Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.3114; (P) 1.3192; (R1) 1.3347; More...

USD/CAD's rebound and break of 1.3189 resistance suggests short term bottoming at 1.3017 on bullish convergence condition in 4 hour MACD. More importantly, it should have invalidated the case of double top reversal. Instead, price actions from 1.3588 could just be a three wave consolidation pattern that completed at 1.3017 too. Intraday bias is back on the upside for 1.3598. Break there will extend the whole rise from 1.2460 to next fibonacci level at 1.3838. Meanwhile, break of 1.3017 will revive the case of near term reversal and target 1.2460.

In the bigger picture, price actions from 1.4689 medium term top are seen as a correction pattern. The first leg has completed at 1.2460. The second leg is still in progress and could target 61.8% retracement of 1.4689 to 1.2460 at 1.3838. As rise from 1.2460 is seen as a corrective move, we'd look for reversal signal above 1.3838. Meanwhile, break of 1.3017 will likely start the third leg to 1.2460 and below.

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Dollar recovered mildly overnight with treasury yield. The dollar index is now back at 101.25, comparing to this week's low at 100.26. 10 year yield closed at 2.389, comparing to this week's low at 2.313. 30 year yield closed 2.985 after touching 3.000, but recovered from this week's low at 2.913. Stocks were mixed as major indices were bounded in tight range with DJIA closed down -0.11% at 19804.72 and S&P 500 up 0.18% at 2271.89. Fed chair Janet Yellen said that it "makes sense" to gradually raise interest rate. And she warned that "waiting too long to begin moving toward the neutral rate could risk a nasty surprise down the road - either too much inflation, financial instability, or both." And more importantly, "in that scenario, we could be forced to raise interest rates rapidly, which in turn could push the economy into a new recession." Yellen also pledged to "closely follow" with economic policies and factor them into Fed's policies.

Fed's Beige Book economic report showed that the economy continued to expand modestly through the end of last year. There were signs of tightening in labor markets are "district reports cited widespread difficulties in finding workers for skilled positions; several also noted problems recruiting for less-skilled jobs." Also, "most districts said wage pressures had increased." And across the country, "pricing pressures intensified somewhat."

BoC left key interest rate unchanged at 0.50% as expected yesterday. The Canadian dollar was weighed down by comments from BoC governor Stephen Poloz that "a rate cut remains on the table". And he noted that "BoC has room to maneuver if downside risks materialize." And he highlighted that "most importantly what we have is heightened uncertainty about trade policies in particular." The markets took Poloz's comments as a message that BoC will not follow Fed to hike interest rate this year. And the central bank will be on hold at least till 2018.

ECB rate decision will be the main focus today. The central bank is expected to leave monetary policies unchanged. Elsewhere, New Zealand business NZ manufacturing index rose to 54.5 in December, building permits dropped -9.2% mom in November. Australia employment rose 13.5k in December but unemployment rate rose to 5.8%. UK RICS house price balance dropped to 24 in December. Swiss will release PPI in European session. US will release jobless claims, housing starts and Philly Fed survey. Canada will release manufacturing shipments.

USD/CAD Daily Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.3114; (P) 1.3192; (R1) 1.3347; More...

USD/CAD's rebound and break of 1.3189 resistance suggests short term bottoming at 1.3017 on bullish convergence condition in 4 hour MACD. More importantly, it should have invalidated the case of double top reversal. Instead, price actions from 1.3588 could just be a three wave consolidation pattern that completed at 1.3017 too. Intraday bias is back on the upside for 1.3598. Break there will extend the whole rise from 1.2460 to next fibonacci level at 1.3838. Meanwhile, break of 1.3017 will revive the case of near term reversal and target 1.2460.

In the bigger picture, price actions from 1.4689 medium term top are seen as a correction pattern. The first leg has completed at 1.2460. The second leg is still in progress and could target 61.8% retracement of 1.4689 to 1.2460 at 1.3838. As rise from 1.2460 is seen as a corrective move, we'd look for reversal signal above 1.3838. Meanwhile, break of 1.3017 will likely start the third leg to 1.2460 and below.

Economic Indicators Update

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Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.0632; (P) 1.0676 (R1) 1.0755; More.....

