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Downtrend, momentum stretched · RSI 30 · price 0.57092
Chain of lower highs / lower lows since the 0.5988 late-August high; last four sessions basing in a 0.5703-0.5741 shelf.
Clean four-week downtrend: NZD/USD has printed lower highs and lower lows from the 0.5988 late-August peak, and has traded below a falling D1 EMA(50) near 0.5840 since the second week of September. The leg lower accelerated into the 16 September Fed hike and hawkish follow-through, which pushed the pair to a two-month low at 0.5703 before four quiet sessions stalled in a 0.5703-0.5741 shelf. D1 RSI near 30 is the most stretched reading of the window, and the 0.5781 failed high from last week is the first level that capped the previous bounce attempt.
Support: 0.57033, 0.56671, 0.56262
Resistance: 0.5781, 0.5800, 0.5840
What it said to watch
- Daily close below the 0.5703 two-month low would extend the lower-low sequence toward the 0.5667 prior low and the 0.5626 late-June low
- Recovery of 0.5781 failed high and the 0.5800 psych cap would break the four-week lower-high chain
- Price remains capped by the declining EMA50 at 0.5840 — reclaiming it would end the September downtrend read
- US flash PMIs on 23 Sep and Fed speakers this week are the main event risk that could resolve the 0.5703-0.5741 shelf