{"id":93257,"date":"2016-07-21T06:37:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T10:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=93257"},"modified":"2016-07-21T06:37:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T10:37:47","slug":"euro-strengthening-before-ecb-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2016\/07\/euro-strengthening-before-ecb-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro strengthening before ECB meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-2352635591\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">July 21, 2016<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><b>By Gabriel Ojimadu, Alpari<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Previous:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The euro&#8221;s Wednesday trading closed slightly down. The euro bulls quickly won back losses which were incurred after UK labour market data came out.<\/p>\n<p>High intraday volatility continued &#8220;til trade close in the States. As a result a daily pinbar formed. Although the dark shade of the candle was small, it was a bullish signal. If Draghi doesn&#8221;t quash the euro, it will come off today.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Market Expectations:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The euro was up to 1.1043 against the dollar in Asia. Since yesterday&#8221;s 1.1030 maximum was exceeded, a bull signal was activated in accordance with the pinbar. The target on it is 1.1080.<\/p><div id=\"inves-3448974647\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p>I didn&#8221;t bother with a forecast due to the ECB convening and taking a decision on interest rates. In addition, at 15:30 EET, Mario Draghi will hold a press conference. He is unpredictable, so I don&#8221;t see the point in making a forecast.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Day&#8221;s News (EET):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list list_type_disc\">\n<li>11:30, UK retail sales and net state borrowing in June;<\/li>\n<li>14:15, ECB interest rate;<\/li>\n<li>15:30, Draghi&#8221;s press conference, US Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index for June and US initial unemployment benefit applications for the week ending 17<sup>th<\/sup> July;<\/li>\n<li>17:00, US secondary housing market sales in June and US June index for leading indicators from the Conference Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Technical Analysis:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Intraday forecast: minimum: n\/a, maximum: n\/a, close: n\/a.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alpari.ru\/data\/media\/trunk\/images\/Analytics\/2016\/07\/eur_210716.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Euro\/dollar rate on the hourly. Source: TradingView<\/p>\n<p>The trend line which took its beginning from a 1.1148 peak has been broken in Asia on the hourly. The LB and the 45<sup>th<\/sup> Gann degree have also been passed. Taking into account that a daily pinbar formed yesterday, it would be logical to think that the euro will strengthen to around 1.1080 today.<\/p>\n<p>The graph is without a forecast. I don&#8221;t want to guess where the euro will be during Draghi&#8221;s speech. The market expects that the monetary policy of the ECB will be left unchanged. If There are no surprises at the press conference, the euro will strengthen against the dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Article submitted by <a href=\"http:\/\/alpari.com\/en\/\">Alpari.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriel Ojimadu, Alpari Previous: The euro&#8221;s Wednesday trading closed slightly down. The euro bulls quickly won back losses which were incurred after UK labour market data came out. High intraday volatility continued &#8220;til trade close in the States. As a result a daily pinbar formed. 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