NZD/USD Price Analysis: Bulls back off, consolidation may be incoming
|- The hourly chart signals a possible short-term rise in selling pressure with a shar decline in the RSI.
- The negative outlook remains on the daily chart.
- The bearish crossover between the 20 and 200-day SMAs implies a strong negative momentum.
The NZD/USD pair is trading at around 0.6025 and trimmed most of its daily gains on Thursday. After getting rejected by the 20-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) the latest upwards movements seem to have been short-lived and didn’t present a battle to the bearish overall trend.
On the daily chart, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has shown slow movement from negative to positive territory over past sessions and now resides at around 47.15. However, the flat red bars of the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicate a steady negative momentum.
NZD/USD daily chart
On the hourly chart, the RSI proved more erratic, reaching a positive value of 70 earlier in the session and dropping to 50. This fluctuation suggests a possible short-term shift in momentum favoring the sellers. The MACD, continues to print red flat bars, indicating sustained negative momentum throughout recent hours.
NZD/USD hourly chart
Concerning its Simple Moving Averages (SMAs), the NZD/USD is below the 20,100 and 200-day SMAs. Thursday’s 20-day SMA rejection adds further arguments that the bullish momentum is weak. Moreover, the mentioned average completed a bearish crossover with the 200-day SMA which may eventually limit any upward momentum.
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