EURUSD – Engulfing Patterns and Bearish Confirmation

As mentioned yesterday (EURUSD – Greek Deal Prompts Bearish Move), the euro appears to have moved back into a bearish phase against the dollar, with the Greek “deal” potentially removing one risk event and bringing attention back to the Fed rate hike.

Yesterday we got our close below Friday’s opening level which is suggested yesterday would make the move even more bearish than it already appeared. This may have been added to again today, with the pair having rallied earlier but failed to break back above the prior trend line support. This acts as confirmation of the initial break.

EURUSD Daily

The pair has since retreated quite aggressively and the result on the 4-hour chart is a bearish engulfing pattern, assuming the current candle closes below the opening level of the previous. What makes this more bearish is the fact that the current candle failed to break above the high of the previous – which itself came within 6 pips of the 50 fib level – 10 July highs to today’s lows.

EURUSD 4hr

All of these factors combined suggest the pair is looking much more bearish right now. The next key support level for the pair could come around 1.0916 – 7 July lows, followed by 1.0819 – 27 May lows.

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Former Craig

Former Craig

Former Senior Market Analyst, UK & EMEA at OANDA
Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a market analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary. His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and SKY News. Craig holds a full membership to the Society of Technical Analysts and is recognised as a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts.