NZD/USD Price Analysis: Off lows by more than 250 pips

NZD/USD has recovered sharply from session lows.
The pair is still trading under the 2020 descending trendline.

Omkar Godbole FXStreet Contributor

The NZD/USD pair is currently trading near 0.6280, having hit a low of 0.6008 an hour ago.

The flash crash in USD/JPY seen during the sixty minutes to 02:00 GMT weighed heavily over the NZD, pushing the NZD/USD pair down to lows near 0.60. That level was last seen in May 2009. The AUD/USD pair also took a beating during that one hour and fell to an 11-year low of 0.6314.

However, despite the sharp recovery from session lows, it is still too early to call a bullish reversal in NZD/USD, as the pair is yet to take out the trendline falling from Dec. 31 and Jan. 24 highs.

A close above that hurdle would put the bulls into the driver's seat and could yield rise to 0.6480, where the 200-day average is currently located.

Should the bounce from session lows fade near 0.63, a fresh move lower toward 0.62 will likely be seen, as the risk-off tone in markets is showing no signs of weakening.

Daily chart

Trend: Bearish

Technical levels

1. R3 0.6472
2. R2 0.6422
3. R1 0.6391
PP 0.6341
1. S1 0.631
2. S2 0.626
3. S3 0.6229

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Omkar Godbole

FXStreet Contributor

Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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