Cherry94

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment NZD: - Hawkish comments from RBNZ - Positive carry - AUDNZD is in the mean reversion to the downside CHF: - SNB: "The SNB has already cut rates but it certainly sounds like there is more to come." - Market is pricing in the cut with some more room to go (<60% chance) Technical & Other Setup: TC(B) Setup timeframe: 1h Trigger:...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment EUR: - Undervalued against other high-beta currencies, as far as market internals are concerned CAD: - Expected bad data from the US (MoM CPI and Retail Sales) to impact CAD Technical & Other Setup: S(B) Setup timeframe: D Trigger: 4h Medium-term: Uptrend Long-term: Sideways Min target: November highs Risk: 0.42% Entry: Market

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment USD: - Stretched to the upside according to CFTC - MoM CPI miss; Retail Sales MoM solid miss Technical & Other Setup: S(B) Setup timeframe: 4h Trigger: 5m Medium-term: Uptrend Long-term: Uptrend Min target: Fibo ext Risk: 0.46% Entry: Market; get in shortly after the US news release

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment China: - General recovery narrative backed by improving data (PMIs) for the last couple of months - Latest bigger than the previous Balance of Trade USD: - Bearish sentiment Technical & Other Setup: TC(B) Setup timeframe: 4h Trigger: 4h Medium-term: Uptrend Long-term: Uptrend Min target: 20000 Risk: 1.2% Entry: Buy stop

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment EUR: - Too much bad news is already priced in; stretched to the downside according to CFTC - Risk reversals and yield differentials point to euro upside USD: - Stretched to the upside according to CFTC - MoM CPI miss; Retail Sales MoM solid miss Technical & Other Setup: S(B) Setup timeframe: 4h Trigger: 5m Medium-term:...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment GBP: - Yesterday's remarks from BoE were only slightly dovish: the pound couldn't sustain the decline even against certain hawks like AUD and NZD. - Solid UK GDP data today - Core CPI remains the highest among G20. CHF: - Rate cut differential - Sweet spot of 50%>Cut<70% chance of a rate cut at the next meeting (not too priced in, so...

Cherry94

Fundamentals & Sentiment HK50: - China recovery, based on PMI and GDP QoQ - The latest China Trade Balance printed decently above the previous one (although below consensus) USD: Yesterday's cooling US labor market, based on Initial Jobless Claims increase Technical & Other *Chose HK50 instead of ChinaA50 because of smoother price action; eventually HK turned...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment CAD: - BOC has been successfully coping with inflation, with the latest Core CPI YoY posting 2%. - The solid economic performance of Canada added urgency to hike rates until the target CPI has been achieved, so keeping rates high is becoming obsolete. There's still a decent potential to price in cuts until the next BOC rate...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment EUR: - Rate cut expectations differential JPY: - Possible intervention (Yen up) Technical & Other Setup: S(RTF) Setup timeframe: 4h Trigger: 1h Medium-term: Sideways Long-term: Uptrend Min target: Local support Risk: 0.36% Entry: Sell limit

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment USD: - USD is overbought according to CFTC, and CAD is oversold; Even if the buck is going higher in the medium term, it's time to cover some longs! - love USD short exposure in case of BoJ intervention CAD: - Inflation Expectations Differential - Decent PPI data - Canada is one of the strongest economies for the last Q + next month's...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment GBP: Yes, today's UK CPI release printed slightly above consensus. Does it change the inflation downtrend? Doesn't seem so. The readings couldn't even beat the previous ones. Moreover, the GBP swayed upward for instance until the market realized that disinflation persists - many GBP pairs seem eagerly absorbing any GBP demand. Overall,...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment USD: The sentiment has been bullish for a while as US CPI remains sticky. As the dollar gained strength. However, it became overpopulated with buyers, as evident from CFTC reports. So, it should take some trigger for those buyers to start covering their longs - a good potential for dollar downside. The CESI differential for USDCNH has...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment EUR: The euro has been strong compared to the franc as a lot of bad news for the Eurozone has already been priced in. There are already many bears on board supposedly unwinding their shorts, while the economic conditions in the EU are improving. Arguably, for the first time, the ECB started explicitly expressing possible rate cuts, while...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment ChinaA50: The pop higher yesterday didn't have any viable reason behind it. The data came out mixed. Technical & Other Followed the price action trigger to guess how the market interpreted the data. USD: The trade is meant to be very short-term, while USD paired with index shouldn't be that sensitive to forex volatility. Hence, the...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment WTI: In general, there are global drivers for oil demand, amongst them is supply curbs from OPEC. More recently geopolitical risks in Middle east create bias for oil upside. USD: The dollar has been overbought according to CFTC reports. The risk of BoJ intervention is still there, so it's better not buy dollars anyhow as long as USDJPY...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment AUD: Australia has beaten its neighbor in terms of robustness of the economy, with Services PMI and Avg Cash Earnings sustaining upward momentum best. Such economic performance also translated into better GDP QoQ growth paving the way for AUD to outperform NZD for the last 2 months and propelling the pair higher. It's also vividly...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment EUR: Contrary to the direction of this trade idea, the Eurozone economy has been doing quite well for the last few months. However, is it time for a technical correction? Risk reversals suggest that. NZD: Kiwi has been supported by good Building Permits from New Zealand and strong readings from Australia at the beginning of the...

Cherry94 Updated 

Fundamentals & Sentiment EUR: There was a lower than consensus Inflation data and a bad Unemployment print. I use these as triggers for a short-term momentum trade. CAD: Canadian economy is doing better than EU based on the main economic indicators. CAD is undervalued based on a few market internals (not EURCAD pairs though) Technical & Other Setup:...