EUR/USD Price Forecast - Pair Crashes to $1.1521 as Trump's Iran Vow Detonates Dollar Rally
Trump's promise to hit Iran "extremely hard" for two to three more weeks collapsed EUR/USD's weekly recovery | That's TradingNEWS
Key Points
- EUR/USD dropped from $1.1590 to $1.1521 after Trump vowed to hit Iran "extremely hard," sending the Dollar Index rebounding from $99.30 to $100.15 and rejecting the 200-period EMA at $1.1620-$1.1625
- ECB rate hike probability surged to 76% for June 2026 with JPMorgan and Barclays pricing up to three hikes this year, while the Fed sits frozen at 3.75% against the ECB's 2.15%
- GBP/USD broke below $1.3318 and fell to $1.3206 while AUD/USD retreated from $0.6850 resistance, confirming the dollar's broad safe-haven dominance was not selective to EUR/USD
EUR/USD opened Thursday near $1.1590, spent a brief period attempting to hold gains from the prior two sessions, and then collapsed below $1.1550 the moment Trump's Wednesday night Iran address filtered fully through Asian and European trading desks. By the time New York opened, EUR/USD had broken through $1.1550 with conviction, reaching as low as $1.1521 before a partial recovery brought the pair back toward $1.1542 — the current trading level as of April 2, 2026. The pair's 52-week range of $1.0778 to $1.2079 tells you everything you need to know about the structural trajectory: EUR/USD has been in a powerful uptrend over the past twelve months, gaining 6.73% on a year-over-year basis, and Thursday's selloff is a geopolitically driven interruption of that trend rather than its reversal. But interruptions have a way of becoming reversals when the macro forces behind them are as powerful as what is currently in motion, and the evidence that this pullback has further to run before it exhausts itself is compelling and specific.
The immediate trigger for Thursday's EUR/USD decline is unambiguous. Trump's address Wednesday night vowed to hit Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks, threatened Iranian energy infrastructure as a potential target, and provided zero diplomatic architecture for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The speech sent oil prices surging — Brent crude (BZ=F) leaping toward $110 per barrel — which fed directly into European energy cost anxiety, which fed directly into ECB rate expectations, which fed directly into EUR/USD pricing. The chain of causation from Trump's speech to EUR/USD at $1.1521 is not complicated. What is complicated is figuring out where the pair goes from here given the extraordinary tension between the dollar's safe-haven strength, the ECB's shifting rate trajectory, and a technical structure that has not yet definitively broken down despite Thursday's pressure.
The 200-Period EMA at $1.1620 Just Became EUR/USD's Most Important Number
The technical rejection at the 200-period Exponential Moving Average on the 4-hour chart is the most consequential price action development in EUR/USD this week, and its importance cannot be overstated. The pair rallied through Tuesday and Wednesday, reaching a weekly high near $1.1620 to $1.1625 — a zone that corresponds precisely with prior swing highs and, critically, with the 200-period EMA on the H4 timeframe. The rejection at that level was not subtle. Long upper wicks appeared on multiple consecutive candles as the pair repeatedly attempted to break through $1.1625 and was systematically sold back down each time. That pattern of failed breakout attempts at a major moving average is one of the cleanest bearish technical signals available in forex analysis, and the subsequent breakdown below $1.1550 confirmed that the rejection was genuine rather than temporary.
The MACD on the 4-hour chart slipped back toward the zero line after a brief positive extension, with the histogram contracting — a signal of fading bullish momentum rather than a neutral or accumulating picture. The RSI eased to approximately 50, reinforcing a loss of directional conviction after the pair had been approaching overbought territory earlier in the week's recovery move. These three technical signals — rejected 200-period EMA, contracting MACD histogram, RSI rolling back from near-overbought — triangulate to a single near-term conclusion: EUR/USD has limited near-term upside and meaningful near-term downside risk.
On the daily chart, EUR/USD has been consolidating within a narrow range between $1.1407 and $1.1628 since mid-March 2026. A Hammer candlestick formed near the $1.1407 support level, which technically signals a potential upward reversal — but that signal is being overwhelmed by the macro environment, and a Hammer candle near support means nothing if the fundamental drivers are pointing decisively lower. The RSI on the weekly chart is fluctuating around 45, indicating neutral-to-bearish conditions. The MACD is consolidating in negative territory. The Money Flow Index is moving sideways near its lower boundary, reflecting low liquidity and weak buying conviction. The technical picture for EUR/USD is not catastrophic — it is not a pair in a trending collapse — but it is consistently pointing toward further pressure rather than recovery.
