EURNOK after Norges Bank rate cutNorwegian krone sold off heavyly after Norges Bank decided to cut rates by 0,25% to 1,25%. It was fairly suprising move but weaker oil is weighing on Norwegian economy and it seems that the central bank does not want to take any unnecessary risks.
Most likely, the highs around 9.13 will not survive and we'll see at least a spike to take out some stops.
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EURNOK trade ideas
#EURNOK bear #crabWith Oil price consolidating a bit Norwegian Krona stopped falling. Since NOK is heavily exposed to Oil, any bullish Oil PA will push the NOK up. $Statoil being the Norwegian largest oil company has a share of over 22% in the Norway stock index OBX. OBX is declining, Statoil shares shows a little recovery, so being long on NOK makes sense from the fundamental standpoint.
EURNOK - Still has a chance to attempt a break lowerThis pair has been a bit tricky recently. In fact we can clearly see it is not trending at moment.
Daily: Pull back after the sharp spike, followed by a wider range top consolidation. In terms of Ichimoku it has becoming neutral as Future Kumo starts overshade Price and Chikou Span loosing open space, getting close to Price candles again. MACD is bearish, but DMI still bullish. I think we may see a few more days of "sideaway" moves before a clear directional move. Lower Key levels are 8,4250 and 8,3900. Upper key level is 8,5450.
As I think Oil is poised to a correction from recent selloff, EURNOK will likely behave as a proxy, and has chance to finally break lower. Btw in recent weeks all macro datas came out from Norway as better than expected, especially GDP and Mainland GDB prints yesterday. I still believe that NOK is the cheapest G10 ccy, and somehow I do not agree it should be the second worse performer this year after JPY. I mean c'mon, you can not even compare the two countries' performance and characteristics.
4 Hrs: Noise within the range. Price is still in the Kumo, what's more Tenkan and Kijun are in trhe Kumo too and ard same level as Senkou A and Senkou B. This all mean it is still absolutely neutral. Right now Price is crossing back below Kijun Sen and DMI is actualy turning to bearish again, but we still don't have a clear direction. As ROC indicators are still pointing down, I resold some this morning again at 8,48, but the real sell should hapen with a clear break below the 8,42-8,4250 key resistance area.
Stay focused as when the clear break happens, it will have an excellent risk reward to hold short position.
Possible HS-formation in EURNOKEURNOK has a possible HS-formation. Only a break and close below 8.40 will confirm this possible trade-idea. Resistance is around 8.50. Objective pricetarget if we get a break of 8.40 will be 8.15, while a stop loss should be executed if we close above 8.50.
Furthermore, we are currently testing the positive trend since last bottom at 8.10 (4H chart). Will be interesting upcoming days!
EURNOK - Sell after Kijun and Kumo retestNow we have a firming sell signal. After testing the Kijun Sen and the Kumo we have a nice bearish candle, and the trend may break finally. Tgt is 8,2950-8,3000
The other reason to put on this chart is to show some simple new script I placed on ROC indicator. Sometimes I find Slow Stoch less reliable and giving some false or confusing signals on the 4 Hrs time frame, so I try to replace it with this ROC combo. Upper panel is 71 period ROC vs its 76 period EMA, the lower panel is 91 period ROC vs its 58 period EMA.
Basic rule is that you can take trade signals in a direction when both ROC/EMA stays same way and you have a Tenkan/Kijun cross too. You can still decide wether you take weak Tenkan/Kijun signals, or if you wait for further confirmation or stronger signal, like a Kumo breakout. Still, if you had long, when ROCs crossed their EMAs and Tenkan crossed back below Kijun, it was a signal for decreasing momentum and to reduce/close bullish position.
The importance of the "zero" line is the same, when ROC is below the momentum is increasing bearish, when it is above, then increasing bullish.
This simple strategy is being tested, I hope it will give even better indication about momentum changes than Slow Stoch itself.
Don't forget, the main trading strategy will be still based on Ichimoku system.
Comeback for EURNOK?The NOK has depreciated rapidly in the past week on the back of weaker data and falling
oil prices. The market is now pricing in a roughly 50/50 chance of Norges Bank cutting
its policy rate at the December meeting. All things are possible, but this seems over the
top.
