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Euro and Gold gain even as jobs data comes out stronger than expected

On Friday, Nonfarm Payrolls came out exceeding the forecast which in theory is bullish for the Dollar but instead we saw it react in a bearish fashion.

This came as a surprise and serves as a reminder that the market can never be fully anticipated and always acts on its own accord.

We saw the unemployment rate come out at 3.5% which was lower than the 3.7% projected. This expresses the fact that the job sector is strengthening which is a contradiction to the monetary tightening out of the Fed.

We expected the Dollar to gain on this news as jobs data came out more solid than expected which has historically been bullish for the Dollar over the past year. This leads us to believe that the Fed will have to keep the economy in a high-interest-rate environment for longer.

However, we saw the Dollar fall to this news release which indicates that the Dollar is weaker than we initially projected and we could see the Dollar fall past support at $103.4 into a lower range as it heads toward $100.

EUR/USD is bullish as the Dollar fell against most currency pairs. Gold shot up to $1880 as it shows no signs of running out of steam. Bitcoin saw some gains and we finally saw the asset cruise past $17,000.

In today’s DIFX Analytics, we’re going to look into the following assets:

Dollar can’t capitalize on hawkish data 

The dollar hit resistance at $105.8 and fell drastically due to the gains seen elsewhere in the market. The dollar fell against all major fx pairs after the jobs data release.

We are seeing it trade at support near $103.4 which has been hit twice previously.

RSI is showing weakness but we can see it from a slight trend to the upside with higher lows being set.

Technically we have seen signs of a reversal but fundamentally the market is short the Dollar and we can expect this sentiment to continue

Bitcoin finally breaks $17,000

Bitcoin is rising rapidly and we saw the asset break $17,000 convincingly. RSI broke above 70 which is a good indication of further bulls in price action.

Volume is increasing with price action which is a good signal. We are expecting more positivity out of the digital asset as the Dollar falls.

EUR/USD is approaching resistance

EUR/USD is bullish towards $1.074. This is the first key resistance level to which the asset may react. The pair has been gaining after jobs data as it follows the upwards trend.

The Dollar has failed to find strength even when the data support it so we can expect EUR/USD to continue to rise.

Gold is bullish

Gold is trading at our first resistance near $1878. If this level is broken, we expect a continued rise to $1896.

The asset is on a bullish trend and any downward price action can be considered a pullback. The asset saw unexpected gains after Nonfarm Payroll data and has been strengthening ever since.

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