• USD/ZAR steadied on Friday as U.S. dollar continued gain against emerging, commodity and risk currencies.
• U.S. dollar was boosted by haven buying as well as expectations that Trump's America-first policies would boost growth and inflation.
• South African interest rates were cut 25-basis points Thursday. The move was expected but still injected a fresh bid into USD/ZAR.
At GMT 14:13 the pair was trading up 0.26 percent at 18.101.
• Immediate resistance is located at 18.180(38.2%fib), any close above will push the pair towards 18.306(Nov 25th high).
• Strong support is seen at 18.053(5SMA) and break below could take the pair towards 17.981(38.2%fib).
Recommendation: Good to buy around 18.080 with stop loss of 17.980 and target price of 18.250
