This week I will begin with my monthly and weekly forecasts of the currency pairs worth watching. The first part of my forecast is based upon my research of the past 20 years of Forex prices, which show that the following methodologies have all produced profitable results:
- Trading the two currencies that are trending the most strongly over the past 6 months.
- Trading against very strong weekly counter-trend movements by currency pairs made during the previous week.
- Carry Trade: Buying currencies with high interest rates and selling currencies with low interest rates.
Let us look at the relevant data of currency price changes and interest rates to date, which we compiled using a trade-weighted index of the major global currencies:
Monthly Forecast January 2022
For the month of January, I made no forecast.
Weekly Forecast 23rd January 2022
In my previous forecast last week, I made no weekly forecast, as there were no unusually strong counter-trend movements. Fading strong weekly counter-trend price movements is the basis of my weekly trading strategy.
I again make no weekly forecast, as there were no strong counter-trend price movements last week in the Forex market.
The Forex market saw an increase in its level of directional volatility last week, as I expected, with 30% of all the important currency pairs or crosses moving by more than 1% in value. Directional volatility is likely to increase this week as the US FOMC will be reporting which is usually the major event in the Forex market each month.
Last week was dominated by relative strength in the Japanese yen, and relative weakness in the New Zealand dollar.
You can trade our forecasts in a real or demo Forex brokerage account.
Key Support/Resistance Levels for Popular Pairs
I teach that trades should be entered and exited at or very close to key support and resistance levels. There are certain key support and resistance levels that can be watched on the more popular currency pairs this week.
Currency Pair | Key Support/Resistance |
|---|---|
AUD/USD | Support: 0.7123, 0.7102, 0.7083, 0.7051
Resistance: 0.7293, 0.7321, 0.7344, 0.7390 |
EUR/USD | Support: 1.1261, 1.1250, 1.1229, 1.1195 Resistance: 1.1366, 1.1387, 1.1435, 1.1451 |
GBP/USD | Support: 1.3483, 1.3375, 1.3340, 1.3304 Resistance: 1.3576, 1.3602, 1.3664, 1.3769 |
USD/JPY | Support: 1.3483, 1.3375, 1.3340, 1.3304 Resistance: 114.23, 114.55, 115.02, 116.00 |
AUD/JPY | Support: 81.30, 81.05, 80.40, 79.81 Resistance: 82.08, 83.00, 83.75, 84.35 |
EUR/JPY | Support: 128.53, 128.30, 127.44, 126.88 Resistance: 130.00, 130.62, 130.84, 131.78 |
USD/CAD | Support: 1.2535, 1.2498, 1.2372, 1.2250 Resistance: 1.2611, 1.2738, 1.2812, 1.2901 |
USD/CHF | Support: 0.9072, 0.9000, 0.8969, 0.8943 Resistance: 0.9140, 0.9200, 0.9229, 0.9249 |
Let us see how trading reversals from one of last week’s key levels could have worked out:
USD/JPY
I had expected the level at 115.02 might function as resistance, as it had acted previously as both support and resistance. Note how these “flipping” levels can work well. The H1 chart below shows how the price rejected this level with an inside bar towards the end of last Tuesday’s Tokyo session, often a good time to enter a new trade in a Forex currency pair or cross involving the Japanese Yen, marked by the down arrow in the price chart below. This trade has been nicely profitable, achieving a maximum positive risk reward ratio of more than 4 to 1 based upon the size of the entry candlestick structure.
That is all for this week. You can trade my forecasts in a real or demo Forex brokerage account to test the strategies and strengthen your self-confidence before investing real funds.