EUR/USD - Week of Aug 19-23

Prediction - SELLING to Midline (~ 1.0940)

Reason - (1) Price has recently tested and was rejected at the top of the current price channel;(2) a clear H/S level coincides with the top of the current price channel, adding additional resistance; (3) in the recent past, price has respected the limits of the price channel, and without significant economic data scheduled to be released Mon - Wed, price lacks a fundamental driver to move higher; (4) for the same reason mentioned above (3), price also lacks a fundamental driver to move all the way to the bottom of the channel.

Caveats - Any surprise sociopolitical or economic development between now and Thursday (Aug 22) overrides the technical analysis described above. Furthermore, the two significant economic releases this week - EUR PMI (Thur) and USD Fed Speech (Fri) - override the above technical analysis. As such, the above technical analysis becomes obsolete on Thursday at the time of the EUR PMI release (3:30AM EST).

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