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Asian session sees volume spikes, Euro smashes through stop losses – Kshitij Consultancy

FXStreet (Barcelona) - The Kshitij Consultancy Services Team shares that the thin Asian session saw volume return after a long holiday gap, leading to a test of key technical targets with the EUR/USD pair smashing through stop losses to make a new low at 1.1861.

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“We have seen spikes in thin Asian session as the full-volume weeks returns after a long gap. The stop losses across the board were hit, and were retraced. Incidentally, lots of key technical targets and supports were tested. These unnatural rates offer a decent reversal points as higher volumes comes into the market.”

“Euro smashed through the stop losses in thin trades as it made a low of 1.1861 and Pound at 1.5180. We will wait for firmer trends with volumes.”

“These low points across the board signal a short-term buy opportunity with strict stop losses. These lower rates ahead of larger market gives better risk-rewards.”

“The Euro (1.1962) has broken below 1.20 on very thin trades. 1.2000 and 1.1800 are important supports - technical and psychological. It will be too early to take a call as 1.2000 being broken, we need to see the volumes pick up as today is the start of the full volume week after long holidays.”

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