching Monday open carefully.

Any downside movement should potentially test 1.4100.

Trade safe and enjoy your weekend.