EUR/USD Support and Resistance Levels That Actually Matter Right Now
The current price of $1.1542 sits between two critical zones that define the pair's near-term trading range. Immediate support emerges at $1.1520, which has been a reliable intraday reaction level multiple times in recent sessions. Below that, the $1.1485 to $1.1510 band represents the recent reaction low zone — the area where EUR/USD found buyers during the worst of the prior week's selling pressure. A clean daily close below $1.1485 opens the door to $1.1450 as the next meaningful support, and below that the March low at $1.1410 becomes the primary downside target. If EUR/USD settles below the March low at $1.1410, the next target is the Target Zone 4 at $1.1218 to $1.1196 — a level that would represent a significant extension of the current correction and would bring the pair back to price levels not seen since before the dollar's secular decline that began in early 2025.
On the upside, immediate resistance sits at $1.1580, which is the base of the supply zone that extends to $1.1610 to $1.1620. Above that, the 200-period EMA on the H4 chart near $1.1620 to $1.1625 is the wall that has already rejected two separate rally attempts this week. A sustained daily close above $1.1628 — the top of the current consolidation range — would be the first signal that bulls are reclaiming control of the pair and would open the door toward $1.1836 as the next resistance target. Further above that, $1.2082 and $1.2346 are the medium-term targets if a genuine breakout materializes. The distance between where EUR/USD is trading now at $1.1542 and where it needs to close to turn bullish at $1.1628 is only 86 pips — but in the current macro environment, those 86 pips might as well be a continent.
The daily Dollar Index (DXY) is currently sitting at $100.15, rebounding from its ascending trendline support near $99.30 and re-establishing itself above the 50-day SMA. The 200-day SMA near $99.00 acted as a strong buy trigger during the recent pullback and has held perfectly. The DXY's RSI bounced from oversold territory back toward 50, and the bullish higher-low structure on the daily chart suggests the dollar is in recovery mode rather than breakdown mode. If the DXY breaks above the $100.60 resistance level, the next target is $101.12 — and every pip of dollar strength at those levels translates directly into EUR/USD weakness at the $1.15 handle and below.
The ECB Rate Hike Probability Just Jumped to 76% — And That Is Not Helping EUR/USD the Way You'd Think
Markets are now pricing in a 76% probability of a 25 basis point ECB rate hike by June 2026, according to Reuters data. JPMorgan and Barclays have both revised their ECB forecasts to include up to three interest rate hikes during 2026. The ECB's current rate sits at 2.15%, against the Fed's current rate at 3.75%. The rate differential between the two central banks is 160 basis points in the dollar's favor — and the ECB hiking trajectory, while positive for the euro in isolation, is not sufficient to close that gap meaningfully in the near term.
The paradox in the current EUR/USD setup is that ECB rate hike pricing, which would normally be unambiguously bullish for the euro, is being partially offset by the reason the ECB is considering hikes: persistent energy price inflation driven by the Iran war. Europe imports the vast majority of its energy, and with Brent crude approaching $110 per barrel, the Eurozone economy is absorbing an energy shock that is simultaneously inflationary — which pushes the ECB toward hiking — and recessionary, because higher energy costs compress consumer spending and business margins across the entire eurozone economy. PMI data across the region has been showing uneven economic momentum, with some countries posting decent readings while others show contraction. This uneven PMI picture makes the ECB's rate decision genuinely complicated — hiking into a slowing economy to fight energy-driven inflation is the definition of the policy dilemma, and markets know it.
The ECB rate hike probability jumping to 76% for June reflects the market's judgment that the ECB will act to contain inflation even at the risk of slowing growth further. But the euro is not rallying on that probability because the same energy shock driving ECB hike bets is simultaneously weakening the eurozone's economic outlook, reducing EUR/USD's carry attractiveness relative to a dollar that benefits from both safe-haven flows and a Fed that is also holding rates higher for longer. The result is a currency pair where both central banks are moving toward hawkishness simultaneously, but the dollar's structural safe-haven demand advantage in a war environment gives the greenback an edge that the ECB's hiking trajectory cannot currently overcome.
