Not too many strategists would do this kind of thing, especially within the same week. The Pivotal Perspective did and was right on both.
$USD
I don't have the time these days to spend much time on currencies but when I was a strategist at a small hedge fund it was part of my routine. Pivots work on these too.
Overall I've been bearish on $USD this year for the simple fact of rally attempts fading back under the YP and rejections, and was still somewhat skeptical of strength per this post on 8/27.
Then I changed my tune and recommended a long on 9/17. Right idea, but I wasn't thorough and didn't check the MAs, and stop idea was too tight. Sorry about that. The same parameters were met for a long on 10/4 as well, FWIW.
Then on 10/6 I wrote up a totally bullish post on $USD - no ifs or buts.
"Anyway, my main point here is that just because $USD has been sideways since 3/2015 doesn't mean the rally is over. It is entirely possible that DXY breaks out above in months to come and this could, along with rising interest rates, be the next big move in markets. This would probably put a lid on USA indexes, even if rising interest rates support financials."
"DXY Q - This is really very bullish, weak selling above a sharply rising 10MA and next move has been the easy spot UP."
"DXY M - Recent small red bar on this chart too, and right now launching above the 10MA and 20MA. Head and shoulders fans (I'm not really one of them) will watch 96-100 for a possible top, but I'm thinking higher."
"DXY W - It is hard to imagine a more bullish working off of extreme overbought conditions. Test of high, drop to low of range, rising 100MA holds massively, builds higher lows, and after another small red bar (those are great to watch for on the long side!) another blast off and above all moving averages."
Oil
10/1 Total market view wrote about bullish charts for oil three different times.
"In addition, oil looks very interesting here showing 2 different signs of long term strength we have not seen in quite some time: the first close above monthly 10MA since July 2014, and the 2nd try above a long term pivot, also since July 2014. Oil strength will support the market."
"Watch oil, because the last time we started to see long term strength after a big drop that was on GLD in late January."
"Oil the story, with USO lifting above its 2HP for the second time this year. To put this in context, USO has only had 3 closes above a long term pivot since July 2014 and one of these two was last week."
ps: If you are thinking this buy looking late, I caught the low of the year on a speculative buy here.