Technical & fundamental data working together on the EURODOLLAR


On the 2nd of June there was a news event where the change of the European Consumer Price Index was announced in percentages. In the picture below we have the EUR/USD pair on a hourly chart. The change was announced at 12:00 am (GMT +2) at the same time the currency was on a significant technical level of 1,10061 which was the previous high. According to the market structure crossing this level triggered some buy orders, which already stood in the orderbook. Therefore the currency launched to a strong intraday trend. In the picture the blue line indicates when the change was announced and the red line indicates a trailing stop scenario. Underneath we have the volume indicator to indicate the significance of this event.