DAX, ASX, DOW JONE, FTSE are signaling JPY strength

august 20, 2010friday5.45gmt

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Now  FTSE,  DOW JONE, Nikkei,  DAX , ASX   ,which are major stock indexes , are sending  signal of JPY become strong.

Those stock indexes are pointing to  lower sharply very soon , may be today or early of next week.

Then we will see  XYZJPY will go down more , [xyz = USD, AUD, EUR, GBP]

Now AUD is so underpressured ,  you see GBPAUD, EURAUD, AUDSGD, AUDCHF, AUDUSD, AUDJPY.All bring to the summary that  AUD  is the weakest of major FX.

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GOLD, AUDUSD, EURUSD directions

By summary  ,   GOLD, soybean, corn  are strong against   USD,

BUT    XYZUSD  [XYZ =  eur, gbp, aud]  are waiting  for a while to see early of next week, then see real trend for next  month.

*************GOLD spot

yesterday, silver  chart built bullish pattern. Therefore, it is supporting  gold bullish too.

I expect gold will go up to 1237, then 1250if it can break out 1275-1280

Long

entry  1225stop loss 1195Upside targets : 1237, 1250 , 1258   , then 1270

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Short AUDUSD , good chart

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AUDUSD

I think we already passed  its top  2 weeks ago.

I see 0.85, then 0.83 comming soon in next month, which is september 2010.

Now  both   australia’s export incomes  from china  AND  debt/household in australia  are building problems of AUD strength,Then we will see AUDUSD go down  more to 0.83 very soon in  september 2010.

SHORT

downside target 0.85 at least , then 0.83critical stop loss 0.9300

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