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US DOLLAR/INDIAN RUPEE

China devalued its currency. This opened the door for further depreciation for the Chinese Yuan and also for currency wars between the Asian economies. Over the past two years emerging market currencies have performed poorly against the U.S. dollar. Weakness was mainly driven by commodity exporters. Now, strong U.S. dollar, weak emerging market currencies trend is spreading to Asia.

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U.S. Dollar/Indian Rupee is preparing for a strong breakout from its 3 month-long consolidation range (rectangle chart pattern). On a larger scale, USD/INR formed a head and shoulder pattern. Both chart developments suggest weakness for Indian Rupee if the cross-rate clears 64.4 levels in the following days.

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Another weakening Asian currency is the Philippines Peso. Over the past two years, USD/PHP has been resilient though, following the breakout from its symmetrical triangle Peso has also started depreciating against the U.S. dollar.

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U.S. dollar vs. MXN, TRY, PHP, TWD…

My latest updates on twitter. I believe these charts are very valuable and suggest U.S. dollar strength against the currencies analyzed.