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Anticipating a dropPrice has been bullish until the 4h fair value gap got triggered at 18.50000. Now we have a bearish sentiment, because price swept the 4h liquidity before the mitigation. To strengthen this scenario price has cleared the swing low to give us displacement, we are now looking for a flip that will make a sweep and simultaneously mitigate the rejection block at 18.38950 for bearish positions. This rejection block resonates with our 4h fair value gap, however, we should be wary of the unmitigated zone above. Fundamentally USDZAR is expected to trade at 17.00000. Looking to risk 600 pips in order to accumulate 3000 pips…
by tokelohomi
USDZAR ANALYSIS FOR THE WEEK (starting 20/05)USDZAR has been bearish for quite some time now, breaking several structures downwards too. On both the weekly and daily TFs you can see some imbalance downwards which seems to be attracting the price further downwards to demand. From what I can see on the 4H - price has actually respected previously created blocks, especially after the most significant break (the one that broke the low on the daily) making me wonder whether it’ll continue to do so while continuing it’s downwards push to demand. USDZAR is bearish and I’d only short. TP1: 17.86800 Final TP: 17.66375
Short
by saintprincevvs
1
The Rand in the rocky credit markets The economic calendar is wild this week so I thought it would be best to do a deep fundamental dive into the USDZAR . All the attention will be on the Federal reserve tomorrow and whether or when they will pause their rate hikes. We need to look past the hype around the interest rate and the “pivot" narrative. Focus should however be on how the markets will cope with the Fed’s liquidity drain and how it will impact the future price of money ( ie . Interest rates). Before we kick-off, correlation does not imply causation... I’ll start by explaining the chart you’re looking at. What you’re seeing is the positive correlation between the USDZAR and the difference between the South African government bond 10-year yield (ZA10Y) and the US 10-year treasury yield (US10Y). The interest rate differential is referred to as the carry trade potential. Investors can borrow money on the cheap from developed low-risk markets and invest the borrowed money in riskier destinations to earn more interest. The interest rate difference is then pocketed by the investor. The preferred vehicle to capitalise on the interest rate differentials between two locations are government bonds (they are low risk and liquid). The reason for the positive correlation between the USDZAR and the bond yield differential is because when there is risk-on sentiment in the market, investors tend to move funds out of the safety of US treasuries and into riskier assets. The sell-off in US treasuries causes US10Y yields to rise (decreasing the bond yield differential), and the rand tends to appreciate in risk-on phases of the market, citrus paribus. (Decreasing bond yield differential; USDZAR decrease due to rand appreciation). Conversely, when investors are risk-off they run to the safety of US treasuries. The buying of US-treasuries lowers the US10-year yield which increases our bond yield differential. We all know how rapidly the rand can depreciate in risk-off phases when the liquidity wave pulls back to the US, leaving the rand on the rocky shore. (Increasing bond yield differential; USDZAR increases). Our strong correlation however weakened in August 2022 when the US 10-year yield rocketed higher after the Fed started their hiking cycle. Let’s zoom in on the Fed since its Fed week. The most important chart in the market , the Fed’s balance sheet: www.federalreserve.gov . The Fed has so far tapered roughly 5.52% off its balance sheet since April 2022. The Fed is selling treasuries to taper its balance sheet and to soak up liquidity from the market (if there will be enough buyers, only time will tell). This is rand negative. Now let’s get to where all this week’s focus will be, the Fed’s interest rate decision. The Fed is expected to slow its rate hikes to 25bps this week and push rates from 4.50% to 4.75%. The Fed tends to follow the US02-year yield (US02Y) as guidance on its interest rates and it seems as if the US02-year yield has topped out between 4.75% and 5.00%. The Fed pause seems near, and the latest inflation figures from the US supports the narrative that the Fed has managed to cool inflation. The most concerning thing in the market currently is the inverted yield curve: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. For the Fed to normalise the credit markets it will have to pause rates. That is usually when something the market breaks and the Fed is forced to cut rates and inject liquidity into the markets. When the Fed pushes easy money ( QE or whatever buzz phrase they'll use) into the market investors rotate from longer dated bonds to shorter dated bonds. To conclude, if and when the Fed pauses its rate hikes, the US10-year yield will melt higher which could be rand positive based off our correlation analysis. Just have popcorn (and gold , silver and other real assets) ready for when the Fed is forced to cut rates/ pivot because that will be caused by arguably the biggest credit market implosion in the history of fiat money. To end off I leave you with the words of Zoltan Pozsar: "commodities are collateral, and collateral is money."
by Goose96
U.S Macro Supports ZAR MomentumDespite the South African local election being only 14 days away, speculation of U.S. interest rate cuts over the last two months has supported the rand momentum. We're approaching a crucial level at the Fibonacci retracement, but a reversal may be unlikely given a widening USDZAR carry trade and a disinflationary U.S. environment, which will support the ZAR's momentum until the end of Q2. A momentum break of 18.27 will spur price action toward 17.95 and 17.78 if the stars align. However, I'm cautious ahead of the recent shipment of weapons from the U.S. to Israel this week. This will add further tension in the Middle East if Israel aggressively pursues the Rafah Region. However, we may remain range-bound below 18.60 to 18.20 in the present macro environment. Keep in mind that April and May data will show a level of skewness due to loadshedding suspension ahead of the elections.
