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The NZDUSD currently trades negatively, below the 200-hour moving average (MA) at 0.59378. Initially rising above the 100-bar MA on the 4-hour chart at 0.5946, the pair reached a high of 0.5968 before the upward momentum declined, falling beneath both the 100-bar MA and, more recently, the 200-hour MA. It now trades close to 0.5930.
With momentum slowing, the technical outlook has turned favourably for sellers below the key moving averages. The next target is the 100-hour MA at 0.59063. A break below this point would enhance the bearish perspective, leading to another important MA, the 200-day MA at 0.5883. This area could either act as support or result in further declines.
Testing The Moving Averages
Earlier this week, the pair tested the rising 200-bar MA on the 4-hour chart. If selling pressure grows, traders may focus on this MA. Should the downward movement halt, surpassing the 100-bar MA on the 4-hour chart at 0.59464 could provide buyers with renewed optimism. A key resistance area lies between 0.6018 and 0.60281.
Key technical levels include immediate resistance at 0.5946 and 0.5968, with support levels at 0.59063, 0.5883, and 0.58579. The short-term bias is bearish below 0.5946, intensifying under 0.59063. Monitoring the 100-bar MA for resistance is critical; a failure here could exacerbate the downturn.
The chart setup indicates a market that has struggled to sustain bullish momentum after an attempt to climb through a resistance zone that proved too resilient. Price rose, briefly overtaking the 100-bar moving average on the 4-hour chart, but it lacked the fuel to hold above, and sellers seized the opportunity. As soon as downward pressure resumed, the pair slipped beneath several technical levels that had previously stabilised it, including the 200-hour moving average—an area that tends to hold weight in medium-term positioning.
Current Market Dynamics
What we’re now facing is a pattern where each support level is being tested with more ease, while each bounce gets sold more quickly. With the price unable to reclaim the 100-bar MAs, both on shorter and broader time frames, bearish pressure looks more organised than defensive. Moving averages that once served as a springboard have now become overhead hurdles.
If the decline continues, all eyes are on the 100-hour line, set beneath at 0.59063. A clean break below this threshold wouldn’t just confirm the failed recovery—it would stretch the downside risk closer to 0.5883, where the long-term, daily trendline has been moving higher. This trendline has previously arrested sell-offs, so its viability now becomes the immediate test. Held ground here could prompt short-term profit-taking. Lost ground, on the other hand, introduces 0.58579—not far off but enough to change gearing and short-term allocation.
As above, so below: the ceiling is now layered and defined, starting with initial resistance near 0.5946 and running through the most recent failure zone closer to 0.5968. The cluster of sellers sitting between 0.6018 and 0.60281 further discourages long positioning unless momentum turns sharply and breaks firmly through short-term resistance. Until then, aggressive buyers are likely to remain quiet or nimble, wary of overstaying their entries.
We treat the short-term tone as one tilted toward sellers until shown otherwise by price action, particularly if 0.59063 gives way. No vague suggestion—just a level that has to hold, or things shift again. The recent price behaviour suggests that each failed bounce and clean break below support validates current positioning. Momentum needs to return, fast and clearly, if there’s any hope of turning sentiment around. Until that transpires, attention remains lower.
