USD/CHF - Head Fake Above .9600?
The Swissie today formed its first daily close above the .9600 level which is the first time in over 14 months it has done this. The question is, is this a false break or head fake? Although it closed above the key level by 3pips, it has formed a rejection of the lows and the highs forming a trading range. As you can see from the chart below, price has thus opened inside the wick or rejection area of the prior candle.
This means price will have to clear yesterday's high before we will likely see new intraday traders come in or any strong bullish momentum. Although the 1hr and 4hr charts are showing pin bar rejections at the intraday highs, the lows continue to step higher, thus we are thinking a breakout continuation is more likely. Bears can wait for a daily price action trigger while bulls can add longs at .9600 or on a break above .9642.
Daily Chart
1hr Chart with Pin Bar Setup

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Comment by Peter jcp on May 30, 2012 at 9:06am Morning Chris - 10am UK time - 5am NY and Swissy is at 9656. I cannot even scalp sell just yet - but next hour will be interesting - as we are now slightly over the Intraday resistance.
Another day to the end of the month - 2 days to end of week - and then Monday and Tuesday Bank Holidays for London UK. We need to try and put all that into the mix :-)
Have a great June
Regards
Peter
Comment by pixta on May 30, 2012 at 11:57am
Comment by 2ndSkiesForex on May 30, 2012 at 12:03pm Any commentary to this Pixta? I get it, but feel free to add commentary so others can translate it.
Kind Regards,
Chris
Comment by pixta on May 30, 2012 at 12:13pm Hihi Chris, ))
Well fix all my core long just here, as expect some correction from this lvl already within usdchf...
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