Trump's Iran Speech Did Something Specific to EUR/USD That Went Beyond Simple Dollar Strength
The mechanism through which Trump's Wednesday address damaged EUR/USD is more nuanced than a simple "dollar goes up, euro goes down" narrative. The speech did three specific things that each independently pressured EUR/USD from a different angle. First, it sent oil prices surging — Brent toward $110 and WTI (CL=F) above $108 — which directly increased Europe's energy import costs and widened the growth differential between the energy-exporting US economy and the energy-importing European economy. Second, it bolstered bets for a Fed rate hike rather than a cut, because higher oil prices feed directly into US inflation, and a Fed that might hike rates is a dollar-positive Fed regardless of what the ECB does. Third, it triggered global risk-off sentiment that drove safe-haven flows into the dollar specifically — not just away from risk assets generically — because the dollar's correlation with oil price strength in a war environment has shifted the currency's character toward a petrocurrency-like role that benefits from energy disruption rather than suffering from it.
That third point — the dollar functioning as a petrocurrency during the Iran war — is one of the most significant structural shifts in forex markets during 2026 and deserves full attention. Historically, rising oil prices were negative for the dollar because the US was a net energy importer. The shale revolution changed that calculus, and the Iran war has now fully completed the transition: the US is now a net energy beneficiary of Persian Gulf disruption because higher oil prices boost domestic producer revenues, attract safe-haven capital flows on top of energy revenue flows, and position the dollar as the currency of a commodity-producing safe haven simultaneously. EUR/USD is structurally disadvantaged in this environment because Europe sits on exactly the wrong side of every one of those dynamics.
GBP/USD at $1.3206 and AUD/USD Falling: The Dollar Is Winning Broadly, Not Just Against EUR/USD
The dollar's Thursday strength was not selective — it hit every major currency pair simultaneously, confirming that what is happening is a broad USD appreciation event rather than idiosyncratic euro weakness. GBP/USD (Cable) has fallen through the 0.5 Fibonacci retracement level near $1.3318 and slipped below its 50-day SMA, sitting at $1.3206 with a near-term target toward $1.3159 and potential further downside to $1.3116. The 200-day SMA near $1.3356 has become a major resistance level for any Cable recovery attempt. The RSI has dropped toward 40 — territory that confirms bears are gaining control rather than neutral positioning. GBP/USD briefly recaptured $1.3250 on the Hormuz protocol headline from IRNA, but gave back those gains as the initial optimism faded. Cable's stagflation problem — sticky UK inflation alongside weakening growth, with the Bank of England maintaining policy while uncertainty mounts — mirrors EUR/USD's dilemma but with additional UK-specific political uncertainty layered on top.
AUD/USD has also plunged, retreating from resistance at $0.6850 — a level that has historically alternated between support and resistance — and the pair faces a potential move to $0.67 if that $0.6850 level does not hold as support on a closing basis. The Australian dollar has some relative strength compared to other risk currencies because of the Reserve Bank of Australia's recent hawkish behavior, but that partial insulation does not prevent AUD/USD from being dragged lower in a broad dollar strength episode of the magnitude Thursday delivered.
USD/CAD has also risen, though the pair looks somewhat overstretched in the near term after two consecutive large moves higher. The $1.3950 to $1.40 level is showing significant resistance, and the 200-day EMA at $1.38 is providing the floor for USD/CAD positioning. The Canadian dollar has a partial offset from higher oil prices — Canada is a net oil exporter — which limits CAD weakness relative to other currencies even as the broad dollar strength environment pushes USD/CAD higher. The near-term trade for USD/CAD is to buy dips on short-term pullbacks rather than chase strength above $1.40.
The US dollar's percentage changes against major currencies on Thursday tell the full story: USD gained 0.42% against EUR, 0.53% against GBP, 0.35% against JPY, 0.24% against CAD, 0.67% against AUD, 0.70% against NZD, and 0.45% against CHF. The New Zealand dollar was the weakest performer against the dollar — a ranking that reflects NZD's highest sensitivity to global risk-off moves among major currencies. The Australian dollar, as noted, was second weakest. The Canadian dollar and Japanese yen held up relatively better, reflecting oil export support and traditional safe-haven status respectively.
