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It is guaranteed to be a volatile week given the stacked economic calendar. Tonight, the Fed is expected to hike interest rates by 25bps, and on Friday we have the always highly anticipated US non-farm payroll data. As per my previous idea, I got the timing wrong for my expected move to 18.55 but I’m still holding my buy orders in placed around the 18.21 level...

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The pair is currently testing the top of the blue downward channel. A break above 18.40 will allow for a move higher north of 18.50 while a break below 18.21 will invalidate this move higher. I’m personally positioning myself for more rand weakness and a move north of 18.50 given the current risk-off back drop. My strategy is to place buy limit orders around the...

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The support level of 18.01 held its ground last week and the rand has been on the backfoot so far this week. The pair climbed to a high of 18.33 (the support turned resistance on the 23.6% Fibo level) on Monday. Although the rand managed to pull the pair lower onto the 50% Fibo level at 18.11, I believe there is further losses on the cards for the rand as the week...

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Yesterday’s pullback was a bit deeper than expected following the US initial jobless claims result. The US jobless claims came in higher than expected and coupled with the lower-than-expected US CPI results from earlier this week, markets are betting on a Fed rate pause sooner than initially anticipated. My record of trying to predict the Fed has been poor so I’ll...

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The USDZAR pair completed an ABC corrective wave at the end of March after the higher-than-expected 50bps rate hike from the SARB allowed the rand to pull the pair into the support range between the 50%- and 38.2% Fibo retracement rates at 17.68 and 17.92, respectively. Since the start of April, the dollar (DXY) has found some support in the range between 101.36...

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The SARB will release their latest interest rate decision on Thursday and expectations are pointing to another 25bps hike which will push the repo rate to 7.50%. I haven’t posted an idea on the pair in quite a while but a whole lot has happened since my last idea. March has been a very turbulent month for the local unit, but the rand is holding up relatively...

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I originally predicted the dollar to pull the pair back to parity, but I may have to invalidate that prediction. Currently the pair seems to be forming a cup and handle pattern. The handle will allow the dollar to pull the pair back onto the critical support at 1.07, the 61.8% Fibo retracement rate. This rate also coincides with the blue 23.6% Fibo and the 50-day...

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I’m just revising my previous idea. My view for a pullback has not changed. On the 4h the MACD looks set to cross to a sell signal while we still have a degree of bearish divergence on the RSI. A break below 18.35 will allow the rand to pull the pair lower towards the 23.6 Fibo rate at 18.10. I do however expect some support in the range between 18.17 and 18.22....

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Technical indicators and fundamentals are lining up for a reasonable rand pull back as per my previous idea. I expect the rand to pull the pair lower onto the 23.6% Fibo retracement rate and psychological rate of 18.00. A break below 18.00 will see the pair fall onto the critical support on the blue 61.8% Fibo retracement rate of 17.84 which coincide with the...

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Referring back to my long-term idea posted in January (linked below “1H2023 USD/ZAR weekly timeframe”) I believe that the pair has started its 5th impulse wave higher towards the 2020 high around the 19.30’s after the failed break below the critical support rate of 16.80. The rand has depreciated for five consecutive weeks since mid-January which has seen the...

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The dollar had a turbulent week last due to stronger than expected US CPI and PPI prints along with hawkish sentiments from the Fed’s mouthpieces. This saw the DXY swing in a wide range between 102.586 and 104.727 before ultimately closing the week roughly 0.4% higher at 103.884. The neckline from the 2022 uptrend along with the blue 50% Fibo retracement level at...

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The price of platinum has since January 2023 nose-dived by roughly 16% which has seen the metal fall below its 200-day MA price of $947.60 to touch lows around $910 in Feb. The metal is however finding some support on the green 61.8% Fibo retracement level of $922.85 and the longer-term blue 23.6% Fibo. Technical indicators are supporting a move higher for the...

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The greenback looks set to add to its gains against the euro after yesterday’s sticky US CPI print. Positive employment data from the euro zone and in line with expectations Q4 GDP prints yesterday also did little to spark confidence in the euro. The euro managed to push the pair above the 61.8% Fibo retracement level, 1.096, from the downward wave following the...

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The upward momentum on the DXY after January’s positive non-farm payroll print on the 3rd of February seems to have subsided for the time being. The DXY managed to test its 50-day MA and touch the green 23.6% Fibo retracement level at 104 but these resistance levels have held their ground. The 23.6 % Fibo also coincides satisfyingly with the neckline of the...

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The rand had a tough week at the office last week which saw the local unit depreciate roughly 2.37% against the dollar. Risk-on sentiment gained some enthusiasm following Powell’s speech on Tuesday which hit the right notes regarding the Fed’s self-proclaimed victory over inflation. The sentiment however soured after US CPI numbers for the month of December were...

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The dollar strength following Friday’s strong non-farm payrolls print continued in yesterday’s session which allowed the USDZAR pair to break through the blue 50% Fibo retracement rate of 17.61. The pair seems to have lost some upward momentum after hitting a high of 17.70. The rate of 17.61 will swing from a resistance to a support and a break below it will allow...

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Time to reassess my position on the rand. I expected the 50-day MA rate of 17.15 to hold support for the pair during Wednesday’s turbulent session but Powell’s dovish comments regarding the Fed’s “successful fight against inflation” sent the dollar packing across the board. Equity markets staged an aggressive rally since Powell failed to decisively comment when...

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The upward momentum seems to be fading as we await the open of the US session. The orange 23.6% Fibo retracement at 17.50 is a strong resistance and psychological rate for the pair and I don’t see it giving way before the major Fed event tomorrow. Over the slightly longer term I’m bearish on the rand after the pair broke above the key 50-day MA level at 17.15 and...