Euro Technical Forecast: EUR/USD Surges into Resistance Ahead of ECB

Euro Technical Forecast: EUR/USD Weekly Trade Levels

Euro bulls stage four-day rally ahead of ECB interest rate decision
EUR/USD testing resistance at 2025 high-close, remains constructive above weekly low
Resistance 1.1775, ~1.1840s, 1.1917-1.2020- Support 1.1616 (key), 1.1497, 1.1163

Euro is poised to snap a two-week losing streak with EUR/USD up more than 1.2% since the Sunday open. The advance takes price back into weekly resistance ahead of tomorrow’s European Central Bank rate decision and the focus now shifts to the weekly close for guidance. Battle lines drawn on the Euro weekly technical chart heading into the close of the month.

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Euro Price Chart – EUR/USD Weekly

Chart Prepared by Michael Boutros, Sr. Technical Strategist; EUR/USD on TradingView

Technical Outlook: In my last Euro Technical Forecast we noted that, EUR/USD had extended into uptrend resistance and that, “From a trading standpoint, pullbacks would need to be limited to 1.1497 IF price is heading higher on this stretch with a close above the upper parallel needed to fuel the next leg of the advance…” Euro plunged more than 2.3% off those highs with price briefly registering an intraweek low at 1.1557 before rebounding. The rally takes EUR/USD into resistance at the objective high-week close (HWC) / high-close at 1.1775- looking for a reaction off this mark with a weekly close above needed to keep the immediate advance viable into the close of the month.

Initial weekly support remains with the 2016 swing high at 1.1616 with the medium-term outlook still constructive while above the March trendline (red). Ultimately, a break below the 2020 / 2022 highs at 1.1497 would be needed to suggest a more significant high is in place / a larger correction is underway with subsequent support seen at the 2024 high close / May low-week close (LWC) at 1.1164.

A breach / close above this pivot zone exposes the upper parallel (blue), currently near 1.1840s, with the next major technical consideration eyed at 1.1917-1.2020- a region defined by the 100% extension of the 2022 advance and the 38.2% retracement of the 2008 decline (area of interest for possible top-side exhaustion / price inflection IF reached). Subsequent resistance objectives eyed at the 2021 HWC at 1.2227 and the 2018 high-close at 1.2456.

Bottom line: Euro rebounded just ahead of the March uptrend with the rally now testing the yearly high-close ahead of the ECB- watch the Friday close with respect to 1.1775. From a trading standpoint, a good zone to reduce portions of long-exposure / raise protective stops- losses would need to be limited to this week’s low IF price is heading higher on this stretch with a close above the upper parallel still needed to fuel the next major leg of the advance.

The ECB is widely expected to leave rates unchanged tomorrow with the FOMC rate decision, Core Personal Consumption Expenditures, and Non-Farm Payrolls on tap next week. Stay nimble into the monthly cross and watch the weekly closes here for guidance. Review my latest Euro Short-term Outlook for a closer look at the near-term EUR/USD technical trade levels.

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--- Written by Michael Boutros, Sr Technical Strategist

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