EUR/USD's rise from 1.0339 is still in progress for 1.0872 resistance and possibly above. Nonetheless, such rise is seen as a corrective move. Below 1.0453 will argue that it's completed and turn bias back to the downside for 1.0339 support. Break there will extend the larger down trend towards parity.

In the bigger picture, whole down trend from 1.6039 (2008 high) is in progress. Such down trend is expected to extend to 61.8% projection of 1.3993 to 1.0461 from 1.1298 at 0.9115. On the upside, break of 1.1298 resistance is needed to confirm medium term bottoming. Otherwise, outlook will stay bearish in case of rebound.

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Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.1990; (P) 1.2037; (R1) 1.2089; More...

Intraday bias in GBP/USD remains on the upside as rebound from 1.1986 continues. Such rise is seen as the third leg of the consolidation pattern from 1.1946. Thus, we'd expect strong resistance at 1.2774 to limit upside and bring down trend resumption eventually. On the downside, below 1.2188 minor support will turn bias to the downside for retesting 1.1946 low.

In the bigger picture, fall from 1.7190 is seen as part of the down trend from 2.1161. There is no sign of medium term bottoming yet. Sustained trading below 61.8% projection of 2.1161 to 1.3503 from 1.7190 at 1.2457 will target 100% projection at 0.9532. Overall, break of 1.3444 resistance is needed to confirm medium term bottoming. Otherwise, outlook will remain bearish.

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Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.0086; (P) 1.0111; (R1) 1.0135; More.....

Intraday bias in USD/CHF remains on the downside for the moment. Rise from 0.9443 could have completed at 1.0342 already, after failing to sustain above 1.0327 key resistance. Deeper fall would be seen back to 0.9443/9548 support zone. On the upside, above 1.0135 minor resistance will turn focus back to 1.0342 resistance intact.

In the bigger picture, rejection from 1.0327 resistance suggests that consolidation pattern from there is still in progress. Fall from 1.0342 is seen as the third leg and retest of 0.9443/9548 support zone could be seen. But we'd expect strong support from there to contain downside. At this point, we're still extend the larger rally to resume later to 38.2% retracement of 1.8305 to 0.7065 at 1.1359.

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Daily Pivots: (S1) 112.04; (P) 113.16; (R1) 113.72; More...

With 115.43 minor resistance intact, fall from 118.65 is expected to extend to 38.2% retracement of 98.97 to 118.65 at 111.13. At this point, we'd expect strong support from there to contain downside and bring rebound. Above 115.43 minor resistance will turn bias to the upside for retesting 118.65 high. However, sustained break of 111.13 will argue that whole rise from 98.97 has completed and bring deeper fall to 61.8% retracement at 106.48 and below.

In the bigger picture, price actions from 125.85 high are seen as a corrective pattern. The impulsive structure of the rise from 98.97 suggests that the correction is completed and larger up trend is resuming. Decisive break of 125.85 will confirm and target 61.8% projection of 75.56 to 125.85 from 98.97 at 130.04 and then 135.20 long term resistance. Rejection from 125.85 and below will extend the consolidation with another falling leg before up trend resumption.

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Quick update: BoC left interest rate unchanged at 0.50% as widely expected.

Dollar recovers mildly today but remains the weakest major currency for the week so far. Consumer inflation data from US looks promising. Headline CPI rose 0.3% mom, 2.1% yoy in December, accelerated from November's 1.7% yoy. Core CPI rose 0.2% mom, 2.2% yoy, accelerated from prior month's 2.1% yoy. Both met market expectations. Technically, the declines in Dollar and treasury yields seem to be losing some momentum. But volatility is anticipated on Donald Trump's inauguration data this Friday. Meanwhile, it should be noted that after all the rhetorics and speculations, fed fund futures are still pricing in 67.8% change of another rate hike by Fed by June. That hasn't changed much in recent weeks.

