Inverse Cup and Handle has formed on the JSE ALSI 40. We need the price to break below the brim level and all hell will break loose. MA 21>7 RSI < 50 Target 67,985 FUNDAMENTALS. The rand is majorly in trouble, R19.80 to the US Dollar and R23.90 to the pound. Is this because of load shedding. Is this because people are leaving the country due to the...
Support at 18.21, which coincides with 50-day MA and 61.8% Fibo is holding support. A failed break below 18.21 will allow the pair to retest the resistance range between 18.48 and 18.55. A break below 18.21 will however see the pair slide back between the support range between 18.00 and 18.10. For a more detailed analysis see the linked idea.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I am not really going to go heavy on this because tomorrow is NFP so I'm protecting my capital. This is what I'm seeing but will wait for the next few candles before deciding what I will do.
We hit TP and we move. Clear your charts and start analysis and forecast all over. Well done, if you reached your daily target even better.
Still running, but move SL into TP (According to your trading plan & goals). Dollar gaining back some of the strength it lost but as more and more talks go on about the one currency idea, we could see a further move down.
The market has been favourable after the announcement of the consideration of one currency. Last week we saw the Dollar take a hit and the Rand gain a few muscles. With this we go in with a smile but with caution because our Repo Rate was also adjusted so the gains are not necessarily the best of options.
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...
I really hate that this is what I see but as a manager of capital, therefore feelings need to be cut out and discarded. (I am hoping to be wrong) Yet I see this and will wait for a right shoulder to complete. Then a break in the neckline, a last kiss and impulsive bullish candles then we find an entry and ride the whole way.
This is very nice, because it is slightly textbook. Yet knowing the fundamentals of the country, we will break through any sell bias you can think of. One day my goal would be to push that price all the way to either less R5/$ for a dollar or even to 1:1. For now I just would like to set a realistic goal of under R15/$. With the right leadership and the fight in...
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....
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...
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...
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...