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The Fed Rate Picture Has Completely Inverted in One Week — And EUR/USD Is Caught in the Whiplash
One week ago, the market was pricing a greater than 43% probability of a Fed rate hike by year-end 2026. That probability has now collapsed to just 2% — a swing of more than 40 percentage points in seven days. Simultaneously, the probability of a Fed rate cut before Christmas jumped from zero back to 21% after having been wiped out entirely at the height of Iran war inflation panic. This kind of volatility in rate expectations — 43% hike probability to 2% in one week — is the mathematical manifestation of a market that has completely lost its ability to forecast monetary policy in an environment where energy shocks are creating simultaneous inflationary and recessionary pressures.
The Bank of England is navigating the same impossible trade-off, holding policy steady while facing stagflation dynamics that pit rate hikes against recessionary risk. The ECB is at 2.15% but being pushed toward further hikes by 76% market probability pricing. The Fed is at 3.75% and frozen. No major central bank has a clear path. That synchronized policy paralysis is itself a macro condition that tends to produce dollar strength, because the dollar's safe-haven status means it wins the flight-to-quality trade even when the Fed is not actively tightening. And in a world where the rate differential between the Fed at 3.75% and the ECB at 2.15% remains 160 basis points in the dollar's favor regardless of what the ECB does in June, EUR/USD faces a structural headwind that does not disappear even if the war ends tomorrow.
EUR/USD Long-Term Forecasts: A Wide Range That Tells You How Uncertain Everything Is
The range of analyst forecasts for EUR/USD through the end of 2026 is wide enough to drive a truck through, and that width is itself informative. LongForecast projects EUR/USD declining to $1.1130 by April's close, continuing lower to $1.1200 by mid-year, and reaching $1.1180 by December — a trajectory that implies the dollar maintains its structural advantage through year-end. WalletInvestor takes the opposite view, projecting EUR/USD climbing from approximately $1.1460 in early April to $1.1650 by mid-year and $1.1750 by December — implying a euro recovery that requires either a ceasefire in Iran, a Fed pivot, or a sustained deterioration in US economic data relative to Europe. CoinCodex offers the most bearish long-term view, projecting EUR/USD declining to $1.0900 by mid-year and $1.0500 by December — a scenario that would require either a dramatic escalation in the Iran war beyond current projections or a hawkish Fed surprise that the current data and market pricing do not support.
For 2027, the divergence is even more extreme. LongForecast projects EUR/USD recovering to $1.2270 by mid-2027 before reversing to $1.1840 by year-end. WalletInvestor forecasts a steady climb to $1.2050 by December 2027. CoinCodex's 2027 forecast sits at an extraordinarily bearish $0.9559 by year-end — a level that would represent near-parity collapse and would require a scenario of fundamental eurozone economic breakdown combined with aggressive Fed hiking that essentially nothing in the current data supports. The fact that serious forecasters are producing year-end 2027 projections that range from $0.9559 to $1.2270 — a 27% spread — tells you exactly how much uncertainty the Iran war, central bank policy divergence, and US fiscal trajectory are injecting into medium-term currency forecasting.
For 2028 through 2030, the forecasts become increasingly speculative. WalletInvestor projects EUR/USD climbing to $1.2340 by end of 2028, $1.2640 by end of 2029, and $1.2940 by end of 2030 — a consistent USD weakening trend driven by presumed normalization of the Iran war situation, European economic recovery, and gradual erosion of the Fed's rate advantage. LongForecast projects more modest recovery to $1.1670 by end of 2028 before recovering toward $1.1890 by 2029. CoinCodex's long-term view remains stubbornly bearish, projecting EUR/USD at $1.0764 by end of 2030 in a scenario where the dollar maintains structural dominance for years. The consensus across multiple forecasters for the 12-month forward period is a range of $1.1456 to $1.1794 for April 2026, narrowing slightly to $1.1633 to $1.1859 for May — numbers that position current EUR/USD at $1.1542 near the lower end of near-term expectations, suggesting modest upside potential once the immediate geopolitical pressure eases.
EUR/USD Historical Context: The All-Time High of $1.6039 and What the Current Level Tells You About Structural Value
EUR/USD reached its all-time high of $1.6039 on July 15, 2008 — the peak of the dollar's weakest multi-year period driven by the housing bubble, current account deficits, and the beginning of the financial crisis. The all-time low of $0.8227 was recorded on October 26, 2000, in the early days of the euro's existence when European markets questioned whether the new currency had genuine institutional credibility. The current price of $1.1542 sits almost exactly in the middle of that historical range — which is another way of saying EUR/USD at current levels is fairly valued from a multi-decade perspective, neither dramatically cheap nor expensive.
