NZD/USD AI Live Scan, 15-minute chart, Sunday, 20 September 2026
Every read JAFX AI made on the NZD/USD 15-minute chart that day, newest first: trend, structure, the levels it marked and what it said to watch.
23:48 UTC
Range-bound, direction unresolved · RSI 45 · price 0.57201
Gap lower at the Monday open filled, price back inside Friday's 0.5706-0.5741 range.
Early Asia Monday opened with a ~6 pip gap lower that was filled within three bars, then a spike to the 0.5726 session high was rejected and price has drifted back to 0.57201, sitting between EMA20 and EMA50 with RSI(14) mid-range at 45. Liquidity is thin and ATR(14) is just 3.9 pips, so the whole week-open move sits inside Friday's post-Fed 0.5706-0.5741 range, with 0.5700 still the psych pivot below.
Support: 0.57141, 0.57059, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.5726, 0.57407
What it said to watch
Loss of the 0.57141 session low shifts focus to the 0.57059 friday low and the 0.5700 psych level
Reclaim of the 0.5726 session high is needed before the 0.57407 friday high comes back into play
Westpac Consumer Survey at 21:00 GMT is the only NZ event on deck and could reset this read
Sub-4 pip ATR in early Asia means breaks of session extremes carry little confirmation until London
23:32 UTC
Sideways, no directional impulse · RSI 44 · price 0.57206
Gap-down open filled, price rotating inside a ~12 pip Asia range.
New week opened with a small gap below Friday's 0.57217 close, immediately filled into 0.57260 before fading back to 0.57206 — mid-range, RSI(14) neutral at ~44 and ATR(14) just 3.3 pips in thin Asia liquidity. Nothing structural in play: rotation between the 0.57146 asia low and 0.57260 asia high, with price pinned either side of EMA20 and the broader USD-firm tone from the Fed hike still the backdrop.
Support: 0.57146, 0.57065, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.5726, 0.57407
What it said to watch
Close below the 0.57146 asia low reopens the friday low at 0.57065 and the 0.57000 psych pivot
Acceptance above the 0.57260 asia high is needed before the 0.57407 prior high comes back into play
Westpac Consumer Survey (Mon 21:00 GMT) is the only NZ event on deck; thin Asia liquidity exaggerates moves until London open
23:18 UTC
Sideways after gap-down, no intraday trend · RSI 45 · price 0.57211
Early Asia range building above Friday's low; lower highs from 0.5740 intact.
Weekend gap opened at 0.57152, below Friday's 0.5722 close, and Asia has since chopped in a 0.57146–0.57260 range with ATR(14) near 3 pips and volumes minimal. Hawkish Fed repricing still caps rebounds, but there is no directional structure inside this session yet — RSI(14) mid-40s, price pinned on EMA20 with EMA50 just below.
Support: 0.57146, 0.57059, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.5726, 0.57407
What it said to watch
M15 close above the 0.57260 asia high would extend the recovery toward Friday's high at 0.57407
Loss of the 0.57146 asia low reopens the 0.57059 friday low and the 0.5700 psych pivot
Westpac Consumer Survey at 21:00 GMT is the only NZ event on deck and can break this thin range
ATR near 3 pips means levels are fragile until London hours add liquidity
23:05 UTC
Sideways after Friday's slide, no intraday direction · RSI 46 · price 0.57214
Thin Asia range 0.57146-0.57260, price mid-range.
Monday Asia opened with a small gap below Friday's 0.57217 close, then chopped back up into a 0.57146-0.57260 Asia range on very thin volume; last close 0.57214 sits mid-range, a shade under EMA20 with RSI(14) at 46. ATR(14) has compressed to under 2 pips — nothing structural in play until the Asia range breaks, with the hawkish-Fed backdrop still the dominant driver behind the kiwi's grind toward the 0.5700 area.
