EUR/USD Could Extend to 1.40
The EUR/USD is on a tear, having rallied more than 600 pips or 5 percent over the past 24 hours. The significance of Fed’s actions continue to resonate over the currency markets and even though we have already seen parabolic moves in the pair, I think it will head higher.
Why?
On December 16th, when the Fed first brought up the prospect of buying U.S. Treasuries at their FOMC meeting, the EUR/USD rose from a low of 1.3629 to a high of 1.4719, an 8 percent move. Now that the Fed is actually following through with buying longer term Treasuries, the impact on the EUR/USD should be the same if not greater.
We have seen a similar reaction in the British pound. After officially announcing Quantitative Easing, the GBP/USD fell 650 pips, a move of only 4.5 percent. However the price action of the GBP/USD has been diluted by the weakness of the greenback and so a more accurate reflection of the market’s appetite for British pounds post Quantitative Easing can be found in EUR/GBP which has rallied 8 percent since the March 5th Bank of England meeting.
Source: eSignal
Therefore an 8 percent move in the EUR/USD post FOMC would take the currency pair to at least 1.40 from Wednesday’s low, which is my target over the next few trading days.
Source: eSignal
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