If you look at the moment the EU markets started trading, 07-08 GMT, you will see a lot of soft aspects, which explains why the Dax rose 2%, and the Euro rose from 1.2020 to 1.2070. The rest of the time there were more soft aspects, and they kept the markets up. When the US opened there were more hard aspects later on, and the US stock markets pulled back 1% from the highs.
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00-01 g
01-02 s
02-03 g
03-04 hs
04-05 h
05-06 g
06-07 hs
07-08 hsss
08-09 hhhs
09-10 hs
10-11 g
11-12 hs
12-13 hss
13-14 sh
14-15 s
15-16 hh
16-17 shh
17-18 sh
18-19 h
19-20 hhh
20-21 s
21-22 ssh
22-23 g
23-24 h