Market Manipulators cleared the stops

Taking out Stop orders

Hammer Candle Pattern

The Euro

1-hour Clearing of  Stop Orders by Manipulators

gaped down to the monthly S2 Pivot in the Asian session and from there the Euro retraced up to the hourly 10 SMA.

The following downward swing terminated at 8:55 a.m. GMT at 1.2082 with the creation of a hammer candle pattern/ price rejection (5 min chart red ellipse).

The Euro moved up and slightly penetrated the recent high to reach 1.2139 (green line) before marked rolled over and then penetrated the recent low at 1.2082 (blue line). This price action was purely Stop Running. The Market Manipulators cleared the stops at the recent Highs and Lows (no confirmation on 5 min chart).

The relatively long 1 min breakout candle at 1:42 p.m. (not shown) suggests the clearing of many stop and pending limit orders. Market did not close below the recent low (1.2082-blue line) on the hourly chart. The clearing of the stops on both sides (low/ high) sometimes precedes larger moves as the mainstream traders are already stopped out or fooled into the wrong market direction.

In the US Session, the EURUSD Manipulators also cleared the stops above the new high with a slight breach of this level after market already took out the stop market orders at the low of today's market range.

The red ellipses on the hourly chart shows Breakout timing setups at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.. The Euro closed at the monthly S2 (respecting support) and market moved below it with the beginning of the new hourly candle (Termination of the bear flag/ consolidation at 7 a.m..).

We will see whether the gap opening at 1.2156 (brown line) will be closed soon.

5 min Candle Pattern Hammer | Stop Running

Wedge Pattern

Trading the Wedge

Euro Dollar Chart Analysis

Daily Head and Shoulder

Wedge Pattern on the Euro Chart

During recent trading days the Euro formed a kind of up trending wedge pattern on the daily/ 4-hour chart. The wedge pattern found resistance at the daily low of June 1st (pink line) and the trading price zone of the recent consolidation (green daily circle) and support at the 127 % butterfly target and the 61,80 % weekly fib extension.

The Euro broke below the rising pink daily trend line and market cleared the stops below the recent daily low (13 of July-blue line). The  wedge pattern formed three rising highs (happens often) before market turned around.

4-hour

The 4-hour chart (above) shows the typical timing setup (red circle). The Euro broke below the daily S1, yesterday's low (red line) and the rising daily trend line (pink line) after the prior 4-hour candle closed at support (respecting it) and the new 4-hour candle started (not immediately).

The hourly chart (below) shows that the price zone of the bull flag (green circle) provided some support yesterday (9-10 a.m.). Yesterday's two marked candles with the red ellipses show some bearish pressure. The first hourly candle marks the third high but market retraced most of the hourly trading range (rejection) and the second marked candle is a doji (also kind of evening star pattern). Today, the Euro formed a consolidation between the daily and weekly pivot but market created lower highs and a lower low before the Euro broke below it.

1 hour Euro Dollar Analysis

The 5 min chart (below) shows how price reacted at support/ resistance and some consolidations whereby the consolidation at about 10 a.m. GMT had the typical three-wave structure. The marked candle at 2 p.m. (red ellipse) between the two consolidation patterns shows that the break of the red support line occurred with the beginning of the new hourly candle (Timing). The daily S2 provided support at 2 p.m. and changed its role to resistance at 4:45 p.m..

5 min Euro Dollar Analysis