The Significance of Round Numbers

Two posts ago, I mentioned that, on a short term basis, the Euro was due for a correction. Today, the Euro has melted down, and in this post I will explain one of the reasons why I felt the way I did.

One of the strategies I learned from a book entitled Day Trading the Currency Market, was called fading the double zeros. This strategy is about buying and selling at large round numbers, since these numbers are psychologically important.

Now, in terms of the Euro, there was no round numbers of importance, but in in terms of the US Dollar index, there was. On Friday, I noticed that the USD was approaching 80, and that there were likely many institutional buyers waiting with buy orders at that level. Sure enough, the USD descended right to the 80 level, at which point the buy orders started to rush in.

The chart below is a daily chart of the USD:



Here is a closer look at the USD bouncing off 80, the psychologically important round number. The dashed line represents the 80 level. Another reason the 80 level is so important is because the USD index has bounced off this level so many times throughout the years.




However, it's only a matter of time until this level is broken, and once it is broken, things could get really nasty for the USD. The USD is in a massive downtrend, and, in the long run, it never pays to buck the trend. This fact, that the USD is in such bad shape, will be one of the fundamentals that will drive gold higher for years to come. This is why I have always advocated buying physical gold or silver as means to preserve your wealth, and to participate in the gold bull market. This is why I put ads on my site from Goldline.

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