With the French Government in Tumult, Sell the Euro Here

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December Euro currency futures (E6Z25) present a selling opportunity on more price weakness. 

See on the daily bar chart for the December Euro currency futures that a price downtrend line is in place and the bears have the overall near-term technical advantage.

Fundamentally, the Euro zone economy is not performing as well as the U.S. economy. There are also political problems within the European Union, including France’s government possibly being sacked in the coming weeks.

A move in the December Euro currency futures below chart support at this week’s low of 1.1655 would give the bears more power and it would also become a selling opportunity. The downside price objective would be 1.1250, or below. Technical resistance, for which to place a protective buy stop just above, is located at the August high of 1.1823.

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