The NOK is much weaker than Norges Bank assumed in September and banks have
cut their mortgage rates. On the other hand, global interest rates have fallen and growth
has been slightly weaker than expected. On balance, though, Norges Bank would need to
revise down its growth projections for mainland GDP next year from 2.25% in September
towards 1% for current market expectations to be justified and we think that is really
pushing it.
With inflation close to target, house prices rising and unemployment largely
unchanged, it also seems unlikely that Norges Bank will be proactive and cut interest
rates in anticipation. The slide in the NOK therefore seems to be an overreaction.
Trading Idea:
Short on bounces up against 8.48-8.55 with a target price of 8,15. Stop loss if we close above 8.55 on weekly timeframe.
EURNOK - Is this the big "come back"?Despite all the very strong fundamentals, NOK has been beaten badly during last few weeks... just because some considered this pair as a perfect proxy for collapsing Oil. Well, despite Norway has its major income from Oil production and export, I don't think it was so reasonable to hit this ccy that much, while for example CAD was rather stable.
Weekly (right panel): What was very important for last week, to avoid a major horizontal break of 8,5450-8,5550 support area until weekend. EURNOK spiked at extreme 8,67, but within two days it dropped sharply back below the Key support, and resulted in a huge hanging man candle. From this we can expect a pull back down to the weekly Kumo, but until Price is above the cloud and the trendline (8,20 will be the most important level), the picture is still bullish biased.
Daily: Extreme moves, extreme ATR (volatility), which will likely stay high. MACD and Slow Stoch sell signals together, Price is just attacking the secunder bullish trendline and Kijun Sen. Whenever it manages to break, the move will continue down to next key level at 8,29.
4 Hrs: Price is about to break trend and Kumo, also DMI is giving a bearish signal. It will be a good counter trend short from now, but given the oversold Slow Stoch, first I'd really like to see the break, second I'd would wait for some pullbacks to 8,45+ leves to enter in case. As I said, volatility is very high, so adjust your trading size and stops accordingly.
EURNOK - Triple topThe weekly shows a very bearish formation at 8.5. The impulse is still green, but using the daily, I would say it's time to short
Now looking at the daily, it's time to play in anticipation. Look at the candle that formed two days ago, that kangaroo tail. It is very bearish. Looking back on the chart, the accuracy of candlesticks is not great, but considering where this kangaroo tail is, I believe a short bet should be taken.
I have closed my remaining position (entry in the linked chart section) and I have gone short, with a small position. I will add once the weekly impulse becomes blue.
As for targets, well I believe the least we'll see is 8.0. The question is if this pair can go below that. My trade plan is to keep adding to my short, and once we get close to 8.0, I will start taking profits, and leave maximum 50% on the table. If I will see a buying signal developing there, I will not hesitate to go long. If it breaks, I will consider adding back to my short.
Let's wait for 8.0!
EURNOK - Some pull back is possible from Key ResistanceI have been chasing EURNOK almost whole year, sometimes with more luck, sometimes with no luck. In fact it is trading in an extremely wide range.
Daily: Is it a similar pattern to the one seen in July? Spike to 8,50 area, but in closing the daily candle is a huge pinbar. Blow up followed by few days zig-zag, with bulls trying to force it up, then finally down massively again in the range (bulls' capitulation). I wonder if it will be the same this time or not. Anyway, I don't like this short NOK because of Oil is dropping idea. Then why CADNOK is still going up? Norway is the only real AAA rated country left. They have no debt at all, but has huge reserves.
Anyway Ichimoku is bullish now,maybe Slow Stoch is some indication for a possible pull back. But with major shorts we have to wait minimum until Kijun Sen picks up, like it did in August.
4 Hrs: Setup is still rather bullish, but Tenkan/Kijun made a weak bearish cross, Senkou B is flattenning out and Chikou Span hit Price wall. Slow Stoch has some negative divergence and is crossing down again. Price is in between Tenkan and Kijun. I think from this setup we can see a pull back to short term equilibrium, or to 100 WMA and the trendline, so to appr. 8,30-8,31.
If you check this 8,30-8,31 level on daily chart, that is/will be the level of Kijun Sen and Senkou B, so a retest there is not impossible. What happens nex, that we don't know. I will give you updates in time.