Short
by Shiven_80eight
USDZAR BULLISH TREND WILL CONTINUOUS TO 20.00 HI FRIENDS!! As we can see this USDZAR again near at support zone we have good chance to join the rally as we can see US $ is holding support and all major pairs. this pair is also holding a strong support and trading above a uptrend line zone, so our risk and reward ratio is fantastic on this pair let's see what markets brings its just a trade idea share Ur thoughts with us it helps many other Traders. STAYTUNED! for more updates
Long
by APEX_TRADING_ACADMEY
USDZAR | Weekly | UpdateLooking at USDZAR on our weekly chart we can notice that USDZAR has been failing to break to the downside as has been respecting our previously outlined levels. To elaborate further we can take note of the fact that USDZAR’s failure to break through our 17.50xxx Psychological level confirmed a new higher low on the pair after which it started rallying back up and is now trading above our 19.0xxxx price point; we can also take note of the fact that after USDZAR failed to break our 17.50xxx level creating a new higher low it gave us the opportunity to identify the formation of that bullish channel within our already existing long term bullish trend. Now looking to the right on USDZAR we can notice the possibility of it creating a new all time high between our 20.50xxx and 21.50xxx respective levels and considering the current economic climate in South Africa and the upcoming elections causing further instability in the ZAR so we could possibly see the USDZAR head towards these levels as we head into 2024.
Long
by mosa_moshka
3
BUY USDZARUSDZAR saw a strong surge of bearish movement this past week, which almost had me thinking price would crash to 17 points. Let us keep in mind that the overall trend for this pair is bullish. Here we observe that price is rejecting local support 18.4. H4 structure is not clear at the moment but from my experience, I predict a bullish flag which will break out using a double bottom to the upside 21+ points. For now, let us take profit at local resistance 18.7.
Long
by Technical_AnalystZAR
1
USDZAR TRADE IDEA: Long (24/07/2023)USDZAR is looking to reverse. It has clearly slowed its downwards movement and is looking to reverse up top to potentially continue its down movement. This was signified through its break of structure on the 4H chart. As shown on the 15 minute chart it has broken structure. The only worrying part is that it is returning back to break even. However this has the potential of a 7RR trade. NOTE: This is not financial advice, please do your own research and be aware that any risks are being taken solely by you, the individual.
Long
by saintprincevvs
1
USDZAR | Weekly | UpdateUSDZAR | Weekly Looking to the left on USDZAR based on my initial analysis, we notice that we he had a target for USDZAR at 21.2xxxx - 21.5xxxx after which we saw USDZAR rally all the way up to 19.93xxx creating a new high for the USDZAR we saw it fail to break above our 20.xxxxx psychological level. After failing to break above the 20.xxxxx level we noticed the ZAR “try” to recover it’s losses against the USD creating or current base as after falling from around 19.93xxx we can see the USDZAR finding support at 18.08xxx and bouncing up from there and currently trading above our 18.5xxxx Psychological level at 18.7xxxx. Looking to the right, if USDZAR fails to push down and break our support at 18.08xxx - 17.74xxx we can consider that area as our new base and we can expect the USDZAR to push further up and may potentially break our 20.xxxxx psychological level while still expecting it to head up to 21.2xxxx - 21.5xxxx.
Long
by mosa_moshka
USD/ZAR - Tentative Hello with the Feds rate decision in play we see that the Rand is getting stronger. Going down to 4hr Support level. One of two things could happen here 1. The rand could reach up again to close the future value Gaps noted on the 1hr timeframe. This will suggest that the dollar will recover. We will have to monitor the movement in this zone. 2. We could see a sharper movement downwards breaking through the 4hr support zone. This will give us good momentum for sell positions and we will move into the 18.0000 zone. At this current moment my bias is more centered around bullish momentum as noted on the 4hr TF we had strong bearish momentum. Remember price must correctly deliver both sides before we reach for any liquidity Stay Safe
by KingDee57
USD/ZAR target hit at R18.48 & we have another dreadful target It pains me to say our USD/ZAR trade hit the take profit level at R18.48 and now it looks like further upside for the USD is on the way. Another Cup and Handle has formed, which has broken above the neckline. And if we place the stop loss below the handle, we get the next target at R19.71. 7>21>200 RSI>50 Target R19.71 With interest rates on the rise in America after Daddy Powell mentioned more upside to come, meanse investors will continue to invest in the US dollar with high income yielding assets like Bonds, Money Markets and High interest savings rates options. As long as interest rates (or the fear of them) continue up, we will continue to see US dollar strength which will bring down many other exotic currencies like the rand.
Long
by Timonrosso