USDZAR
USDZAR Top-down analysisHello traders, this is the full breakdown of this pair. We will take this trade if all the conditions are satisfied as discussed in the analysis. Smash the like button if you find value in this analysis and drop a comment if you have any questions or let me know which pair to cover in my next analysis.
USD/ZAR PossibilitiesThe Rand ran it up the past few days, A few doji's before and during the rally are signs of it getting weaker. So Price can either nearly touch descending trend zone, or bounce down & continue. All in all I'll be watching diligently for some solid confirmation in candle play around these zones. What are your thoughts?
USDZAR GOOD USD LONG OPPORTUNITYUSDZAR is currently very cheap for the long term, with a large upside potential. Meanwhile on fundamental side, FED’S KASHKARI: The most dovish Fed official commenting on how persistent not 'transitory' the inflation is. This is boosting the hike expectation. USD probably will be strong from here.
If RAND devalutes like Turkish Lira, how it may happen? You see the weekly USDZAR graph. Wait for confirmation of breakout on the pink line, then BUY.
For long term, I always expect upside on suchexıtic currencies.
If sth bad happens for RAND, like Turkish Lira, USDZAR may go up to 29
Target 1: The fair value by Robin Brooks of IIF is 17. It is the .618 Fibo level. Target#1 is 17
Target 2: ATH for USDZAR is 19,35. After breaking 17, It may take some long time to reach here. Target#2 is 19,35
Target 3: If the breaks ATH record, it may go to moon so quick. 23 (1.618 fibo) and 29 (2.618 fibo) are possible. Target#3 is 23 or 29
When in doubt, zoom out. January closing rates to watch for the rand:
S=15.38
R=15.64
The rand is trading resiliently this week and seems to be holding the pair below the 38.2% Fibo retracement rate of 15.64 and the psychological rate of 15.50. Another weekly close below 15.38, the peak of the first wave back in Aug 2021, may invalidate the 5-wave impulse in the blue channel from May 2021 but I'd first wait for the channel to break before invalidating the EW count. A break out of this channel will allow the rand to pull the pair onto the 200-week MA rate currently around 14.90 and possibly lower into the range between 14.50 and the 23.6% Fibo rate of 14.77. Still a bit too early to predict a move back towards 14.00 though.
A close above 15.64 will keep the EW impulse wave and the blue channel in check which will be rand negative and could open the way for a move towards the 61.8% Fibo retracement rate of 17.05. The pair has however struggled to hold rates above the long-term black channel since breaking out in March 2021. The bottom of the channel may prove to be show strong resistance.
Weekly technical indicators are pointing to a stronger rand. The RSI has broken out of its downward channel and has room to move lower towards the oversold zone. The MACD indicator will produce a cross-over sell signal if the rand holds the pair to a weekly close below 15.38.
Fundamentals:
Rand positive fundamentals:
- SA's trade surplus is still sitting pretty. Oct 2021 surplus = R27.68 bn. Nov 2021 surplus = R38.53 bn.
- The SA inflation rate is still sitting in the SARB's inflation target unlike the Big boys at the Federal Reserve.
- Earlier this week the PBOC cut their policy interest rates by 10 bp's, now at 2.85%. This is positive for all commodity-currencies as it will help maintain China's commodity purchasing spree.
- The Fed will most likely also start hiking their repo rate. They however won't be able to meaningfully decrease their balance sheet (as it will crash the treasury and stock market) which will keep the yield curve suppressed. This will be positive for the rand's carry trade appeal. SA 10-year bonds yield around 9% while US 10-year treasuries (which sole buyer is the Fed) is yielding a measly 1.868%. Again, the Fed will continue to suppress the curve.
- Brent crude oil prices will continue to rise, a break above $100 per barrel is highly likely, which will be positive for commodity currencies as it will pull commodity prices up with it. The particular commodity price to watch is platinum as SA is the largest platinum exporter. Technically, it seems that platinum has made a double bottom around $910/oz.
