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Range-bound, lower highs since mid-2025 · RSI 38 · price 0.56162
18-month range 0.5576–0.6120 with a descending upper boundary; price retesting the range floor.
NZDUSD has held an 18-month range between the 0.5576 range floor (Nov 2025) and the 0.6120 range top (Jul 2025). Each rally since then has formed a lower high, at 0.6093 in Jan, 0.5994 in May and 0.5988 in Aug. The seven-week slide from August has carried price back to the floor, with last week's 0.5586 swing low sitting just above it, and the June low at 0.5626 now acting as overhead resistance. Price trades below a flat-to-declining EMA(50) near 0.5830, which places the regime in the lower half of the range. US yields near 2002 highs and Fed hike bets have outweighed RBNZ hike pricing as the driver of the decline.
Support: 0.5586, 0.5576, 0.5500
Resistance: 0.5626, 0.5830, 0.6120
What it said to watch
- Weekly close below the 0.5576 range floor ends the 18-month range and exposes 0.5500 psych
- Recovery above the june low at 0.5626 and then the ema50 near 0.5830 (close to the 38.2–50% fib zone) would shift the regime back to mid-range
- A weekly close above the lower highs trendline invalidates the descending-highs structure
- US CPI Wed Oct 14 and RBNZ Governor Breman Thu Oct 15 could materially shift this read around the range floor