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Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.2273; (P) 1.2303 (R1) 1.2334; More....

Intraday bias in EUR/USD remains neutral with focus on 1.2268 minor support. On the downside, break of 1.2268 will argue that fall from 1.2555 is likely resuming. And intraday bias will be turned back to the downside for 1.2154 support and below. On the upside, above 1.2445will turn bias to the upside for retesting 1.2555 key resistance.

In the bigger picture, key fibonacci level at 38.2% retracement of 1.6039 (2008 high) to 1.0339 (2017 low) at 1.2516 remains intact despite attempts to break. Hence, rise from 1.0339 medium term bottom is still seen as a corrective move for the moment. Rejection from 1.2516 will maintain long term bearish outlook and keep the case for retesting 1.0039 alive. Firm break of 1.1553 support will add more medium term bearishness. However, sustained break of 1.2516 will carry larger bullish implication and target 61.8% retracement of 1.6039 to 1.0339 at 1.3862.

Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.3792; (P) 1.3841; (R1) 1.3894; More....

Intraday bias in GBP/USD remains neutral at this point. With 1.3929 minor resistance intact, deeper fall is still expected in the pair. Break of 1.3711 will resume the decline from 1.4345 through 1.3651 resistance turned support. At this point, we'll look for strong support from 38.2% retracement of 1.1946 to 1.4345 at 1.3429 to contain downside and bring rebound. However, break of 1.3929 minor resistance will the first sign of near term reversal. Intraday bias will be turned back to the upside for 1.4144 resistance for confirmation.

In the bigger picture, as long as 1.3038 support holds, medium term outlook in GBP/USD will remains bullish. Rise from 1.1946 is at least correcting the long term down from 2007 high at 2.1161. Further rally would be seen back to 38.2% retracement of 2.1161 (2007 high) to 1.1946 (2016 low) at 1.5466. However, GBP/USD fails to sustain above 55 month EMA (now at 1.4259) so far. Break of 1.3038 support, will suggest that rise from 1.1946 has completed and will turn outlook bearish for retesting this low.

Daily Pivots: (S1) 0.9486; (P) 0.9509; (R1) 0.9532; More...

At this point, intraday bias in USD/CHF remains mildly on the upside for further rebound. The head and shoulder bottom formation (ls: 0.9254, h: 0.9186, rs: 0.9337) suggests near term reversal. Rise from 0.9186 should target 100% projection of 0.9186 to 0.9490 from 0.9337 at 0.9641 first. On the downside, break of 0.9337 minor support is needed to indicate completion of the rebound. Otherwise, near term outlook will be cautiously bullish even in case of retreat.

In the bigger picture, fall from 1.0342 is seen as a medium term down trend. Current development is raising the chance that it is completed. But there is no confirmation yet. Focus will now be back on 38.2% retracement of 1.0342 (2016 high) to 0.9186 (2018 low) at 0.9626. Sustained break there will add much credence to the case of trend reversal and target 61.8% retracement at 0.9900 and above). However, rejection from 0.9626 will maintain medium term bearishness for another low below 0.9186.

Daily Pivots: (S1) 106.29; (P) 106.66; (R1) 107.18; More...

USD/JPY is still bounded in consolidation from 105.24 and intraday bias remains on the upside. Note again that bullish convergence condition is seen in 4 hour MACD. On the upside, decisive break 107.67 resistance will indicate near term reversal. In such case, outlook will be turned bullish for 110.47 resistance next. But before that, another decline is still mildly in favor. Break of 105.24 will resume larger decline from 118.65 and target 100% projection of 118.65 to 108.12 from 114.73 at 104.20 next.

In the bigger picture, current development argues that the corrective pattern from 118.65 is extending. The solid break of 61.8% retracement of 98.97 to 118.65 at 106.48 now suggests that the pattern from 125.85 high is possibly extending. Deeper fall could be seen through 98.97 key support (2016 low). This bearish case will now be favored as long as 110.47 resistance holds.

Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.2774; (P) 1.2841; (R1) 1.2876; More....

