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Analysts Maintain Neutral Stance
The Euro (EUR) faced a minor decline of 0.2% in Monday’s North American session, moving towards 1.16 amidst a strong US Dollar (USD). Scotiabank’s analysts mentioned limited fundamental releases before Friday’s preliminary PMIs, with steady euro area rate expectations reflecting the European Central Bank’s neutral stance.
Interest rate differentials are showing a slight increase, reaching new November highs, offering some support. However, near-term risk persists with the broader USD and reactions to US data releases. The EUR’s technical signals remain neutral, as the Relative Strength Index hovers around 50. The 50-day Moving Average (1.1657) presents a near-term resistance, as the Euro attempts to recover from early November’s mid/upper 1.14 levels.
Analysts are maintaining a neutral stance pending a break of the 50-day Moving Average, anticipating a range between 1.1550 and 1.1650. The FXStreet Insights Team compiles observations from market experts, providing notes by commercial entities and insights from internal and external analysts.
We are seeing the Euro soften toward the 1.16 mark, driven almost entirely by broad strength in the US dollar. This move is supported by last week’s US CPI print coming in hotter than expected at 3.4%, reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance. The robust October jobs report from earlier this month, which added 210,000 jobs, also continues to fuel dollar demand.
Near Term Risk and Trading Strategies
On our side of the Atlantic, fundamentals are offering little support, with interest rate expectations remaining flat following the ECB’s neutral guidance. The preliminary Q3 GDP for the Eurozone, which showed a minor contraction of -0.1%, highlights the growing economic divergence with the US. Therefore, the market is largely ignoring stable Eurozone interest rates and focusing solely on the American economic story.
Technically, the pair seems capped by the 50-day moving average around 1.1657, keeping us in a neutral to bearish stance for now. For the coming weeks, we see a defined range between 1.1550 and 1.1650, which suggests selling out-of-the-money call options or establishing bear call spreads could be an effective strategy. This approach would capitalize on time decay if the pair remains range-bound or moves lower.
The main near-term risk is this Friday’s preliminary PMI data from the US, which could either confirm the dollar’s strength or cause a short-term reversal. This dynamic is reminiscent of the trading environment in late 2023, where US economic outperformance dictated market direction for months. A surprisingly weak US manufacturing PMI could challenge the current narrative and trigger a squeeze above the 1.1650 resistance level.
