Dollar Mixed as Markets Turn Cautious ahead of FOMC Tapering
Action Insight Daily Report 11-3-21

Dollar Mixed as Markets Turn Cautious ahead of FOMC Tapering

Overall markets are quite mixed for now. While US indexes surged to new record highs overnight, positive sentiment was not carried forward to Asia. Major pairs and crosses are also stuck in range. It seems that traders and investors have turned into cautious mode, awaiting Fed's tapering decision. For now, Euro and Swiss Franc are the stronger ones for the week. Aussie and Kiwi are the weaker ones despite solid job data from New Zealand. The greenback is mixed, together with Yen and Canadian.

Technically, Dollar's outlook is rather mixed for the moment. The fall in GBP/USD suggests that rebound from 1.3410 might have completed at 1.3833, as a corrective move. That aligns GBP/USD with EUR/USD's near term bearish outlook. But more downside is still in favor in USD/CHF with 0.9174 minor resistance holds. AUD/USD's pull back doesn't warrant near term reversal yet. USD/CAD also also struggling in tight range with bears bias. We'd be cautious in trading Dollar's post-FOMC reaction today, and pay attention to the bigger picture of all mostly traded pairs before making a judgement.

In Asia, at the time of writing, Hong Kong HSI is down -0.91%. China Shanghai SSE is down -0.38%. Singapore Strait Times is down -0.37%. Japan is on holiday. Overnight, DOW rose 0.39%. S&P 500 rose 0.37%. NASDAQ rose 0.34%. 10-year yield dropped -0.026 to 1.549.

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USD/CAD Daily Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 1.2377; (P) 1.2401; (R1) 1.2434; More...

Intraday bias in USD/CAD remains neutral as consolidation from 1.2286 is still extending. Outlook is unchanged that in case of stronger recovery, upside should be limited by 1.2497 resistance. On the downside, break of 1.2286 will resume the fall from 1.2947 to 161.8% projection of 1.2947 to 1.2492 from 1.2894 at 1.2158 next. However, firm break of 1.2497 will turn bias back to the upside for stronger rebound.

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21:30 AUD AiG Performance of Construction Index Oct 57.6 53.3
21:45 NZD Employment Change Q3 2.00% 0.40% 1.00%
21:45 NZD Unemployment Rate Q3 3.40% 3.90% 4.00%
21:45 NZD Labour Cost Index Q/Q Q3 0.70% 0.80% 0.90%
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01:45 CNY Caixin Services PMI Oct 53.8 53.6 53.4
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09:30 GBP Services PMI Oct F 58 58
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13:45 USD Services PMI Oct F 58.2 58.2
14:00 USD ISM Services PMI Oct 62 61.9
14:00 USD ISM Services Employment Index Oct 53.3 53
14:00 USD Factory Orders M/M Sep -0.10% 1.20%
14:30 USD Crude Oil Inventories 1.9M 4.3M
18:00 USD Fed Interest Rate Decision 0.25% 0.25%
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