The pair's recent history shows an extraordinary trajectory. Between 2022 and mid-2023, EUR/USD crashed below parity — trading below $1.00 — for the first time in two decades as aggressive Fed hikes and European energy crisis fears drove the dollar to generational strength. The subsequent recovery took EUR/USD from below $1.00 to a 2025 high of $1.2079, a recovery of more than 20% from the parity lows. In the second half of 2025, the pair traded in a wide range of $1.1391 to $1.1918, reaching $1.1740 in December. In February 2026, EUR/USD traded between $1.1530 and $1.1996. The Iran war's onset in late February 2026 then triggered a sustained dollar safe-haven rally that has been pulling EUR/USD lower since, with the March low at $1.1410 representing the deepest correction since the pair bottomed below parity in 2022.
The Energy Shock Transmission Mechanism That Is Uniquely Damaging for EUR/USD
The Iran war's impact on EUR/USD operates through a transmission mechanism that is structurally different from and more severe than the same war's impact on most other dollar pairs. Europe imports approximately 80% of its natural gas and a substantial portion of its crude oil from sources that are either directly affected by Strait of Hormuz disruption or face price contagion from it. When Brent crude surges toward $110 per barrel and European natural gas futures (Dutch TTF) climb toward 50.33 euros per megawatt-hour as they did Thursday, the impact on Europe's trade balance, corporate profitability, and consumer purchasing power is direct and severe. Europe's trade surplus — a structural support for the euro — narrows or disappears entirely when energy import costs surge at this pace, removing one of the currency's most durable fundamental underpinnings.
The US, by contrast, has largely become a net energy beneficiary of the kind of disruption the Iran war represents. US domestic oil production, which has been running at record levels, generates windfall revenues for US energy companies at $100-plus oil. Those revenues recirculate into the US economy through investment, employment, and corporate earnings — partially offsetting the negative effects of higher consumer energy prices. The contrast between Europe's position as an energy shock victim and the US's position as a partial energy shock beneficiary creates a growth differential that fundamentally supports dollar strength against the euro in a sustained high-oil-price environment. BofA's forecast of $100 oil through the remainder of 2026 — even under an optimistic Iran conflict resolution scenario — means this growth differential headwind for EUR/USD is not temporary. It is the baseline for at least the next several quarters.
Short-Term Social Media Sentiment and Street-Level Positioning in EUR/USD
Market sentiment on social media platforms reflects the same divided view visible in analyst forecasts. Independent trader @ewstrategy is forecasting EUR/USD falling to $1.1350 in the near term — a view consistent with the bearish technical setup and the continued dollar safe-haven bid. Independent analyst @tradewithjamesX is projecting EUR/USD rising to $1.1667 — a view consistent with the WalletInvestor medium-term outlook and the argument that Trump's speech represents an overreaction opportunity. User father_of_gold expects EUR/USD to climb to $1.1550 and higher. These three perspectives — $1.1350 bearish target, $1.1550 to $1.1667 bullish targets — actually bracket the current price of $1.1542 almost perfectly, which tells you that the market is genuinely split on near-term direction and that the next significant move will be determined by an exogenous catalyst rather than the gradual accumulation of positioning on either side.
That catalyst is almost certainly geopolitical. A credible ceasefire announcement in Iran that includes a verified commitment to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would collapse oil prices, reduce ECB and Fed rate hike bets simultaneously, reduce the dollar's safe-haven premium, and trigger a EUR/USD rally that could cover 200 to 300 pips in hours. Conversely, a genuine military escalation — strikes on Iranian power plants as Trump threatened — would spike oil prices to potentially $120 to $130 per barrel, trigger a severe European energy shock, and send EUR/USD crashing through the March low at $1.1410 toward the $1.1218 to $1.1196 Target Zone 4 with potential extension toward $1.10. The pair is priced for uncertainty at $1.1542, and the two tail scenarios represent dramatically different outcomes from where it currently trades.
