Deutsche Bank (DB) has been in the news lately, and it hasn't been very good. First of all, there is the $7.2 Billion penalty for its involvement in mortgage-backed securities deals in 2005-2007.The sale of residential mortgage-backed securities played a significant role in the 2008 financial crisis.Several banks in the US have been subject to investigations over allegations of giving mortgages to unqualified borrowers, then repackaging those loans as safe investments and selling the risk on to others. The inquiries related to deals done between 2005 and 2007. (BBC)This would be lower than the $14bn originally asked of the bank. The other "news" is that Trump owes the bank a lot of money and is trying to restructure that debt. Maybe there is nothing illegal going on, but the optics is bad:The bank is trying to restructure some of Trump’s roughly $300m (£244m) debt as part of an attempt to reduce any conflict of interest between the loan and his presidency, according to a person familiar with the matter. Normally, the removal of a personal pledge might lead to more-stringent terms. But there is little normal about this interaction. Trump’s attorney general will inherit an investigation of Deutsche Bank related to stock trades for rich clients in Russia -- where Trump says he plans to improve relations -- and may have to deal with a possible multibillion-dollar penalty to the bank related to mortgage-bond investigations.Whatever terms a restructured loan might include, they will reflect the complex new relationship spawned between Germany’s largest bank and its highest-profile client. Ethicists say this concerns them.‘Looks Terrible’“When you have political appointees making decisions about banks that the president owes a lot of money to, it looks terrible,” said Richard Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota who was the chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush. “The US government is dealing with regulatory and criminal issues with the big banks all the time, and if he owes them a lot of money, there might be an incentive to favour less regulation and less enforcement for the banks.”Deutsche Bank declined to comment. Alan Garten, general counsel of the Trump Organisation, said the loans are modest in the context of Trump’s multibillion-dollar empire, and the effort to shift away from a personal guarantee isn’t significant because the loans were structured to become standard debt eventually, following completion of the projects. (Independent)DB Weekly Chart (click to enlarge)Challenging Resistance:- DB has been in a bull run since September, and its a strong one.- As we can see price is now challenging a falling resistance, but has stalled here in the 18-19 area this past couple of weeks.- A break above 19.00 would clear the falling resistance and add to the clues that DB is in a bullish reversal.- We should anticipate a rally towards 20.75 which is the March high. - Above that the 22.50-22.70 area is the next pivot, where price would also be challenged by the 100-week simple moving average.- The bullish outlook should be capped around 27.50 for now. This is a common support that could provide resistance.Support:- In a bullish market price should stay above 15.00-16.50 area. - If price breaks below 15.00 we should anticipate bearish continuation.- But a hold above 16.50 would be a strong indication that bulls are still in charge in the current reversal attempt since September.