The consistency in currencies at the end of May was nearly all the long-term charts were showing some form of a sideways pattern.
The US dollar index ($DXY): The $DXY remains in a major (long-term) 5-wave uptrend. The December low of 100.62 looks to be the bottom of Wave 2 (of a 5-wave pattern) meaning Wave 3 should take out the Wave 1 high of 107.35 (October 2023). However, the $DXY consolidated within the April range last month before losing near the monthly low of 104.08. Theoretical Positions: New long positions would’ve been established as the $DXY hit a new 4-month high this past September, roughly 104.70, with positions added as a new 2023 high was set near 105.90. Additional longs could’ve been established during April at a new 4-month high beyond 104.98 (February 2024). This would create an average long of about 105.20, with sell stops below the 4-month low of 102.36 (March 2024).
The euro (^EURUSD): The euro remains in a major 3-wave downtrend with the December 2023 high of 1.11395 looking to be the peak of Wave 7 (Wave B, second wave of the 3-wave pattern). If so, then the euro would be expected to take out the Wave 6 low of 1.04487 (October 2023) with next downside targets at 1.04059 and 1.02007, the 50% and 61.8% retraecment levels respectively of the previous major uptrend from 0.93564 (September 2022) through the high of 1.12754 (July 2023). Theoretical Positions: New short positions would’ve been established near 1.06354. Additional short positions could’ve been established below the 4-month low of 1.06951 during April. If so, the average position would be 1.06652 with buy stops above the 4-month high of 1.09806 (March 2024).
The euro/Canadian dollar (^EURCAD) remains in a major downtrend after completing a bearish 2-month reversal at the end of May 2023, though the monthly chart continues to show a sideways consolidation pattern. The rally seen during November 2023 could still be considered Wave B (second wave) of the 3-wave downtrend pattern. Theoretical Positions: Traders might’ve liquidated longs from the August 2022 close of 1.31904 near the May 2023 close of 1.45107 (a gain of 0.13203) and establish new short positions (short euro/long Canadian dollar).
The Canadian dollar (^CADUSD) looks to be in a sideways trend, the range now between the high of 0.75883 (December 2023) and low of 0.72225 (April 2024). Theoretical Positions: Traders could be long from the October 2022 close of 0.73395 based on a bullish spike reversal. Additional longs might’ve been established near the March 2023 settlement of 0.73975, putting the average long near 0.73685. Also, additional longs may have been established during June as the loonie took out its previous 4-month high of 0.75398. If so, the average long position would now be 0.74256. If sells stops were triggered below the previous 4-month low of 0.73238 from May, then the average loss would’ve been 0.01018. Traders could look to play a breakout in either direction.
The Brazilian real (^BRLUSD) remains in a major sideways trend. Theoretical Positions: There are no positions at this time. Traders could look at going long or short based on the next breakout, though history has shown the real is comfortable moving sideways.
