Johnson and Pound, ECB and Euro, US and China

25 ביולי 2019

Boris Johnson becomes the UK's new prime minister and, made his first statement. Despite the apocalyptic forecasts, we could observe a pound growth on Wednesday. Once again, chances that Johnson will have enough support to implement the no-deal Brexit are extremely low. An agreement with the EU or a general referendum is more likely to happen. In any case, until October 31, it’s not necessary to expect “exit without a deal”. And this means that buying pounds with current prices is a safe enough trading strategy, that could provide more than a solid income with minimal risks. So our recommendation is unchanged - we are looking for points for pound purchases across the foreign exchange market entire spectrum.

Speaking of the euro. Perhaps, he is today the “prospective candidate” for sales against the pound, as well as it is quite possible to buy it against the dollar. Markets cautious with that fact that today the ECB may start to reverse the easing of policy, therefore the euro is trading at the very bottom of the medium-term range. We do not think that it would happen. The ECB is quite a conservative Central Bank. It would rather wait for the Fed to lower the rate, obtain additional economic data, update its economic forecasts, and just after that n begin to act at the beginning of September may be, but not now. So its purchases against the dollar seem like a good trading idea. We are actively buying EURUSD - the risk/reward balance is too enticing: with stops 40-50 points with a potential profit 200 points.

Stops must be put up necessarily, because the Eurozone economy is in a bad form, and theoretically could provoke the ECB to act. Yesterday's data on the EU economic loco - in Germany came out weak. The PMI index in the production sector was only 43.1 (with the forecast was 45.2). the minimum level over the last 7 years (!).

The PMI index in the Eurozone manufacturing sector also came out below 50 and again worse than forecasts.

Unexpectedly the data on new homes sales in the USA came out quite positive( which grew by 7.0% to 646,000 (expected + 5.1%)). However, we will not revise our position on the dollar and continue to look for points for its sales.

Meanwhile, the US and China are trying to get on well. On Monday, the US delegation is going to China to find a compromise. There is still no progress in the negotiation process, the IMF lowered forecasts for the growth of the world economy, again. Forecasts in connection with the slow-down in growth of the world economy. was reduced by 0.1% to 3.2% and 3.5% for 2910 and 2020. So, purchases of the Japanese yen continue to be relevant.

Our trading recommendations for today: we will continue to look for opportunities for selling the dollar across the entire spectrum of the foreign exchange market, buying the pound against the dollar as well as against the euro, selling oil and the Russian ruble, and also buying the Japanese yen against the dollar. As for gold, buy it from oversold and sell in the overbought zone.