USD/MXN to stay above 19.6006 with the focus on the 20.6656/20.8164 area – Commerzbank

In early January USD/MXN briefly slid below its December low at 19.7002, to its current January trough at 19.6006, near the 200-week moving average, before recovering. The pair is set to remain above this latter level with the 20.6656/20.8164 neighborhood being in focus, per Commerzbank.

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“Since positive divergence on the daily RSI accompanied the recent low we decided to neutralise our forecast and expect range trading above the 19.6006 to be seen with the 20.6656/20.8164 being in focus. It consists of the mid-September and October lows as well as the late November and December highs and also the 2020-2021 downtrend line and is expected to cap in the near future. Should this not be the case, we would become bullish and would target the 200-day moving average at 21.8752.” 

“Currently, unexpected failure at 19.6006 would open the way for the breached 2017-2020 downtrend line at 19.3158 to be reached. This we do not anticipate to happen, though, and instead, we should see a gradual rise over the next few days and then sideways trading for a while.”