In our live webinar today we were focusing on trading the NZDUSD currency pair using the MACD indicator. During the session an excellent question came in asking the following: “When the MACD is as negative as it is on this pair, isn’t it a warning to be careful for a reversal?”

For what prompted this question, see the chart below…

While I would agree that the MACD is extended and in very bearish territory, I would not be using this signal as a reason for not shorting the pair and potentially taking a long position. In fact, I would be looking at this signal as a reason to short the pair.

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We must remember that simply because a price chart or an indicator is extended, that is, in an area that it has not been in before or has not been in for a while, that does not mean that there will be a reversal. While a reversal potentially could occur, the greater likelihood is that the pair will continue in the direction of the trend. This may occur after a retracement but to anticipate a reversal based on a strong downtrend is not what we as trend traders do.

In this instance, remember one of our trading axioms: Don’t try to predict what might happen, react to what is happening. And what is happening currently with the NZDUSD pair is that it is in a downtrend, As such we would look for reasons to sell the pair.