NZD/USD Up 15 Pips, in a Downtrend Over Past 14 Days; Social Sentiment Biased Towards Buying
Sometime early the best, but remember this is still owned by down channel trend.
(Last Updated March 4, 2021)
Welcome to the news page for NZDUSD (NZDUSD). Below you’ll find our daily market updates. Here’s a technical and fundamental summary of where things currently stand:
metric_name | reference_period | asset_name | asset_id | date | time | forecast | outcome |
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United States Continuing Jobless Claims | 20/Feb 2021 | US Dollar | USD | 2021-03-04 | 13:30 GMT | 4300K | |
United States Jobless Claims 4-week Average | Feb/27 2021 | US Dollar | USD | 2021-03-04 | 13:30 GMT | ||
United States Initial Jobless Claims | 27/Feb 2021 | US Dollar | USD | 2021-03-04 | 13:30 GMT | 750K | |
United States Unit Labour Costs QoQ Final | Q4 2020 | US Dollar | USD | 2021-03-04 | 13:30 GMT | 6.6% | |
United States Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Final | Q4 2020 | US Dollar | USD | 2021-03-04 | 13:30 GMT | -4.7% |
If we observe the 90 and 30 day timeframes, we see an uptrend in place for NZDUSD.
Across several time periods between 20 and 200 days, the trend on NZDUSD has remained consistently bullish.
Below is a chart showing NZDUSD’s price with its moving averages.
Regarding NZDUSD’s correlations over the past 7 days, it has been most correlated with NZDJPY. If we zoom out to a two week basis, though, the asset showing the strongest correlation to NZDUSD is NZDCAD. On the flip side, the asset least correlated with NZDUSD over the past week has been EURCHF, but over the past two weeks, the asset least correlated with NZDUSD has been ZARJPY. The chart below illustrates NZDUSD against its least correlated assets.
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Currently, NZDUSD’s rate is down 0 pips (0%) from the week prior. Moreover, note that this is a reversal of the price action on the previous week, in which price moved up. If you’re a trend trader, consider that the strongest clear trend on the weekly chart exists on the 20 week timeframe. Price action traders may also wish to note that we see a pin bar candlestick pattern on NZDUSD. Given that we see an uptrend on the 20 weekly candle timeframe, and that such candlestick patterns often denote reversals, this may be worth noting. Looking further out, the moving averages on the weekly timeframe suggest a choppiness in price, as the are all in a mixed alignment — meaning the trend across timeframes is inconsistent, indicating a potential opportunity for rangebound traders. The weekly chart below shows NZDUSD’s price action over the past year.
Monthly trend: strongest on the 120 month timeframe.
Sometime early the best, but remember this is still owned by down channel trend.
Out of the 40 instruments in the forex asset class, nzd/usd ended up ranking 18th for the day in terms of day-over-day price change.
The closest is the 20 day average, which is 92.9 pips away.
Out of the 40 instruments in the forex asset class, nzd/usd ended up ranking 31st for the day in terms of day-over-day price change.
The closest is the 20 day average, which is 103 pips away.
The closest is the 20 day average, which is 92.8 pips away.
As for the rationale, technical traders seem to be citing the appearance of channel and divergence technical patterns.
As for the alignment of the moving averages, well, it’s a bit mixed up; the 20, 50, 100, and 200 do not progress from largest to smallest, or vice versa.
As for the alignment of the moving averages, well, it’s a bit mixed up; the 20, 50, 100, and 200 do not progress from largest to smallest, or vice versa.
The closest is the 100 day average, which is 32.8 pips away.