Fading Aussie strength (Apr 10)
Fundamentals & Sentiment
AUD:
Australia has beaten its neighbor in terms of robustness of the economy, with Services PMI and Avg Cash Earnings sustaining upward momentum best. Such economic performance also translated into better GDP QoQ growth paving the way for AUD to outperform NZD for the last 2 months and propelling the pair higher. It's also vividly reflected in expected rate differentials.
NZD: The rate decision is supposed to clear the air around further outlook on NZD, giving the room for market internals to play out, while AUD bulls should be attracted to takes some profits, correcting the uptrend.
Technical & Other
Setup: TR(B)
Setup timeframe: 4h
Trigger: 4h
Medium-term: UP
Long-term: Uptrend
Min target: support
Risk: 0.25%
Entry: Limit
AUD:
Australia has beaten its neighbor in terms of robustness of the economy, with Services PMI and Avg Cash Earnings sustaining upward momentum best. Such economic performance also translated into better GDP QoQ growth paving the way for AUD to outperform NZD for the last 2 months and propelling the pair higher. It's also vividly reflected in expected rate differentials.
NZD: The rate decision is supposed to clear the air around further outlook on NZD, giving the room for market internals to play out, while AUD bulls should be attracted to takes some profits, correcting the uptrend.
Technical & Other
Setup: TR(B)
Setup timeframe: 4h
Trigger: 4h
Medium-term: UP
Long-term: Uptrend
Min target: support
Risk: 0.25%
Entry: Limit
Trade active:
Had to reenter at 1.0901 today as my stop was touched due to the abnormal spread during the rollover last week
Trade closed manually:
The pair is holding above 1.0907 - local range boundary. I don't want to leave the position overnight if it's not in profit by the end of the session