11 Apr 2014
NZD/USD pressing on towards 0.8629 (200 hourly SMA)?
FXStreet (Guatemala) - Currently, NZD/USD is trading at 0.8654, down -0.29% on the day, having posted a daily high at 0.8686 and low at 0.8649.
NZD/USD is coming to the end of the week and is looking les impressive having scaled down its gains over the past 24hrs. Meanwhile, there are supporting factors for the bird, and Raiko Shareef, Currency Strategist at BNZ explained that Low FX volatility tends to support the NZD as a target carry-trade currency. Currently, the returns one would achieve from that strategy (funded out of USD) are close to 10-year highs. Should this environment persist, we may have to wait a while longer for the correction we expect based on our fundamental outlook (0.78 by end-2014).
NZD/USD Levels
With spot trading at 0.8656, we can see next resistance ahead at 0.8661 (Hourly 100 SMA), 0.8665 (Daily Classic S1), 0.8678 (Yesterday's Low), 0.8682 (Daily Open) and 0.8686 (Daily High). Support below can be found at 0.8649 (Daily Low), 0.8629 (Hourly 200 SMA), 0.8614 (Daily Classic S2), 0.8606 (Weekly Classic PP) and 0.8586 (Daily 20 SMA).
NZD/USD is coming to the end of the week and is looking les impressive having scaled down its gains over the past 24hrs. Meanwhile, there are supporting factors for the bird, and Raiko Shareef, Currency Strategist at BNZ explained that Low FX volatility tends to support the NZD as a target carry-trade currency. Currently, the returns one would achieve from that strategy (funded out of USD) are close to 10-year highs. Should this environment persist, we may have to wait a while longer for the correction we expect based on our fundamental outlook (0.78 by end-2014).
NZD/USD Levels
With spot trading at 0.8656, we can see next resistance ahead at 0.8661 (Hourly 100 SMA), 0.8665 (Daily Classic S1), 0.8678 (Yesterday's Low), 0.8682 (Daily Open) and 0.8686 (Daily High). Support below can be found at 0.8649 (Daily Low), 0.8629 (Hourly 200 SMA), 0.8614 (Daily Classic S2), 0.8606 (Weekly Classic PP) and 0.8586 (Daily 20 SMA).