Trade idea: Sell 0,5 trade unit, stop at 8,4250-8,4300, or depending on your loss tolerance and money management strategy. Counter trend trade in larger position size is recommended only in case of a bearish Kumo breakout, or at break of 100 WMA and trendline.
EURNOK - Still sideaway, with bearish biasDaily: Looked like, but finally couldn't close below the trendline. Some blame the drop of Oil for keeping NOK still moving sideaway and let it gain more power. I think it is rather the positionning, or lack of positionning what causes this annoying consolidation.
Price is still trading within a triangle. It is below the Kumo, retested Kijun Sen and the Kumo. Tenkan is still below Kijun, but both a bit flat. Future Kumo lines flat. MACD, DMI and Slow Stoch don't give us sufficient information right now. Well, in fact they do give information: that is this mkt is not trending, but consolidating!
Important levels are: 8,2050 / 8,2600 on the top side, 8,1550 and 8,1000 on the lower side.
One more interesting observation is if during last 5 months the price action has been building a major Head and Shoulders formation? What's more, it looks like a double top within the Head! Really interesting formation I must say. On a break down from this the measured tgt comes to ard 7,8000 - 7,8500.
I still prefer holding startegic shorts in this cross, with not yet much leverage though.
EURNOK - Double bottom at supportI have posted a chart a while back saying that EURNOK is still in an uptrend, you can find the chart in the related section, and the weekly still looks bullish today, as the double top with a bearish divergence looks like it finished playing out
The daily shows a double bottom at a support zone, with a class B bullish divergence on the MACD lines and histogram.
I expect to see this pair at 8.5 in a few weeks, and I will continue adding to my long position taken 5 days ago.
EURNOK - ready for another test of recents lows?Since July this year, the trend in EURNOK has been on the downside with lower highs and lower lows. However, the pair has managed to bounce off 8.10 level each time and is now testing short term horizontal resistance around 8.20.
If break and close above this resistance (8.20), we might see 8.24/8.25 level, before recent peak just above 8.30/8.32. Furthermore, with weak fundamentals in Europe, we should see overall weakness in EUR, which again supports a stronger NOK.
We want to add 1/3 of wanted position at current level (8.1950+) and add more if/when we see 8.24/8.25 with a stop loss if we close above 8.28 on daily basis.
A possible trigger for Norwegian Krone this week is CPI numbers for September upcoming friday due 10:00 CET.
Safe trading!
Sell EURNOK on retest of bearish flag break outNorges Bank today announced it would start buying NOK starting tomorrow.
Fundamentally weak Euro presents a good short opportunity in EURNOK
Price broke out of the bearish flag, and is currently testing the longer term trend line
Sell on retest of flag break out price or sell rallies from H1 or lower TF, targeting 7.98
EURNOK - Sell more, it will likely break downAs I wrote in my other post (linked below) I rather buy NOK (the ccy of the only real AAA rated country) vs the EUR at current levels, than adding or re-enterring USD longs for example.
Technical picture:
Daily: Yesterday we had Kijun Sen retest with a small body red hanging candle. Today we have a massive bearish candle so far. Break of the long term daily and also weekly trend? At least penetrated. We will also have a STRONG Bearish Tenkan/Kijun cross today. Conservative Ichimoku traders normally sell the closing at this signal. Chikou Span is again below price candles and as soon as the long awaited 8,10 key level goes, we'll have only "three" things left to do: Sell more / Sit and wait / Sell more on spikes staying with the trend
4 Hrs: Honestly I should have posted this analyses a lot earlier, as I saw the opportunity already yesterday, ok, confirmation came this morning. We had basically a retest to the 100 WMA and to the thick Kumo, which together were likely a good support for bears. The break back below 8,17 today was a confirmation signal. Now DMI is bearish with increasing ADX. Try to sell any pull backs to ard 8,15.
More Norwegian strenght (NOK) against Euro (EUR)?After the sharp drop last week, the retracement/pullback has been rather weak in EURNOK. After todays run-up, we have now retraced only 23.6%. Furthermore, we have a possible bear-flag under development in 4H timechart. If we break this flag, we should see 8.10 as a possible stop before heading even lower end of 2014 (maybe below 8.00).
Time will show!