EUR/USD seen struggling near 1.1300 – Commerzbank

Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank, believes the pair’s upside could face strong resistance around 1.1300 the figure.

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“The Euro is well placed to test the 1.1300 November 2016 high, however we suspect that this may hold the initial test as we note the large divergence of the daily RSI, which reflects a loss of upside momentum. It will remain bid while above the near term uptrend at 1.1075.Initial support is the accelerated uptrend at 1.1216”.

“Above 1.1300, the market has potential to reach the highs from mid 2016 circa 1.1429 and the two year resistance line at 1.1474, however we believe it will struggle here from a longer term perspective. We note the 78.6% retracement lies at 1.1343”.