EURUSD Session Analysis — 22 April 2026: Post-Warsh, Pre-PMI Wednesday

Long — Medium Confidence.

The W1 structural trend from March 2026 lows remains intact. The April impulse from 1.15047 to 1.18488 — ten sessions, approximately 340 pips — demonstrated genuine institutional demand, and the subsequent correction to 1.17285 retraced only around 30% of that leg. A shallow pullback of this character is consistent with trend continuation, not reversal. The directional skew is long while price holds above the 1.17246 W1 structural pivot.

The primary variable for today is the resolution of yesterday's Warsh Fed chair hearing. The outcome is not yet reflected in available preparation data, so post-hearing USD positioning may still be the dominant near-term driver. If yesterday's hearing produced USD weakness, the recovery from 1.17285 may already be extending toward the 1.17984–1.18235 resistance ceiling. If it produced USD strength, the 1.17285–1.17246 support cluster is the key area to monitor. In either case, the structural bias remains long above 1.17246 and the setup only shifts bearish on a D1 close below that level.

The multi-timeframe regime is a pullback-in-uptrend structure. Two consecutive impulsive W1 advances from the 1.14104 March low confirm the W1 trend is intact, with price holding above the 1.17246 weekly pivot that defined the April breakout. On D1, price is in post-impulse consolidation: after the ten-session April rally, the last several D1 candles have compressed in a 60–80 pip range with declining volume, confirming digestion rather than distribution.

The H4 completed a three-leg corrective sequence from 1.18488 to 1.17285 and a recovery leg is underway. H4 structure confirmation requires a close above 1.17984 — until that occurs, H4 remains corrective within the broader D1 bullish trend. The macro backdrop continues to anchor the structural USD weakness narrative: DXY broken below 100, two soft US data prints removing Fed hawkish optionality, and the Liberation Day tariff shock catalysing a broad dollar diversification bid. The ECB holds a 26% probability of a rate hike at the April 29–30 meeting, sustaining a rate differential premium that supports EUR demand on a medium-term basis.

The D1 structure is impulsive from the Liberation Day low (1.15047) through the April 17 high (1.18488), which printed the first higher high above the prior February peaks (1.18345) — confirming bullish structural continuation on D1. The April 10 breakout candle, which closed at 1.17246, is now the break-of-structure level and the primary support floor for the current swing.

The H4 corrective sequence from 1.18488 was a three-wave structure ending at 1.17285 on April 19. The recovery leg from that low is underway. A H4 close above 1.17984 is the structural confirmation that the correction is complete. Unvisited H4 fair value exists in the 1.17985–1.18351 zone — the gap created by the April 17 spike — and that gap acts as the near-term draw target above the 1.17984 confirmation level. The D1 demand block at 1.16971–1.17246 (the April 10 breakout candle body) is the next major support layer below current price and adds depth to the bull case.

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Structural context supports the following interpretation: the demand zone at 1.17285–1.17368 absorbed corrective selling pressure following the triple-top rejection from 1.18488. The shallow retrace and declining volume on the correction candles indicate that supply from the resistance ceiling has been partially consumed. The unmitigated H4 supply zone at 1.17985–1.18351 is the primary overhead draw target. Reactive long entries from confirmed H4 support at 1.17285–1.17468 offer the most structurally sound initiation points; a clean H4 close above 1.17984 provides a secondary entry signal for continuation toward the ceiling.

The pre-session sentiment view may be stale — the sentiment report for EURUSD has expired and has not yet been refreshed for today's session. The following reflects the analysis prepared for yesterday's open.

The overall directional bias was Bullish with medium confidence. The structural case rested on USD weakness as the dominant overlay: DXY broken below 100, two consecutive soft US prints (CPI April 10, PPI April 14), and the Liberation Day tariff shock catalysing a broad dollar diversification bid. Institutional forecasts remain directionally aligned — Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank targeting 1.25 year-end, Wells Fargo at 1.19 for Q2, ING at 1.21 in Q4.

Retail positioning remains approximately 65–70% short, a persistent contrarian bullish signal representing latent stop fuel above 1.18488. The COT speculative EUR net-long position has partially unwound from multi-year extremes, which means continuation from here requires fresh institutional accumulation rather than passive squeeze dynamics — implying a choppier, more grinding appreciation versus the clean April 5–17 impulse.

Key risks identified: a fourth consecutive D1 rejection from 1.18235–1.18488 would begin to signal distribution; a PMI miss on the Eurozone Thursday would cap EUR upside; and the FOMC (April 28–29) and ECB (April 29–30) represent the highest binary event density of Q2 — any position held through both carries significant tail risk.

EURUSD currently trades with an elevated average daily range of approximately 85–100 pips against a longer-run norm of 64–75 pips, reflecting heightened macro uncertainty. The instrument's characteristic displacement pattern — 2 to 3 impulsive H1 candles accounting for approximately 60% of the daily range — concentrates entry opportunity around the London open (09:00–11:00 EET) and the US data window (14:30 EET), rather than mid-session grinding.

Wednesday's profile is range-expansion by character. Without a scheduled US catalyst today, expansion will likely be driven by carry-over Warsh positioning and institutional pre-PMI flows. The London open Asian-range sweep is a common structural pattern before the real directional move; the sweep direction is not typically the day's direction. EURUSD's near-perfect inverse correlation with DXY means any material USD repricing — from Fed speakers, Warsh follow-on commentary, or risk sentiment — translates directly into EURUSD price action.

The Fed–ECB rate differential dynamic (ECB holding with hike optionality, Fed on pause or cutting) and oil price stabilisation (removing the energy-import headwind for the Eurozone) both support EUR demand on a structural basis and are consistent with the bullish preparation bias.