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GBP/NZD could also be in for a bearish swing because it struggles to make new September highs close to a key resistance zone.
Will it result in the pair extending its months-long downtrend?
GBP/NZD 4-hour Foreign exchange Chart by TradingView
The New Zealand greenback is recovering from when merchants nervous about China’s information releases and U.S. and world development and NZD hit notable lows. The British pound, however, remains to be buying and selling in large ranges as merchants value in blended U.Ok. information releases and slight danger aversion within the European area.
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GBP/NZD, which turned decrease from 2.1900 on the finish of July, has been buying and selling in a downtrend. It lately discovered help from the two.1000 psychological stage however has additionally hit a ceiling close to the two.1200 ranges.
Are we an excellent place to leap in GBP/NZD’s downtrend?
Observe that the pair’s present resistance space traces up with the R1 (2.1194) Pivot Level line and the 100 SMA within the 4-hour timeframe. Extra importantly, it’s just under the highest of a descending channel sample on the chart.
Bearish candlesticks and sustained buying and selling beneath the R1 Pivot Level line expose GBP/NZD to a doable transfer again to the two.1100 psychological stage the place the Pivot Level line is. If there’s bearish momentum, we could even see GBP/NZD revisit its 2.1000 lows.
But when GBP/NZD extends its September upswing as a substitute, then we could also be a retest of the two.1300 channel resistance space. This will likely result in an upside breakout that would take the pair above the 200 SMA or the R2 Pivot Level space.
What do you suppose? Which manner will GBP/NZD commerce within the subsequent buying and selling periods?