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Event risk has added a fair amount of volatility, but without a meaningful change in the prevailing view.

The interim Report of a possible down break through important support levels were put on hold after a sharp bullish reversal off the important support/ break levels.

Whereto from here: While volatility decreases certainty and creates doubt, it seems that the long held technical outcome remains preferred.

Please find the generally requested medium term update on the USD/ZAR pair.

The expected bull trend on Bitcoin is materializing after a meaningful break out of the consolidation parameters.

Ethereum’s technical outlook remains elusive with a variety of potential medium-term possibilities. We retain the preferred view of base building for an eventual meaningful bull trend.

It seems like the market has decided on its choice for the preferred cryptocurrency, whether we agree with it, or not.

The longer- term bearish outlook on the US currency remains valid.

Further medium – term range trading is preceding the eventual bear trend.

We “ await” US presidential election and then “await” the FOMC meeting.

Then we will “digest” the results before “awaiting” the next important economic figures….

The expected and current market consolidation seems to be forming a bullish continuation pattern.

This phase is most probably building a base for further gains, as part of the larger bull trend.

Please find attached the weekly USD/ZAR report.

Please find attached the preferred medium and long term outlook on Brent.

Our longer- term bearish stance on the Greenback remains valid and is ongoing.

Recent gains have, however indicated that the 18-month-old consolidation phase remains in force, effectively postponing the larger bearish potential.

The long-term monthly analysis confirms the respective weekly views.

The US presidential election and upcoming FOMC meeting could result in volatility, but this report does not take any fundamental drivers in consideration as a purely technical outlook.

Users can overlay and include their own perceptions and analyses.

Please find attached the monthly, long term JSE TOP 40 index update.

Bitcoin and Ethereum’s technical pictures continue to diverge.

While BTC is consolidating as part of a cyclical bull trend, the long-term outlook for ETH remains more muted with volatile moves within a wide triangular trading range.

The main goal of long-term analysis is to portray possible large trends as the primary driver of returns and profits.

It is not a trading or timing input but can be used confirm the medium- and shorter-term views.