EURCHF—dropping again

After my post last Thursday, I did go long at 1.3026 but did a stop and reverse this morning at 1.3075. So I made +49 pips which is not what I was expecting when I went long. I still believe the pair could rally to 1.33/1.34 but the sentiment is against it and the second rejection at 1.3145 is significant. As of now, it has broken both its short-term uptrend line and RSI has broken its uptrend line on the three-hour chart. Now it's back near its low—the daily hammer low from last week which is at 1.2970. A break of that could lead to 1.28. However, buyers may come in again and a rejection of that level could be encouraging. I just took partial profits at +80 pips if that happens.

Best thing in such a strong downtrend is to short the rallies. If you're going to go long, watch momentum on the short-term charts. But again, this is late August so traders need to be careful in this increasingly illiquid market.

Here's the three-hour chart.




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