The US Dollar made a big move higher over the summer and spent much of October consolidating those gains. Is it ready to move higher again?
On September 12th, 2014 I wrote about the strength of the US Dollar. In that post I commented on some characteristics of the Dollar’s move higher that indicated more upside was coming. I highlighted a couple points of interest around bullish consolidation phases:
- 2 areas of consolidation preceding upward moves.
- The consolidation periods were relatively short; 14 sessions and 6 sessions.
So how’s the US Dollar been doing in the last 6 weeks? Well, it’s still strong in my eyes.
As you can see in the chart below it’s currently making new multi-year highs. And, after the Bank of Japan’s announcement last Friday, the Dollar shot higher. And it may have more room to the upside.
- Current target = 87.485 (this was hit on Monday)
- It is worth noting that there is an open gap at 87.74 on a weekly chart.
- On the same day that gap was created, a 5 year high was put in at 88.905.
US Dollar Index 1 Year Daily Chart
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