Daily analytical report (28/02/17)

2017-02-28T16:10:20

Oil tests the mid-term line connecting recent higher lows. Breakout probable.
USDJPY still in a wedge. We are about to test the 38.2% support.
EURAUD defends the long-term horizontal support.
Gold and Silver suffered a correction yesterday but the demand is back today.
EURUSD breaks, actually, crawls out of the wedge, so there is a strong buy signal here. The price is in a sideways trend.

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