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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Wakeup Call: Possible Retracements In Risk

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Daily Forex Fundamentals | Written by Saxo Bank | Nov 12 09 08:35 GMT |

Fake-break above 1101 in S&P500 and Break-Even Inflation Rates are down 3 bps. after a big rally in the past two weeks. EURUSD struggling to close above 1.50. We could see retracement today.

Calendar

Economic Data Releases
Country Name Time (GMT) Expectation Prior Comment
EC 10:00 Industrial Production MoM (SEP) 0.5% 0.9%
US 13:30 Initial Jobless Claims (Nov) 510K 512K
US 13:30 Continuing Claims (OCT) 5700K 5749K

What's going on?

Fake-break above 1101 in S&P500 and Break-Even Inflation Rates are down 3 bps. after a big rally in the past two weeks. EURUSD struggling to close above 1.50. Stock market futures and Asian markets are down. We believe that a retracement of risk is in the cards today. Sell on rallies. Also in commodities

Only important data today is the E-Z Industrial Production and a Treasury auction of $16B 30-year bonds.

FX

FX Daily stance Comment
EURUSD 0/- May struggle past 1.5020, capped max at 1.5060 for retracement lower to 1.4960
USDJPY 0/- Looks capped at 89.90-00 area. Sell for a re-test of 89.65 suppt, stop abv 90.25
EURJPY 0/- Prefer to sell rallies to 135.15-25 for a retracement back to 134.0, stop abv 135.50
GBPUSD - Expect rally to be contained at 1.6615 lvl for next leg down. Tgt 1.6490, stop abv 1.6675
AUDUSD 0/+ Buy dips to 0.9315-30 for a rebound back through 0.9370 towards 0.94, stop below 0.9270

Equities

Equities Daily stance Comment
DAX 0/- Sell on rallies towards 5640 targeting 5588. S/L above 5665.
FTSE 0/- Sell on rallies towards 5235 targeting 5190. S/L above 5256.
S&P500 0/- Sell on rallies towards 1096 targeting 1087. S/L above 1101.
Nasdaq100 0/-
DJIA 0/-

Futures

Commodities Daily Stance Comment
Gold 0/- Sell at the break of 1115 and target 1100. Stop above 1120.
Silver 0/- Sell at the break of 17.60 and target 17.50. Stop above 17.70.
Oil (CLZ9) 0/- Sell on rallies towards 80 and target 78. Stop above 80.65

FX Options

FX-Options Comment
EURUSD Frontend vols mainly offered yesterday. Talk abt large 1.50 strike expiring tomorrow and latest price action point to the strike having a good hold in EURUSD
AUDUSD Vols were offered from the start of the Asia session, market makers searching for bids. No clear direction on interest, look for spot to stay in range.

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