EUR/USD Fails to Maintain Short-term Bullish Momentum; at Trendline

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EUR/USD

The EUR/USD has broken above 1.32, but has so far failed to sustain that upside push. The 1H RSI reading tagged 70, but then failed to stay above 40, showing a lacking of follow-through momentum. To start the 4/23 US trading session, theEUR/USD has retreated to 1.3120, testing the 200-hour simple moving average. This is also the area of a rising trendline, going back to the low from the previous week just under 1.30.

With risk aversion showing, the USD might strengthen, even if its within the short-term, the downside risk is to 1.30 if the1.31 level gets cleared. Still, in the medium term, the market is directionless unless we can either break above 1.33 (triangleresistance; refer to previous update), or below 1.2970. And if the market can hold above 1.31 in the 4/23 US trading session, it is a sign that bulls are still in charge, and the 1.33 level is still in sight.

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