The Euro is approaching at this very moment the bottom of the rising channel on the hourly chart, and in the same area we noticed an intraday support that has shown itself several times lately, which adds more importance to this level.

The euro broke above the rising trend channel for the first time, reaching a new high for this year at 1.4746, and leaving any expectation for a correction to start in these areas, in very bad shape.

The Euro, in large part due to general dollar weakness, climbed to a new 2009 high of $1.4629 in late European currency trade. One Euro is now worth $1.4598 in early morning New York trading.

The Euro has broken the falling trendline from Aug 27th high, and stayed above it the whole time. That is why, there is still a big probability to surpass 1.4405 and head towards areas above 1.45 for the first time this year, where targets such as 1.4510 and 1.4572 are waiting.

Euro Dollar Some minor support and resistance levels have developed. A break of those
levels is likely to set the tone for the day.

After pressuring the $1.65 level for weeks, the British Pound has finally managed to push through that level and has quickly made a move toward $1.70. July 30th, one Pound was worth just below $1.64. July 31st, it pushed against $1.65, before making a sharp break above $1.67.

After taking brief dips against the dollar, the major European currencies have surged again in the last week. The Euro has bounced firmly after dropping to just below $1.40 on July 15th. One Euro is currently (July 20th) worth $1.4207, after trading near $1.425 earlier in Monday trade. The British Pound now fetches $1.6504 after an earlier high of $1.6555 in Asian trade. The Pound has shown a similar bounce to the Euro, but it started to gain ground after touching down near $1.625 on the …