Forex Analysis for USD/ZAR

What happened? Societe Generale, a leading European investment bank, expressed optimism over the South African rand’s growth. Why? Firstly, the bank believes the ongoing global recovery will underpin the emerging market currency in the upcoming months. Secondly, the rand is usually influenced by cre...

11.03.2021EURJPY, “Euro vs Japanese Yen”EURJPY is trading at 129.66; the instrument is moving above Ichimoku Cloud, thus indicating an ascending tendency. The markets could indicate that the price may test Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen at 129.25 and then resume moving upwards to reach 130.95. Another sig...

Here are the main exotic currencies offered by FBS in MetaTrader: the Turkish lira, Brazilian real, Mexican Peso, Russian Ruble, South African Rand. Most of them are regional, relatively weak currencies. That’s why, against the USD, they can’t do anything but depreciate – for years. That brings mane...

USD/ZAR dropped to the low levels unseen since February as investors foresee the soon global recovery. What happened? Some countries such as the UK started massive vaccinations, while others are already in the final steps. Therefore, investors streamed their capital to riskier assets like emerging m...

What happened? The Fed is pushing investors to emerging markets. The lower rates for longer implies the falling yields for the US dollar. Elsewhere, the Covid-19 pandemic is getting out of control in the world’s largest economy, which drives traders away from the US dollar. Moreover, the optimistic ...

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) left its interest rate unchanged. That decision underpinned the rand and allowed it to close green yesterday. The enormous government support measures in combination with optimistic vaccine news encouraged investors to stream their capital to emerging markets cu...

21.10.2020GBPUSD, “Great Britain Pound vs US Dollar”GBPUSD is trading at 1.2997; the instrument is moving above Ichimoku Cloud, thus indicating an ascending tendency. The markets could indicate that the price may test the cloud’s upside border at 1.2960 and then resume moving upwards to reach 1.3130...

13.10.2020GBPUSD, “Great Britain Pound vs US Dollar”GBPUSD is trading at 1.3050; the instrument is moving above Ichimoku Cloud, thus indicating an ascending tendency. The markets could indicate that the price may test the cloud’s upside border at 1.3005 and then resume moving upwards to reach 1.3140...

Commerzbank announced its short- and long- term projections on the South African rand. Let’s discuss it in detail. Why may rand rise? Analysts from Commerzbank anticipate the rand will stay at current high levels up to the end of this year and then soar at the beginning of 2021. However, the bank wa...

04.09.2020EURUSD, “Euro vs US Dollar”EURUSD is trading at 1.1848 inside the Ichimoku Cloud, suggesting a flat. A test of the upper border of the Cloud near 1.1870 is expected, followed by falling to 1.1685. An additional signal confirming the decline will be a bounce off the resistance level. The de...

Goldman Sachs claims the ZAR may rise further, if global markets keep rallying. Let’s discuss it in detail. Fundamentals The South African Rand has depreciated a lot during the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, the emerging economy was struggling from many different problems. The virus spread made thing...

07.08.2020XAUUSD, “Gold vs US Dollar”XAUUSD is trading at 2063.00; the instrument is moving above Ichimoku Cloud, thus indicating an ascending tendency. The markets could indicate that the price may test the cloud’s upside border at 2050.00 and then resume moving upwards to reach 2115.00. Another si...

05.08.2020XAUUSD, “Gold vs US Dollar”XAUUSD is trading at 2019.00; the instrument is moving above Ichimoku Cloud, thus indicating an ascending tendency. The markets could indicate that the price may test Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen at 2000.00 and then resume moving upwards to reach 2060.00. Another sig...

17.07.2020GBPJPY, “Great Britain Pound vs Japanese Yen”GBPJPY is trading at 134.55; the instrument is moving inside Ichimoku Cloud, thus indicating a sideways tendency. The markets could indicate that the price may test the cloud’s downside border at 134.05 and then resume moving upwards to reach 13...

The South African rand has been following a downward trajectory since its peak in early April. The spike at the beginning of June did not change this trend. It aims at the channel within 15.82 – 16.46: this is the likely zone to where the USD/ZAR will drop to pick up its pre-virus trajectory. Given ...

