There's been talk of the strengthening of the US Dollar Index (or in the FOREX pairs), but here's something people who only watch the index might be missing - there's an obvious volume surge in the UUP shares (Dollar Bullish ETF) that is worth a second look. Let's see it.
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In regard to the UUP - the Bullish US Dollar ETF - we see price in a solid downtrend, but there a few bullish potential reversal factors to consider.
There's a lengthy positive momentum divergence that has been in place since March 2009 (not shown). The bullish divergence also shows up on the weekly frame.
This reminds me of a similar structure in the USO and Crude Oil as we turned the corner into 2009, which I discussed in prior reports entitled
"Possible Reversal Up in Crude Oil and USO," and
"Rounded Reversal in Crude Oil."
The implications for a possible reversal are the same.
Also, there has been a surge in volume into the UUP ETF over the last three days as price has advanced in three solid bullish bars - that's bullish.
Three bullish bars are not enough to reverse such a powerful downtrend, so the official reversal - if it starts here - will not be confirmed until price rises above the 50 day EMA and then - preferably - the 20 day EMA will cross ‘bullishly' above the 50 EMA.
Odds are decent - though of course not guaranteed - that if a reversal is to form, chances are good it could form here. Otherwise, the sellers will override these bullish signals and the overall downtrend will continue to test the prior lows of 2008 (roughly $71 in the US Dollar Index).
Remember that if the US Dollar Index continues to rise from here, then it would be quite bearish for the S&P 500 (stock market), Crude Oil, and Gold, (and - of course - the Euro).