THE TRADERS CLUB WEEKLY FX REPORT:

15/06/18 CONTENTS:

Week in the markets P.3 FX Majors Traded Pairs Summary P.4 FX Technical Levels P.5 FX Majors Heikin Ashi Daily charts + Ichimoku P.6 US Dollar Index Watch P.7

FX Majors Currency Strength P.8 FOREX Currency Strength Indicator P.9 Sterling Watch P.10

FX Major Charts P.11

FX Emerging Markets Charts P.12

FX Big Impact News P.13

Cryptocurrency Analysis P.14 Week in the markets: Currencies:

• Yen holding weakness trying to recover strength? • USD neutral but firming up? • Euro after being strong for a while, sunk and turned weaker on Draghi / ECB outlook for the Eurozone. • Commodity majors turning weaker? AUD, NZD, CAD? • Sterling, still suffering from Brexit woes and poor economic data. Mixed bag. decision Thursday may stir it up?

Cryptocurrencies:

• Not looking pretty – most drifting further lower or consolidating at new lows.

Scheduled news events:

The Chinese are on their bank holidays Monday. Thursday will more than likely prove to be the day to watch – Swiss interest rate decision (expected to stay the same at -0.75%) and UK interest rates also expected to stay the same at 0.5% are the major highlights. FX Major Traded Pairs Summary: FX Technical Levels:

Info: Levels are based on Fibonacci, Ichimoku and other technical tools to create a guide for support and resistance areas.

Key: S1 = next technical level etc, L1 = next technical level etc. built around the current price. R/R = Risk Reward either going long or short based on current price and stops / target at L1 and S1 Longer term trend = determined from daily & weekly charts FX Majors Heikin Ashi Daily charts + Ichimoku: US Dollar Index Watch:

US Dollar Index Daily Chart: How to use: The US Dollar index is a basket of key currencies against the USD. The Index gives a good guide to the strength or weakness of the USD versus these other currencies. (JPY,CAD,GBP, SEK,CHF,EUR). NB. It can also be traded as a futures contract.

Comment: Index looking for 96? Bulls trying to re-establish themselves in the shorter term? FX Majors Currency Strength:

Weak Neutral Strong

NZD, AUD,GBP, CHF, USD, EUR, CAD, JPY,

How to use:

Data is based off weekly and daily currency strength quantitative analysis to present a ‘feel’ for the longer term sentiment (over the week ahead) strength and weakness levels in the major currencies. Currency Strength Indicator: Key:

How to use: To compliment the FX Majors Currency Strength page, the indicator gives a historical and graphical perspective on a currencies strength. Based on the 4hr charts, allowing the user to ascertain trends, change in trends and pockets of support and resistance in these currencies. Sterling Watch: Pound mixed – strong versus the Emerging Market currencies, strengthening / neutral versus the commodity majors, holding weaker versus the USD and Yen? Against the Euro neutral?

How to use: These are all 4hr Heikin Ashi charts over the last month to gauge an opinion on the strength of the GBP versus the other major currencies. The key to this analysis is to try and see if GBP is generally strong or weak across the 8 pairs to give you a clue for the overall health and possible direction of GBP. FX Major Charts : Charts of interest this week – the longer term view: GBPJPY daily chart:

GBPJPY: With the Yen looking to turn stronger and the Pound struggling, the technicals are showing a weakening situation for the pair? looking like it is turning south and price looking fragile at current levels? Downside resistance at 143.49 then 140.47? Upsides 148.37 then 151.85?(GBPJPY can be found on FxPro and Core Spreads) FX Emerging Markets Charts: Charts of interest this week – the longer term view: GBPZAR:

GBPZAR: the Emerging Markets are still getting bashed and again it is a take your pick situation! With US interest rates rising this week just gone, that has only worsened the situation? Despite a mixed Pound, the Rand is holding particularly weak versus the majors. The pair broke up early June and could be finding resistance? Any further ZAR weakness and upsides could be 18.3 then 19.08? Downsides 17.25 then 16.82? Trading 20.559 (GBPZAR can be found on FxPro) FX Big Impact News:

How to use:

About Economic News:

Each week major economic news comes out from around the globe that can have a serious impact on the currency markets.

The most important news (in our opinion) is listed here………….. Cryptocurrency Analysis:

Complex bearish and sinking? Bitcoin trading $6500’s. Author: Stephen Hoad, The STOP HUNTER

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