U.S. Dollar Firmer in Early Morning Dealings

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13 May 1:17pm
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CURRENCIES

The June U.S. dollar index is higher in early trading today. Slow stochastics for the dollar index are bearish early today. The dollar index finds shorter-term technical resistance at 73.50 and then at Monday's high of 73.71. Shorter-term support is seen at the overnight low of 73.04 and then at 72.90. Today's key near-term Fibonacci support/resistance level: 73.53. Wyckoff's Intra Day Market Rating: 5.5

The June Euro is lower in early electronic trading. Euro finds sell stop orders are likely located just below technical support at 1.5400 and then just below support at Monday's low of 1.5340. Shorter-term technical resistance for the Euro is seen at 1.5500 and then at the overnight high of 1.5542. Buy stops likely reside just above those levels. Slow stochastics for the Euro are bullish early today. Today's key near-term Fibonacci support/resistance level: 1.5537. Wyckoff's Intra Day Market Rating: 4.5

GOLD

Gold is weaker in early dealings today. For June gold, shorter-term technical resistance is seen at the overnight high of $887.20 and then at Monday's high of $890.80. Buy stops likely reside just above those levels. Sell stops likely reside just below support at the overnight low of $875.70 and then at $871.00. Today's key near-term Fibonacci support/resistance level: $873.60. Wyckoff's Intra-Day Market Rating: 4.5

CRUDE OIL

Crude oil prices are firmer early today. Look for buy stops to reside just above resistance at the contract high of $126.40 and then just above resistance at $127.00. Look for sell stops just below technical support at $124.00, and then more sell stops just below support at $123.00. Today's key near-term Fibonacci support/resistance level: $123.50. Wyckoff's Intra-Day Market Rating: 7.0

GRAINS

Prices were mostly lower in overnight trading. Corn and wheat were weaker and soybeans were firmer. Monday afternoon's USDA crop progress reports were deemed bearish for corn, as planting in the Corn Belt has passed the half-way point, which is still well behind normal, but above what the trade had expected the reports to show. Grain traders will continue to focus on the key "outside markets"--crude oil, gold and the value of the U.S. dollar today.

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Jim Wyckoff has been involved with the stock, financial and futures markets for more than 20 years. He was born and raised in Iowa, where he still resides. Wyckoff became a financial journalist with Futures World News for many years, cutting his teeth as a reporter on the futures trading floors in Chicago and New York, where he covered every futures market traded in the United States at one time or another. Not long after he began his career in financial journalism, he began studying technical analysis. By studying chart patterns and other technical indicators, he realized this approach to analyzing and trading markets could level the playing field between “professional insiders” in the markets and individual traders. His extensive studies of technical analysis and knowledge of markets led to several positions, including chief technical analyst at several well-known companies. He says his mission is not just to generate profits for traders but to also provide them with educational and insightful information because, in the fascinating business of trading, one never stops learning. Wyckoff received a Bachelor of Science degree at Iowa State University, graduating in 1984 with a major in journalism and a minor in economics. He and his wife have two children, a son in high school and a daughter in college. When he’s not analyzing markets and educating traders, Wyckoff says he loves adventures, from driving a Jeep across the highest mountain pass in the continental United States to extreme winter camping in the Boundary Waters to hiking in the jungles of South America.

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