Dukascopy Bank Team
Dukascopy Bank SA
USD/NOK 1H Chart: Channel Up
Comment: USD/NOK is in a good position to rally. Since the last week of December the currency pair has formed a high-quality channel, and at the moment it is trading right at the lower boundary of the pattern. Accordingly, the price is likely to surpass the January 5 high and then probe the resistance trend-line at 9.07. The longer-term bullish outlook is also confirmed by the sentiment (72% of positions are short), although the technical indicators are mixed. Meanwhile, a close beneath 8.91 will imply a sell-off down to 8.80/8.79, where the weekly pivot point and the 200-hour SMA will attempt to nullify the downward momentum and trigger a recovery.
AUD/NZD 1H Chart: Channel Up
Comment: There is a bullish pattern emerging in the hourly chart of AUD/NZD. However, considering that the pair has just confirmed the upper edge of the channel, we expect a sell-off down to 1.0650 today. There the decline should give way for a strong rally, being that this demand level is strengthened by the rising support line, weekly pivot point, and the 200-hour SMA. If 1.0650 proves insufficient to halt the sell-off, the Aussie will probably test the December low at 1.0570. Alternatively, in case the rate suddenly soars through 1.0740, there might not be resistances capable of stopping AUD/NZD until the highest point seen in December, namely 1.1050.
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