Intraday bias in USD/CAD remains on the downside for the moment. The pull back from 1.3000 might extend to near term channel support (now at 1.2720). At this point, we'd expect strong support from 38.2% retracement of 1.2246 to 1.3000 at 1.2712 to contain downside and bring rise resumption. On the upside, break of 1.3000 will resume the medium term rally to 1.3065 medium term fibonacci level

In the bigger picture, we're favoring the medium term bullish case. That is larger down trend from 1.4689 has completed at 1.2061, drawing support from 50% retracement of 0.9406 (2011 low) to 1.4689 (2015 high) at 1.2048. Further rally should be seen back to 38.2% retracement of 1.4689 to 1.2061 at 1.3065 first. Break will target 61.8% retracement at 1.3685. This will be the preferred case now as long as 1.2687 support holds.

Daily Pivots: (S1) 0.7797; (P) 0.7825; (R1) 0.7874; More...

AUD/USD's rebound from 0.7712 extends to as high as 0.7866 so far today. As noted before, the break of f near term trend line resistance is taken as first sign of reversal. Intraday bias remains on the upside for 0.7892 minor resistance first. Break will affirm this bullish case and target 0.7988 and above. On the downside, below 0.7772 will turn bias to the downside for 0.7712. Break there will resume whole fall from 0.8135.

In the bigger picture, medium term rebound from 0.6826 is seen as a corrective move. It might still extend higher but we'd expect strong resistance from 38.2% retracement of 1.1079 to 0.6826 at 0.8451 to limit upside to bring long term down trend resumption. On the downside, break of 0.7500 support will now be an important signal that such corrective rebound is completed.

Australian Dollar and New Zealand Dollar jump broadly as another week starts in full risk-on mode. Japanese Nikkei opened sharply higher and is trading up 1.4% at the time of writing. Hong Kong HSI is also up close to 1.5%. That followed the strong 1.77% rise in DOW on Friday on the job report that's "perfect for stocks". Aussie is additional supported as the country is exempted from US President Donald Turmp's steel and aluminum tariff. Meanwhile, sentiments are not so positive for the greenback as it's under broad based selling pressure. The markets might be a bit quiet today but a key focus will remain on 1.2268 minor support support in EUR/USD, which will determine the next near term move.

EU sought clarity on steel tariffs, but Trump warned "we TAX CARS"

European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström met U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer over the weekend to seek clarity on the steel and aluminum tariffs of the US. However, Malmström expressed her frustrations afterwards complaining that the meeting delivered "no immediate clarity". She tweeted "As a close security and trade partner of the U.S., the EU must be excluded from the announced measures. No immediate clarity on the exact U.S. procedure for exemption however, so discussions will continue next week."

German Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries also warned that "Trump's policies are putting the order of a free global economy at risk." And, "he does not want to understand its architecture, which is based on a rule-based system of open markets. Anyone, who is questioning this, is jeopardizing prosperity, growth and employment."

However, Trump stepped up his rhetoric again as he tweeted "the European Union, wonderful countries who treat the U.S. very badly on trade, are complaining about the tariffs on Steel & Aluminum." He added "if they drop their horrific barriers and tariffs on U.S. products going in, we will likewise drop ours. Big Deficit. If not, we Tax Cars etc. FAIR!"

AU PM Turnbull: We're exempted, why complain?

Following Canada and Mexico, Australia was exempted from the steel tariff of the US. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said there were no strings attached to the exemption. He said that "I know exactly what was discussed and there is no, sort of, request for any change or addition to our security arrangements." He also said that Australia is not going to initiate any complain to the WTO regarding the tariffs. He added that "obviously as a country that will be exempt from those tariffs, we don't have a basis to bring a complaint," he said. Trump tweeted over the weekend that Turnbull is "committed to having a very fair and reciprocal military and trade relationship. Working very quickly on a security agreement so we don't have to impose steel or aluminum tariffs on our ally, the great nation of Australia!

