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NZD/USD technical analysis: Bears challenge last week’s swing low, around 0.6280-75 region

  • Bulls failed to capitalize on last week’s late positive move.
  • Fall below 200-hour SMA was seen as a trigger for bears.

The pair failed to capitalize on last week's late positive move and witnessed some fresh selling on Monday near a resistance marked by 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of the 0.6452-0.6204 recent downfall.
 
A subsequent slide below 200-hour SMA and 38.2% Fibo. level was seen as a key trigger for bearish traders and has now dragged the pair back towards last week's swing lows support near the 0.6280-75 region.
 
Given that oscillators on the 4-hourly charts have been drifting lower in the bearish territory and just started gaining negative momentum on the daily chart, the intraday bias seems tilted in favour of bearish traders.
 
However, technical indicators on the 1-hourly chart are already flashing slightly oversold conditions and might turn out to be the only factor that might help limit further losses, at least for the time being.
 
Meanwhile, a decisive breakthrough the mentioned support will confirm the bearish outlook and set the stage for a further near-term depreciating move back towards challenging the 0.6200 round-figure mark.
 
On the flip side, the 0.6300 handle (200-hour SMA) now seems to act as an immediate resistance, above which the pair is likely to make a fresh attempt towards clearing the 0.6350-55 supply zone – tested on Friday.

NZD/USD 1-hourly chart

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NZD/USD

Overview
Today last price0.6288
Today Daily Change-0.0048
Today Daily Change %-0.76
Today daily open0.6336
 
Trends
Daily SMA200.63
Daily SMA500.6364
Daily SMA1000.6495
Daily SMA2000.6624
 
Levels
Previous Daily High0.6355
Previous Daily Low0.6316
Previous Weekly High0.6355
Previous Weekly Low0.6276
Previous Monthly High0.6452
Previous Monthly Low0.6249
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%0.634
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%0.6331
Daily Pivot Point S10.6316
Daily Pivot Point S20.6297
Daily Pivot Point S30.6277
Daily Pivot Point R10.6355
Daily Pivot Point R20.6375
Daily Pivot Point R30.6394

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Haresh Menghani

Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.

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