Financial markets weekly overview. Trade list for August 28 – September 3
We make up a weekly medium-term trade list based on CFTC reports and technical analysis.
The table below provides a description of the technical condition of the market on the most popular financial instruments, as well as information on the large speculators’ actions according to the last COT reports and the previous period.
If you want to use CFTC reports in your trading practice, you should understand that for an objective assessment of the situation it’s not enough to know the data of the last report. The dynamic is more important, in other words, comparing the statistics of large speculators’ actions in the current period with the previous one, so we publish both values in the table.
Note that the arrow direction gives us information about the large speculators’ actions (buying or selling) relative to the asset specified in the first column. For example, for CHF, the up arrow () indicates that COT net position indicator is rising, namely CHF is being bought, but not USDCHF.
Key topics
- Trade list
- Euro (EURUSD)
- British pound (GBPUSD)
- Gold (XAUUSD) and silver (XAGUSD)
- New zealand dollar (NZDUSD)
- Сonclusions
Trade list
| Asset | Comment | August 18 | August 25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| **E-Mini S&P500 (ESU17) | The trend is bearish. Another correction on the Daily timeframe came to an end on Wednesday. Short positions will remain relevant until the market is below the resistance level of the Daily timeframe, maximums of August 22-23. | ||
| **Dollar Index (DXU17) | The trend is bearish. A pullback selling opportunity will occur after the correction formation on the Daily timeframe. | ||
| **EUR (E6U17) | The trend is bullish. Another resistance level was broken on Friday. A breakout signal was formed. A pullback buying opportunity will occur after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. | ||
| ***CHF (S6U17) | The support level was broken on the Daily timeframe on Friday. The trend is bearish (for USDCHF). The impulse wave develops. The breakout signal was formed. A pullback entry point will appear after the correction is completed on the Daily timeframe | ||
| ***GBP (B6U17) | The Daily trend is downward, the correction is coming to an end. A pullback selling opportunity will appear in case of bearish candle closing below the resistance level that is maximums of August 17-22 | ||
| **JPY (J6U17) | The trend is bearish (for USDJPY), a pullback selling opportunity will appear after the correction formation on the Daily timeframe. | ||
| *WTI (CLV17) | Triangle. Before the fact of the nearest support and resistance levels breakout, new medium-term positions look unattractive. | ||
| **CAD (D6U17) | The Daily trend is bearish. (for USDCAD), an impulse wave develops. A pullback entry point will occur after the correction formation on the Daily timeframe. | ||
| *XAU (GCZ17) | Triangle. Before the fact of the nearest support or resistance levels breakout, new medium-term positions look unattractive. Previously open long positions will remain relevant until the market is above the support level of the Daily timeframe, minimums of August 15-16. | ||
| *XAG (SIU17) | Triangle. Before the fact of the nearest support or resistance levels breakout, new medium-term positions look unattractive. Previously open long positions will remain relevant until the market is above the support level of the Daily timeframe, minimums of August 15-16. | ||
| *AUD (A6U17) | Triangle. Before the fact of the nearest support or resistance levels breakout, new medium-term positions look unattractive. | ||
| ***NZD (N6U17) | The trend is bearish. A pullback selling opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. | ||
| **RUB (R6U17) | The trend is bearish (for USDRUB), a pullback selling opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Short positions will remain relevant until the market is above the resistance level of the Daily timeframe, minimums of August 23-25. |
| The notation that determines the quality of possible trades during the new week are profit potential, the risk-reward ratio, the opinion of major market players, other factors: | |
| **** | Excellent |
| *** | Good |
| ** | Ordinary |
| * | Uninteresting (sideways trends, etc.) |
| The notation that determines the change in the opinion of large speculators, the direction of COT net position indicator in the reporting and prior periods are: | |
| large speculators are buying the asset specified in the first column | |
| large speculators are selling the asset specified in the first column | |
| the green color of the arrows means that the Daily trend direction corresponds to the opinion of large speculators | |
| the blue color of the arrows means that the Daily trend direction doesn’t correspond to the opinion of large speculators |
Euro (EURUSD)
Euro remains in an upward trend, another resistance level was broken on the Daily timeframe on Friday and a breakout signal was formed. New positions from current prices are of little interest, since risk-reward ratio leaves much to be desired.
EURUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.
A pullback buying opportunity will appear after the end of the impulse wave and the formation of a full-fledged correction on the Daily timeframe. Trading with an adequate profit/loss ratio is possible only on smaller timeframes at the moment.
Bullish positions will remain relevant as long as the market remains above the support level of the Daily timeframe, the lows of August 15-18.
COT indicator slightly strengthened but didn’t reverse, so the general direction of COT net position indicator does not correspond to the technical condition of the market. This suggests that the probability of buying opportunities success decreases and the position size reduction in case of signals occurrence in the direction of the trend may be a good idea.
British pound (GBPUSD)
The British pound remains in the mid-term downtrend, a correction on the Daily timeframe is coming to an end. A pullback buying opportunity will appear in case of bearish candle closing below the resistance level, the highs of August 17-22. The nearest target is the support level with the range from 1.2770 to 1.2800.
GBPUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.
The trend direction continues to be combined with the opinion of professionals, COT net position indicator decreases, large speculators are selling. Short positions will remain relevant until the price is below the resistance level of the Daily timeframe, the highs of August 17-22. The next target is the support level, the lows of December 5-8.
Gold (XAUUSD) and silver (XAGUSD)
Gold and silver markets remain in triangles. Before the fact of the nearest support or resistance levels breakout, new medium-term positions look unattractive. Previously opened long positions will remain relevant until the market is above the support level of the Daily timeframe, the lows of August 15-16.
Gold. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.
Large speculators continue to buy, thus, the probability of breaking through these triangles up remains high. At the same time, it’s desirable to refrain from trading on the Daily timeframe until the market confidently breaks through converging formations.
Silver. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.
New zealand dollar (NZDUSD)
The New Zealand dollar remains in the medium-term downtrend, each new low on the Daily timeframe is lower than the previous one. The nearest mid-term selling opportunity will appear after the correction is completed.
NZDUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.
COT net position indicator decreases, large speculators sell, the trend direction on the Daily timeframe coincides with the professionals’ opinion. That increases the probability of medium-term bear signals success. The nearest target is Thursday’s minimums. In case of the correction continuation from current prices, a new support level of the Daily timeframe will be formed around these marks. If the market closes above the nearest resistance level, that is the highs of August 17-22, short positions will no longer be relevant.
Сonclusions
Financial instruments with the correction close to completion on the Daily timeframe and with potentially the most promising risk-reward ratio are NZDUSD, GBPUSD, NZDJPY.
USDCHF, EURUSD are less interesting, but in the near future, they can also become noteworthy depending on the depth of the market correction.
After breaking through triangles the oil market, gold, silver, and AUDUSD may be interesting.
Other financial instruments in the trade list may be also interesting, but in these markets pullback trading signals on the Daily timeframe are likely to occur no earlier than a week.
Good luck in trading!