Support: 0.57146, 0.57059, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.5726, 0.57407
What it said to watch
M15 close above the asia high at 0.57260 would extend the recovery off the gap and put Friday's high at 0.57407 back in view
Loss of the asia low at 0.57146 re-exposes the friday low at 0.57059 and the 0.57000 psych pivot
Westpac Consumer Survey 21:00 GMT is the only NZ-side event that could break this compression
Sub-2 pip ATR means a single London-hours impulse can invalidate the range read
22:48 UTC
Sideways, no directional impulse · RSI 49 · price 0.57231
Thin Asia-open range after weekend gap, inside Friday's range.
Monday Asia opened with a small gap lower to 0.57141 before buyers recovered the whole move into 0.5726, leaving price mid-range at 0.57231 on very thin volume. RSI(14) is flat near 49 and ATR(14) just 3.3 pips — the kiwi is simply holding the 0.5710/0.5725 shelf carved out after the hawkish Fed repricing, with nothing structural in play yet.
Support: 0.57141, 0.57059, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.5726, 0.57407
What it said to watch
Close above the 0.57260 asia high would extend the recovery toward Friday's 0.57407 fri high
Loss of the 0.57141 asia low re-opens the 0.57059 fri low and the 0.5700 round number
Westpac Consumer Survey at 21:00 GMT is the only NZ event on deck and could break this thin range
ATR of ~3 pips reflects illiquid Asia-open conditions; ranges widen at the London handover
22:33 UTC
Drifting higher off a thin Asia open, no trend · RSI 52 · price 0.57248
Narrow early-Asia range after Monday gap-down was filled.
NZDUSD gapped down to 0.57152 at the Monday Asia open, filled it within four bars and is now pinned at 0.57248 just under the 0.57260 asia high. Volumes are minimal and ATR(14) is ~3 pips, so the 0.57141 asia low to 0.57260 band is the only live structure; Friday's 0.57407 high and 0.57059 friday low sit well outside it, with the 0.5700 psych pivot the deeper reference after the hawkish-Fed USD bid.
Support: 0.57141, 0.57059, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.5726, 0.57407
What it said to watch
Sustained M15 acceptance above the 0.57260 asia high would extend the Friday retracement toward 0.5734
Loss of the 0.57141 asia low re-opens the 0.57059 friday low and the 0.5700 psych pivot
Liquidity is thin until London; the first hour of London often invalidates Asian-range reads
Fed's Goolsbee and US yields later in the session are the main driver for this pair
22:18 UTC
Sideways, mild recovery off the gap low · RSI 52 · price 0.57248
Weekend gap down filled; price back inside Friday's late range.
Monday's Asia open gapped down to 0.57141 from Friday's 0.57217 close and has already filled it, printing a session high at 0.57260 on very thin volume. Price sits back inside Friday's late-session range with RSI(14) mid-band and ATR(14) near 3.8 pips — no intraday structure in play yet, the hawkish-Fed USD bid from last week still the backdrop.
Support: 0.57141, 0.57062, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.5726, 0.57407
What it said to watch
Loss of the 0.57141 asia low re-opens the 0.57062 friday low and the 0.57000 psych pivot
Sustained trade above the 0.57260 session high would extend the gap-fill toward Friday's range top
Thin early-Asia liquidity is exaggerating single-bar ranges; ATR-based expectations unreliable until London
Westpac Consumer Survey later today is the only NZ-side event that could reset this range
Gap-down Asia open below Friday's late range, no new impulse.
Monday's Asia session opened with a small weekend gap lower from Friday's 0.57217 close, spiked into the 0.57222 gap fill and was immediately sold back to 0.5715 on very thin volume. Price sits below EMA20 and EMA50 with RSI(14) near 36 and ATR(14) only ~3 pips — a compressed tape holding above the monday low at 0.57141, with the hawkish-Fed USD bid still framing the 0.5700 psych pivot beneath.
Support: 0.57141, 0.57059, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.57222, 0.5725, 0.57407
What it said to watch
Sustained M15 acceptance above the 0.57222 gap fill would negate the gap-down read and re-open 0.5725 prior high
Loss of the 0.57141 monday low exposes the friday low at 0.57059 and then the 0.5700 psych level
Westpac Consumer Survey at 21:00 GMT is the only NZ event in the next bars; thin Asia liquidity exaggerates moves until London
ATR(14) at ~3 pips — range expansion would signal the consolidation is resolving
21:47 UTC
Downtrend, drifting sideways at the lows · RSI 38 · price 0.5717
Weekend gap lower into a tight 0.5714-0.5722 opening range.
