EUR/JPY – 132.37
New strategy :
Stand aside
Position: –
Target: –
Stop:-
Despite staging a strong rebound to 133.24 late last week, lack of follow through buying and the subsequent retreat suggest further choppy consolidation would be seen and pullback to 131.90-00 cannot be ruled out, however, support at 131.17 (last week’s low) should remain intact, bring another rebound later. In case euro drops below 131.17 support, this would signal the fall from 134.50 top has resumed, then this erratic decline may extend weakness to 130.60-65 and possibly towards psychological level at 130.00 which is likely to hold from here.
On the upside, expect recovery to be limited to 132.75-80 and said resistance at 133.24 should remain intact, bring another retreat later. Only break of resistance at 132.47 would abort and signal a temporary low has been formed at 131.17, bring further gain to 133.15-20 but break there is needed to signal the entire correction from 134.50 top has ended, bring further gain to 133.50, then towards resistance at 133.89 (last week’s high) which is expected to cap euro’s upside. As near term outlook is mixed, would be prudent to stand aside for now.
Our latest preferred count is that wave (ii) is ABC-X-ABC which ended at 123.33 and wave (iii) is unfolding with wave iii ended at 100.77, followed by wave iv at 111.57 and wave v as well as the wave (iii) has ended at 97.04, followed by wave (iv) at 111.43 and wave (v) has ended at 94.12 which is also the end of the larger degree v, this also implied the major wave (C) has also ended there, hence major correction has commenced from there with (A) leg unfolding in its lower degree wave c which has possibly ended at 145.69. Under this count, A-B-C wave (B) has commenced with A leg ended at 136.23, wave B at 143.79 and wave C has possibly ended at 149.79.
Our larger degree count is that the decline from 139.26 is wave (C) and is sub-divided into a diagonal triangle i-ii-iii-iv-v with wave i – 105.44, wave ii- 123.33, wave iii – 97.03, wave iv – 111.43, followed by the final wave v as well as the end of wave (C) at 94.12, this also mark the bottom of larger degree wave B. Under this count, major rise in wave C has commenced as an impulsive wave with minor wave III ended at 145.69, wave V is still in progress for further gain to 150.00. Having said that, this so-called wave V could well be the first leg of larger degree 5-waver wave C and this wave C should bring at least a retest of wave A top at 169.97 (July 2008).
