This week we’ll begin with our monthly and weekly forecasts of the currency pairs worth watching. The first part of our forecast is based upon our research of the past 16 years of Forex prices, which show that the following methodologies have all produced profitable results:

  • Trading the two currencies that are trending the most strongly over the past 3 months.
  • Assuming that trends are usually ready to reverse after 12 months.
  • Trading against very strong counter-trend movements by currency pairs made during the previous week.
  • Buying currencies with high interest rates and selling currencies with low interest rates.
  • Let’s take a look at the relevant data of currency price changes and interest rates to date, which we compiled using a trade-weighted index of the major global currencies:

    Monthly Forecast September 2018

    For the month of September, we forecast that the best trade will be short AUD/USD.

    For the month of August, we forecast that the best trades would be short EUR/USD and short GBP/USD. The final performance was as follows:

    Currency Pair

    Forecast Direction

    Interest Rate Differential

    Final Performance

    EUR/USD

    Short ?

    2.00% (2.00% – 0.00%)

    -0.45%

    GBP/USD

    Short ?

    0.75% (0.75% – 0.00%)

    +0.32%

    Weekly Forecast 2nd September 2018 

    Last week, we made no forecasts, as there were no strong counter-trend movements.

    This week, we again make no forecast, as there were again no strong counter-trend movements.

    This week has been dominated by relative strength in the Swiss Franc, and relative weakness in the Australian Dollar. Sentiment remains mixed and unclear.

    You can trade our forecasts in a real or demo Forex brokerage account.

    Previous Monthly Forecasts

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