The Week That Was for EUR/USD: From $1.1590 to $1.1521 and Back — What the Range Reveals
EUR/USD's intraday range on Thursday — from an attempted hold at $1.1590 to a low of $1.1521 and a partial recovery to $1.1542 — represents a 69-pip range that encapsulates the entire competing forces narrative in a single session. The opening at $1.1590 reflected residual optimism from Tuesday's ceasefire signals and Iran's president's letter stating that Iran has "no enmity for Americans" — language that temporarily boosted hopes for a diplomatic resolution and allowed EUR/USD to recover toward the 200-period EMA. The subsequent break below $1.1550 reflected the market's real-time reassessment of Trump's Wednesday address as a war escalation rather than a war conclusion. The partial recovery back toward $1.1542 reflected the Iran-Oman Hormuz protocol headline from IRNA that briefly sparked a risk-on reversal across all markets.
That 69-pip range — established in a single Thursday session — is likely to represent the typical daily volatility range for EUR/USD until the Iran situation resolves in a definitive direction. The 52-week high of $1.2079 sits 537 pips above Thursday's close. The March low support at $1.1410 sits 132 pips below. The risk-reward from current levels is asymmetric to the upside on a 6-to-12-month view — but the near-term path to the upside requires breaking $1.1628, then $1.1625, then the psychological $1.17 handle, all while navigating a news environment that can produce 100-pip moves in either direction on a single Trump tweet or IRNA headline.
EUR/USD Carry Trade Mathematics at Current Rate Differentials
The raw carry trade mathematics for EUR/USD at current interest rate differentials are straightforwardly dollar-positive and euro-negative. The Fed funds rate at 3.75% against the ECB rate at 2.15% creates a 160 basis point annual carry advantage for dollar-denominated positions over euro-denominated positions. For any position size, this means that holding EUR/USD long costs 160 basis points annually in carry — roughly 0.44 basis points per day — while holding EUR/USD short earns that carry. In a range-bound market like the current $1.1407 to $1.1628 consolidation, that carry advantage is not dramatic enough to drive positioning on its own, but it creates a consistent directional bias that favors dollar strength at the margin.
If the ECB hikes 25 basis points in June 2026 as the 76% probability implies, the ECB rate moves to 2.40%. If it then hikes two more times for a total of three hikes as JPMorgan and Barclays have penciled in, the ECB rate could reach 2.90% by year-end. Against a Fed rate that is frozen at 3.75%, that would narrow the carry differential from 160 basis points to 85 basis points — a meaningful compression that would begin to shift the carry trade calculus in EUR/USD's favor and provide a structural tailwind for the pair in the second half of 2026. This is the medium-term ECB hiking thesis for EUR/USD bulls: not that the ECB catches the Fed in absolute rate terms, but that it narrows the gap enough to shift carry flows and provide a currency support that is currently absent.
EUR/USD Is a Sell on Rallies to $1.1580-$1.1620 and a Hold With a Cautious Lean Below $1.1520
The positioning verdict for EUR/USD at $1.1542 is a sell on rallies to the $1.1580 to $1.1620 resistance band. Every piece of technical data — rejected 200-period EMA, contracting MACD histogram, RSI at 50 and rolling over, descending trend line on the daily chart, price below the 50-day SMA — points toward selling strength rather than buying dips in the near term. The macro environment — dollar safe-haven bid from Iran war, 160 basis point rate differential, ECB hiking into a slowing energy-shock economy, European energy import cost surging — is similarly pointing toward dollar strength and EUR/USD weakness.
The specific sell level is anywhere between $1.1580 and $1.1625, with a stop loss just above $1.1630 and a target at $1.1457 followed by $1.1409 as the next downside objectives. If EUR/USD breaks below $1.1510 on a daily closing basis, the March low at $1.1410 becomes the primary target and the $1.1218 to $1.1196 Target Zone 4 comes into play on a further breakdown. The only scenario that changes this near-term bearish posture for EUR/USD is a credible and verified ceasefire in Iran or a significant surprise on the downside from US economic data — specifically the March jobs report releasing Friday morning, which will not receive a live market response until Monday's open given the Good Friday market closure. A significantly weaker-than-expected jobs number could shift Fed rate expectations toward cuts and compress the dollar's rate differential advantage with the ECB enough to trigger a genuine EUR/USD recovery. Until one of those triggers arrives, sell EUR/USD rallies and protect capital below $1.1510.