Released from UK, jobless claims dropped -10.1k in December, better than expectation of 5.0k rise. Unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.8 in the three months to November. Total unemployment dropped -52k to 1.6m, lowest in more than a decade since 2006. Wages also showed solid growth with average weekly earnings increased 2.8% 3moy, comparing to expectation of 2.6% 3moy. Sterling pared back some of this week's gain and turned mixed for the week. Yesterday, UK prime minister Theresa May delivered her speech on Brexit. May indicated that UK would seek a free-trade deal with the EU outside the single market. That will be a new customs relationship for to negotiate trade deals around the world with "frictionless" cross-border trade. She seeks to have a a "phased implementation process" at the end of the two-year period of negotiations. Importantly, May confirmed that "the government will put the final deal... to a vote in both Houses of Parliament before it comes into force".

Elsewhere, Eurozone CPI was finalized at 1.1% yoy in December with core CPI at 0.9% yoy. German CPI was finalized at 1.7% Yoy in December. Australia Westpac consumer confidence rose 0.1% in January.

USD/JPY Mid-Day Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 112.04; (P) 113.16; (R1) 113.72; More...

With 115.43 minor resistance intact, fall from 118.65 is expected to extend to 38.2% retracement of 98.97 to 118.65 at 111.13. At this point, we'd expect strong support from there to contain downside and bring rebound. Above 115.43 minor resistance will turn bias to the upside for retesting 118.65 high. However, sustained break of 111.13 will argue that whole rise from 98.97 has completed and bring deeper fall to 61.8% retracement at 106.48 and below.

In the bigger picture, price actions from 125.85 high are seen as a corrective pattern. The impulsive structure of the rise from 98.97 suggests that the correction is completed and larger up trend is resuming. Decisive break of 125.85 will confirm and target 61.8% projection of 75.56 to 125.85 from 98.97 at 130.04 and then 135.20 long term resistance. Rejection from 125.85 and below will extend the consolidation with another falling leg before up trend resumption.

Economic Indicators Update

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Daily Pivots: (S1) 136.57; (P) 137.36; (R1) 138.26; More...

A temporary low is in place at 136.44 and intraday bias in turned neutral first. Deeper decline is still expected with 142.16 support turned resistance intact. Whole corrective rise from 122.36 could have completed at 148.42. Below 136.44 will target 61.8% retracement of 122.36 to 148.42 at 132.31 and below. Though, above 142.16 will turn focus back to 148.42 high instead.

In the bigger picture, price actions from 122.36 medium term bottom are seen as developing into a corrective pattern. Upside is so far limited by 38.2% retracement of 195.86 to 122.36 at 150.4 for setting the medium term range. At this point, we don't expect a break of 122.36 in near term and the corrective pattern would extend for a while.

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Daily Pivots: (S1) 120.31; (P) 120.85; (R1) 121.17; More...

Intraday bias in EUR/JPY remains cautiously on the downside for 118.45 cluster support (38.2% retracement of 109.20 to 124.08 at 118.39). Whole corrective rebound from 109.20 is likely completed at 124.08, ahead of 126.09 key resistance. Sustained break there will target 61.8% retracement at 114.88 and below. On the upside, above 122.41 resistance is needed to indicate completion of the decline. Otherwise, outlook will now stay bearish in case of recovery.

In the bigger picture, price actions from 109.20 medium term bottom are seen as part of a medium term corrective pattern from 149.76. There is prospect of another rise towards 126.09 key resistance level before completion. But even in that case, we'd expect strong resistance between 126.09 and 141.04 to limit upside, at least on first attempt. Sustained trading below 55 day EMA will pave the way to retest 109.20.

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Daily Pivots: (S1) 0.8758; (P) 0.8804; (R1) 0.8847; More...

Intraday bias in EUR/GBP is turned neutral with breach of 0.8646 minor support. Rise from 0.8303 is seen as a corrective move, the second leg of consolidation pattern from 0.9304. In case of another rise, break of 61.8% retracement of 0.9304 to 0.8303 at 0.8922 would be seen. But we'll be cautious on topping above 0.8922. On the downside, break of 0.8449 will likely start the third leg through 0.8303 low.

In the bigger picture, price actions from 0.9304 are viewed as a medium term corrective pattern. Deeper fall cannot be ruled out yet. But we'd expect strong support around 55 weeks EMA (now at 0.8260) to contain downside. Overall, the corrective pattern would take some time to complete before long term up trend resumes at a later stage. Break of 0.9304 will pave the way to 0.9799 (2008 high).

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