NZDUSD opened the Asia session with a small gap lower to 0.5714, spiked straight back to the 0.5722 gap fill and was rejected there, closing at 0.5717 below EMA20 and EMA50. ATR(14) is just ~3 pips in thin Wellington-open liquidity and RSI(14) at 38 — no structure beyond the opening range, which sits under Friday's 0.5726 late-session high after the hawkish-Fed USD bid capped the pair.
Support: 0.5714, 0.5706, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.5722, 0.5726, 0.5741
What it said to watch
Sustained close above the 0.5722 gap fill would neutralise the gap-lower read and put 0.5726 fri high back in play
Loss of 0.5714 asia low exposes 0.5706 fri low and the 0.5700 psych pivot
Westpac Consumer Survey at 21:00 GMT Monday is the only NZ event in range and could break this range
ATR near 3 pips means levels can be overrun quickly once London liquidity arrives
21:33 UTC
Soft downtrend, gap-lower open · RSI 29 · price 0.57152
Lower high into Friday's close, week opens with an unfilled gap beneath it, still inside Friday's range.
NZD/USD opened the new week ~6 pips lower at 0.5715 on thin Asia-open liquidity, extending Friday's fade off the 0.57407 friday high that followed the hawkish Fed repricing. Price is pinned between Friday's 0.57109 swing low and the 0.57217 gap fill, RSI(14) near 29 and ATR(14) under 3 pips — no developed session range yet.
Support: 0.57109, 0.57062, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.57217, 0.57259, 0.57407
What it said to watch
An M15 close back above 0.57217 completes the gap fill and re-opens the 0.57259 range top
Failure to hold the 0.57062 friday low confirms a lower low and exposes the 0.5700 psych level
Volume is minimal in these opening bars — first London hours will define whether the gap holds
Lower highs off 0.57407, gap-lower new-week open below Friday's close.
Friday ground down from the 0.57407 session high to 0.57059 before a late-session recovery capped at the 0.57259 session high; the new week has opened with a small gap lower, printing 0.57152 on 1-pip bars in near-zero Asian liquidity. Price sits below both EMA20 and EMA50 with RSI(14) near 30 and ATR(14) just ~3 pips — no intraday structure yet beyond the unfilled gap under the 0.57217 prior close.
Support: 0.57059, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.57217, 0.57259, 0.57407
What it said to watch
Reclaiming the 0.57217 prior close would fill the open gap and neutralise the lower-high sequence
Loss of 0.57059 friday low extends the downtrend toward the 0.5700 psych pivot
Bars this thin distort levels — first real test comes with Asia volume; Fed's Goolsbee (Mon 10:30 GMT) is the next USD input
21:06 UTC
Downtrend, momentum stalled into the close · RSI 33 · price 0.57161
Friday NY range 0.5706-0.5726; week opens in its lower half after a small gap down.
New week gapped a few pips lower to 0.57161 on near-zero liquidity, below Friday's close at 0.57217 and under EMA20/EMA50, with the Friday high at 0.57407 far above after the hawkish-Fed USD bid. Price is mid-range between the friday low at 0.57059 and the late-session high at 0.57259, RSI(14) around 33 and ATR(14) near 3 pips — flat Friday tape, nothing structural yet.
Support: 0.57059, 0.5700
Resistance: 0.57217, 0.57259, 0.57407
What it said to watch
Sustained trade back above 0.57217 (friday close) would close the gap and re-engage the 0.57259 session high
Loss of 0.57059 (friday low) confirms a lower low and exposes the 0.5700 pivot
Gap-open prints on 5 ticks of volume — first hour of Asia liquidity is needed before the level reads are reliable
Fed's Goolsbee Mon 10:30 UTC and Westpac Consumer Survey Mon 21:00 GMT are the next drivers for this pair