As it was expected, the currency pair failed to pass through the 200-hour SMA from the first attempt.
Upside risks keep pressuring NZD/USD northwards for the third consecutive trading session.
The US Dollar was trading chaotically on Friday, as the rate managed to dash through the 55– and 100-hour SMAs on several occasions.
The trading session on Friday started rather calmly, as the Australian Dollar remained near the upper boundary of a short-term ascending channel.
Despite showing some signs of recovery on Friday, the Euro failed to move above the 200-hour SMA and was thus pushed even lower down to the 131.76 mark.
Due to increase of the US Consumer Price Index, the yellow metal continued to advance against the buck simultaneously in two ascending channels.
In accordance with expectations, the currency exchange rate continued to move to the south within one-week long descending channel.
Although the US data release, in general, appeared to be worse than expected, the upside momentum was not strong enough to push the pair above the monthly PP at 1.3322.
In line with expectations, the currency pair continued to move horizontally in anticipation of release of information about the US CPI.
Upside risks remained dominant in the market mid-Thursday, as the New Zealand Dollar managed to dash through a combined resistance of the weekly PP and the 200-hour SMA circa 0.7115.
The second half of Thursday did not see massive changes to USD/CAD, as the rate was fluctuating between the 55-hour SMA and the weekly S1.
The Australian Dollar continues to appreciate against the US Dollar for the second consecutive session.
After reaching the upper boundary of the ascending channel late on Wednesday, the Euro went for a massive intraday fall down to its bottom boundary.
Although the Bureau of Labour Statistics released a better than expected US Core PPI, the buck did not manage to make any significant advances against the yellow metal yesterday.
In line with expectations, the currency pair one more time failed to break through a combined resistance formed by the 55-, 100- and 200-hour SMAs that were slipping along the upper boundary of a recently formed descending channel.
The British Pound had a very challenging trading session yesterday. Due to comments made by the EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier about a "deadlock" in Brexit negotiations the Sterling lost 116 basis points against the Greenback just in couple of hours.
After surging for more than a week in a minor rising wedge pattern, the currency rate made an expected breakout near the monthly PP 1.1875.
Following a short-term consolidation period in force since October 6, the Kiwi finally managed to break out of its narrow trading range and test the 200-hour SMA.
USD/CAD was restricted by a strong resistance area formed by the 200-, 55– and 100-hour SMAs and the weekly PP circa 1.2520.
The AUD/USD exchange rate was moving sideways for two trading sessions, as it was unable to move past the weekly PP at 0.7796.
The second half of Wednesday's trading session was dominated by bulls which managed to push the rate up to the weekly R2 at 133.58.
In line with expectations, the pair continued to move in a limbo between the weekly R1 and R2 in anticipation of release of the FOMC meeting minutes.
As it was expected, after reaching the weekly S1 at 112.19 traders tried to push the rate to the top.
In accordance with expectations, the currency exchange rate was consolidating before a release of the Fed meeting minutes.