Time to Short Stock markets? Did the Bears wake up……??

by John Knobel

 

Eurostoxx 50 index sell signal; the index may have topped out at 3569; current price 3510; downside potential remains in the short term for a test of the 3467 support; profit taking and comments from the ECB about the worsening European conditions may add to short term selling pressure across European stocks;

Upcoming Events:  

  • Today; US GDP forecast to be weakest in two years expected to fall from 3.1% to 1.8%; and
  • Today; earnings updates from Google; Twitter and McDonald’s;

Market Insights:

  • Amazon missed earnings; share price falls in after market trading;
  • European Central Bank (ECB) signals “Worse and Worse” EU economic outlook; especially for countries that depend on the manufacturing sector; ECB leaves interest rates unchanged; however the ECB see’s risk of a recession as pretty low;
  • EUR/USD trending lower;
  • Eurostoxx 50 index may have topped out at 3569; 
  • Asian markets closed lower; Japan Nikkei 225 lost 98 points during the overnight session as Asian traders shift out of risk ahead of the weekend;
  • Crude Oil prices +1%  last 5 days current price 56.34; downside potential remains on weaker demand concerns; current price down -2.7% for the past 30 days; support spotted at 51.70; resistance at 58.50;

Charts 

EUR/USD price trending lower;  price touched the 1.1102 key support and bounced higher; current price 1.1141 down -75 pips last 5 days;  resistance at 1.1230; a re-test of the 1.1102 cannot be ruled out; a break below opens up 1.0990 further;

 

Source: FXGM / Bloomberg