North Korea quiet on meeting with US

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un is set to meet with Trump by the end on May on the topic of denuclearization. It's reported that Kim would want to have a peace treaty with the US. But other than that, the country is so far very quiet on the topic. South Korea's Ministry of Unification spokesman Baik Tae-hyun said today that "we have not seen nor received an official response from the North Korean regime regarding the North Korea-U.S. summit." And, "I feel they're approaching this matter with caution and they need time to organize their stance."

Japan BSI sentiments dropped broadly

Japan business sentiments weakened generally in Q1. Large all industry index dropped to 3.3, down from 6.2. Large manufacturing index dropped to 2.9, down from 9.7. Large non-manufacturing index dropped to 3.4, down from 4.5. Outlook for Q2 showed further deterioration. But large companies are expectation a rebound in Q3. Deteriorations are also seen in sentiments of small and mid sized companies for Q1.

The week ahead

The economic calendar is not particularly busy this week. Major focuses will firstly be on CPI and retail sales from US. SNB quarterly rate decision will also be featured but unlikely to be inspirational. BoJ will also release meeting minutes. Other than that, some China growth data and New Zealand GDP will also be watched. Here are some highlights:

• Tuesday: Australia NAB business confidence, home loans; Japan tertiary industry index; UK annual budget release; US CPI
• Wednesday: New Zealand current account; BoJ minutes; China industrial production, fixed asset investment, retail sales; Eurozone employment change, industrial production; US retail sales, PPI, business inventories
• Thursday: New Zealand GDP; SNB rate decision; US Empire state manufacturing index, Philly Fed survey, import prices, jobless claims, NAHB housing markets index
• Friday: New Zealand BusinessNZ manufacturing index; Eurozone CPI final; Canada manufacturing sales; US housing starts and building permits, industrial production, U of Michigan sentiments.

AUD/USD Daily Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 0.7797; (P) 0.7825; (R1) 0.7874; More...

AUD/USD's rebound from 0.7712 extends to as high as 0.7866 so far today. As noted before, the break of f near term trend line resistance is taken as first sign of reversal. Intraday bias remains on the upside for 0.7892 minor resistance first. Break will affirm this bullish case and target 0.7988 and above. On the downside, below 0.7772 will turn bias to the downside for 0.7712. Break there will resume whole fall from 0.8135.

In the bigger picture, medium term rebound from 0.6826 is seen as a corrective move. It might still extend higher but we'd expect strong resistance from 38.2% retracement of 1.1079 to 0.6826 at 0.8451 to limit upside to bring long term down trend resumption. On the downside, break of 0.7500 support will now be an important signal that such corrective rebound is completed.

Economic Indicators Update

Japan business sentiments weakened generally in Q1. Large all industry index dropped to 3.3, down from 6.2. Large manufacturing index dropped to 2.9, down from 9.7. Large non-manufacturing index dropped to 3.4, down from 4.5. Outlook for Q2 showed further deterioration. But large companies are expectation a rebound in Q3. Deteriorations are also seen in sentiments of small and mid sized companies for Q1.

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un is set to meet with Trump by the end on May on the topic of denuclearization. It's reported that Kim would want to have a peace treaty with the US. But other than that, the country is so far very quiet on the topic. South Korea's Ministry of Unification spokesman Baik Tae-hyun said today that "we have not seen nor received an official response from the North Korean regime regarding the North Korea-U.S. summit." And, "I feel they're approaching this matter with caution and they need time to organize their stance."

Following Canada and Mexico, Australia was exempted from the steel tariff of the US. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said there were no strings attached to the exemption. He said that "I know exactly what was discussed and there is no, sort of, request for any change or addition to our security arrangements." He also said that Australia is not going to initiate any complain to the WTO regarding the tariffs. He added that "obviously as a country that will be exempt from those tariffs, we don't have a basis to bring a complaint," he said.

Trump tweeted over the weekend that Turnbull is "committed to having a very fair and reciprocal military and trade relationship. Working very quickly on a security agreement so we don't have to impose steel or aluminum tariffs on our ally, the great nation of Australia!