FxWirePro: Kiwi under pressure, better than expected GDP data fails to impress, good to sell NZD/USD rallies
Kiwi bulls left unimpressed on Thursday after NZ Q3 GDP data came in only slightly ahead of forecast, the pair was dumped towards 10-DMA at 0.6724. NZD/USD pulled back from 0.6800 FOMC-induced gains and fell sharply, hit…
Kiwi bulls left unimpressed on Thursday after NZ Q3 GDP data came in only slightly ahead of forecast, the pair was dumped towards 10-DMA at 0.6724.
NZD/USD pulled back from 0.6800 FOMC-induced gains and fell sharply, hit session lows at 0.6717.
The pair remained under pressure on the back of commodity sell-off, and as investor risk appetite returned boosting USD.
RSI is biased lower, daily Stochs have show bearish crossover and rolled back from overbought levels.
The pair is now holding above 10-DMA at 0.6728, breaks below will expose next support by daily Tenkan at 0.6702 and then 0.6680 (38.2% Fib retrace of Nov/Dec rally).
Resistance on the upside is at 0.6865 (trendline), bullishness on breaks above 200 DMA at 0.6872.
Recommendation: Good to sell rallies around 0.6750, SL: 0.68, TP: 0.6670