Currency Markets

Currency Weekly August 4, 2024

Aug 4, 2024

Thomas Thornton

Highlights and themes

  • Some extreme action in the currency markets led by the yen strength
  • Dollar Index is on day 7 of 13 with the Sequential while USDJPY is on day 8 of 13 with the Sequential.
  • I’ve been saying everything has revolved around the Yen and so many carry trades are blowing up
  • Crypto has been weak recently and breaking down hard this Sunday night.
  • More on the notes this week
  • I had to redo all of the charts with DeMark indicators with tonights action.

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Currency Sentiment Overview

Currency sentiment highlights with some massive moves from Friday and into this evening.

US Dollar Indexes

DXY US Dollar Index daily breaking down with Sequential on day 7 of 13 nearing some targets but I’d rather wait for the Sequential 13 vs the targets.

DXY US Dollar Index weekly has a new DeMark Sequential buy Countdown 13 with default version. If using the more conservative 8 vs 5 setting the Sequential continues. It’s when the red counts halt until it trades under the 5th red bar.

Bloomberg US Dollar Index daily is right at support at 200 day

Bloomberg US Dollar Index weekly has been making higher lows but the pending Sequential is something I continue to watch.

US Dollar bullish sentiment has been dropping now at new 2024 lows. Getting closer to oversold

US Dollar Commitment of Traders large speculators and weekly DeMark Setup, Sequential, and Combo indicators

Major USD Crosses

EURUSD Euro / US Dollar shows range bound trading with Euro strength

Euro bullish sentiment has remains steady and not that bad

Euro Commitment of Traders large speculators and weekly DeMark Setup, Sequential, and Combo indicators

GBPUSD British Pound Sterling / US Dollar has a pending downside Sequential but not breaking down. Below 1.26 and things could get slippery

British Pound Sterling bullish sentiment has been hanging around the 50% level

British Pound Sterling Commitment of Traders large speculators and weekly DeMark Setup, Sequential, and Combo indicators

AUDUSD Australian Dollar / US Dollar shows a fading Aussie Dollar

Australian Dollar bullish sentiment broke down

Australian Dollar Commitment of Traders large speculators and weekly DeMark Setup, Sequential, and Combo indicators

USDCAD US Dollar / Canadian Dollar is moving higher with weak Canadian Dollar

Canadian Dollar bullish sentiment oversold but could stay depressed

Canadian Dollar Commitment of Traders large speculators and weekly DeMark Setup, Sequential, and Combo indicators

USDCHF US Dollar / Swiss Franc with Setup 9. Stronger Swiss Franc

Swiss Franc bullish sentiment has been spiking

Swiss Franc Commitment of Traders large speculators and weekly DeMark Setup, Sequential, and Combo indicators

USDJPY Japanese Yen daily complete breakdown with Yen strength. Sequential on day 8 of 13

Japanese Yen bullish sentiment had been surpressed on lows and now spiked to extreme zone 80%

Yen Commitment of Traders large speculators and weekly DeMark Setup, Sequential, and Combo indicators

Crypto

Bitcoin daily breaking down hard Sunday night on day 7 of 9 with Setup. 50k wave 5 price objective could be met soon or surpassed

Bitcoin bullish sentiment has made lower highs and lower lows

Ethereum broken all levels

Three major Yen crosses – holy shet

Not done yet

EURJPY Euro / Japanese Yen

GBPJPY British Pound Sterling / Japanese Yen

AUDJPY Australian Dollar / Japanese Yen

US Dollar vs Emerging Markets

USDBRL US Dollar / Brazilian Real

USDMXN US Dollar / Mexican Peso

Mexican Peso bullish sentiment was one of the strongest currencies in the last few years and now it’s breaking down hard

Mexican Peso Commitment of Traders large speculators and weekly DeMark Setup, Sequential, and Combo indicators

USDZAR US Dollar / South African Rand range bound

USDCNH US Dollar / Chinese Offshore Renminbi (Yuan) also with a Sequential in progress

DeMark Sequential Basics from Bloomberg

Detailed Commitment of Traders explanation