-The two main reasons the rand sold-off so hectically at the end of 2021 was because of the implosion of the Turkish Lira and the irrational travel bans on SA after the Omicron variant discovery. The Lira is recovering somewhat and the global Covid narrative (driven by by Fauci and his compatriots in big Pharma) is crumpling and deteriorating, fast, which will hopefully keep risk-off waves from virus fears at bay. (Go watch Dr Robert Malone's podcast on the Joe Rogan Experience and read: www.zerohedge.com)
Rand negative fundamentals:
- SA unemployment, the forever increasing government deficit and political uncertainty are still major hurdles for the rand but these factors are common knowledge for the market and is, to a large degree, already priced in.
Monthly chart just to zoom out a bit more:
-Monthly technicals: RSI divergence and the stochastic is turning in the overbought zone, rand positive. MACD crossed to a buy signal, rand negative.
USDZAR 15.44490 + 0.45 % SHORT IDEA * CONTINUATION PATTERNS CONTHEY EVERYONE
HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD HAVING A GOOD ONE, HERE'S A LOOK AT POSSIBLE SCENARIOS THAT COULD PLAY OUT IN THE COMING WEEK ON THE DOLLAR / ZAR PAIR.
* The PAIR is still trading in a large ascending channel from higher time frames but seems the channel now consolidating in a descending channel within this structure.
- Short term the pair just broke above a symmetrical triangle on the 4h chart tested supply zone and possibly rejecting.
- we are currently consolidating in a descending triangle on the 4H.
- Looking for SHORT entries on the pair this week should all the rules of the formation be met.
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USD / ZAR 15.34990 +1.79 % SHORT IDEA * TR CONTINUATION PATTERNHEY EVERYONE
HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING GOOD HAVING A GOOD ONE, HERE'S A LOOK AT POSSIBLE SCENARIOS THAT COULD PLAY OUT IN THE COMING WEEK ON THE DOLLAR / ZAR PAIR.
* The PAIR is still trading in a large ascending channel from higher time frames but seems the channel now consolidating in a descending channel within this structure.
- Short term the pair has currently entered a down trend as WE break below on the 4h chart.
- we are currently consolidating in a descending triangle on the 4H.
- There is a supply zone THAT WAS TESTED & REJECTED AT 61.8 fib before we continued with the bears.
- Looking for SHORT entries on the pair this week should all the rules of the formation be met.
HERE'S WHERE WE WHERE ON THIS PAIR IN THE LAST WEEK.
lets see how it goes
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USDZAR -Double BottomHello Traders!! USDZAR has been making downward movement for some days and finally it is forming a double bottom structure and as i always say, double bottom is a trend reversal pattern and so we should be expecting a reversal from the downtrend to uptrend...
Watch for break of the neckline and before making entry...
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Reversal on the cardsThe rand has performed solidly since the start of the year mostly due to Powell's less hawkish stance in his testimony earlier this week and more liquidity entering the market. Yesterday's US CPI print for the month of December, which came in at 0.5% m-o-m down from 0.8% in November, saw the DXY drop 0.62% which allowed the rand to pull the pair below the support rate of 15.50.
The next rate of support is the 100-day MA which coincides with the 38.2% Fibo retracement rate at 15.24. I expect this support rate to hold as the stochastic indicator on the pair is trading deep in the oversold zone and the RSI is also nearing its oversold zone. (Both these indicators are deep in the oversold zone on the 4h timeframe)
I'm looking at a short-term'ish buy opportunity around 15.24 with TP zone between 15.66 and the 50-day MA at 15.72. A break above this zone could allow the pair to test the major resistance at 16.10.
ZAR 2022The weekly close below 15.65 last week is rand positive heading into 2022. The next support I'm watching is 15.50. A break below 15.50 will allow the rand to pull the pair lower towards the bottom of the orange medium term channel between 15.16 and 15.30 (or the 100 day MA at 15.23)
Fundamentally however the Feds expected March rate hike will be dollar positive but I believe it may already be baked into the market.