08.07.2020GBPCHF, “Great Britain Pound vs Swiss Franc”GBPCHF is trading at 1.1831; the instrument is moving above Ichimoku Cloud, thus indicating an ascending tendency. The markets could indicate that the price may test Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen at 1.1790 and then resume moving upwards to reach 1.199...

The confusion created by the Sino-American relations coupled with virus-related economic factors pushed the USD to rise against some currencies and lose against the others in today’s session. Let’s see a technical disposition in the most interesting cases so you can set your trades accordingly. USD/...

Technicals On the H4 chart of the USD/MXN, the USD lost its value to drop below the Moving Averages. It trades slightly above the tactical support of 23.07 and appears to be going in consolidation at that level.   The picture with the USD/ZAR is almost identical: the price drops below the Moving Ave...

Fundamental On the H1 chart of USD/ZAR, we can see how this currency pair reacted to the speech of the South African Minister of Finance. Tito Mboweni was speaking for one hour, addressing a wide spectrum of issues in the course of the new budget presentation. The speech was controversial at times b...

Trade idea SELL 15.10; TP1 15.05; TP2 15.00; SL 15.12 Yesterday USD/ZAR formed yesterday a bearish engulfing pattern on the D1. The pair also formed a lower high on H1 and H4 and fell below the short-term support line at 15.15 - this level is now acting as resistance. As long as the price stays belo...

Trade idea SELL 14.5450; TP 14.4600; SL 14.5730 It looks like USD/ZAR is capable of more downside on the ongoing trade optimism and as the market’s view switches to the Federal Reserve’s meeting later this month. The pair has broken below the 50% Fibonacci retracement of the July-August advance and ...

Trade idea SELL 15.05; TP1 14.95; TP2 14.80; SL 15.08 BUY 15.21; TP1 15.27; TP2 15.40; SL 15.18  Pay attention to the currency pair USD/ZAR. It has been consolidating between 15.10 and 15.50 since the start of August. All in all, the pair is in the area of resistance that limited the advance during ...

Trade idea BUY 14.50; TP 14.65; SL 14.45 USD/ZAR rebounded from the 200-day MA at 14.18, went up through the 100- and 50-day MAs and formed an “inverted Head and Shoulders” pattern. The bullish pattern will remain in place as long as the pair’s above the neckline at 14.35. The cue to buy will come o...

Trade idea SELL 14.17; TP1 14.1285; TP2 13.98; SL 14.22 USD/ZAR has recently breached down the support line from February lows. It also declined below the 50-, 100- and 200-day MA. The latter is currently providing resistance at 14.2256. The newly established downtrend is well visible on H4. USD/ZAR...

Trade idea SELL 14.60; TP 14.5250; SL 14.63 It looks like USD/ZAR has overdone its increase in the short-term. The currency pair formed a bearish candlestick with a long upper wick on D1. It tested levels beyond the third weekly pivot resistance level but failed to stay there. As a result, we see a ...

Trade idea SELL 14.34; TP 14.28; SL 14.36 USD/ZAR met the resistance of the line connecting September, March and May highs in the 14.50 area and formed a candlestick with a long upper wick on D1. The pair is consolidating in a triangle and may revisit its lower border provided by the support line si...

Trade idea SELL 13.92; TP 13.8050; SL 13.95 USD/ZAR met resistance at the line connecting September and October highs and turned down. The pair is currently testing levels below the 200-day MA (13.93) and the 38.2% Fibo retracement of February advance (13.94). The short-term downside target lies at ...

The South African currency was named as one of the most volatile emerging-market currencies by some analysts and its recent behavior may prove this statement. After the bullish start of the year, the rand has started to weaken since the last Thursday. Let’s point out the main factors affecting the Z...

Trade idea BUY 14.50; TP1 14.64; TP2 14.85; SL 14.38 There’s a trade idea for USD/ZAR. The pair broke above the resistance line going through October highs but then was stopped by the 50% Fibonacci at 14.6380. This led to a correction down. The previous resistance and now support line plus the 100-...

Trade idea SELL at 14.18; TP1 14.00; TP2 13.90; SL 14.26 USD/ZAR recoiled down from the resistance line connecting October highs and slipped under the daily moving averages that now provide resistance at 14.25. The pair closed below the 38.2% Fibonacci level on Wednesday. It is likely to retrace 50...