US Dollar shows weakness as Traders prepare for FOMC and Home Sales Data; Crude Oil rises off recent lows
The US Dollar is on the minds of traders this morning ahead of two very important news events today and into tomorrow.
We begin with the start of the FOMC Meeting today, which will have the actual announcement released tomorrow at 12:00pm EST (remember this is the new format).
The beginning of the FOMC meeting really isn’t that important, today should trade just like any other day, but tomorrow will be one to really watch for, and we will review that more closely on Wednesday.
The only major economic news this morning is after the US markets open at 930am est today, with 10:00 Existing Home Sales news.
Existing home sales in April declined 0.8 percent to a 5.05 million annual unit rate. On a year-ago basis, sales are 12.9 percent. Supply on the market ballooned to 9.2 months at the current sales rate compared to 8.3 months in March. See chart
Existing Home Sales Data SchoolOfTrade.com |
This news should be dollar BEARISH with lower than expected readings, however, you know how we treat the news…cant predict, only react.
This is interesting to speculate, but day traders use this news info…we wait for the reaction from the market and then we trade with educated decisions, we don’t predict, we react.
The dollar is trading in the middle of its range this morning, just above our transitional area, which we also call our ‘trigger zones’ (see the advanced course information on this topic). Remember the US Dollar index is a very strong correlation to the markets we trade and we will be using this throughout the day today.
US Dollar Index SchoolofTrade.com |
Crude Oil 08-11 89Range SchoolOfTrade.com |