AUD to stay range-bound ahead of RBA decision


At one stage yesterday, after the disappointing retail sales data, the market was pricing in a 102%…

Gold could come to the rescue of beleaguered AUD


The bears are rampant in the AUD at the moment and there seems to be no prospect of any sort of…

AUD sliding after disappointing retail sales data


AUD/USD is hunting for stops near .8850 after disappointing retail sales data all-but confirmed an…

AUD/USD: Likely to range trade ahead of RBA tomorrow


AUD/USD still looks technically extremely oversold but no sign of a bottom forming. AUD/NZD has…

NZD falls hard on Fonterra tainted milk scare


The dairy industry is very important to New Zealand and Fonterra is their biggest dairy exporter.…

NZD/USD under pressure in early European trade


Technical resistance around 78.60 in NZD/JPY (see chart) has held nicely and straight NZD/USD has…

AUD: Media speculation ahead of economic statement


There is some speculation floating around in Australian media ahead of the 1pm economic statement,…

AUD/USD: Need to look to weekly charts for some support levels, .8775 next big one


There is a prior weekly low + a long Fibo at .8775 which is the next technical target (see chart).

AUD outlook: Friday August 2nd; selling rallies favoured on crosses


AUD/USD: Failure to re-take prior lows at .9010/35 has the bears still in technical control.…

AUD/JPY: Feels ready for short squeeze


I know that picking bottoms is a dangerous occupation but I must say that AUD/JPY is starting to…

AUD/USD: Decent bids holding for now but interbank dealers still bearish


The local interbank dealers are uniformly bearish on AUD/USD this morning and say it's only a…

AUD/USD flows: Decent sized bids appearing below .8950


This morning's initial sell-off has been stalled by some decent bids which appeared below .8950. It…

EUR, CHF and JPY bullish; GBP and AUD bearish


The FOMC had centre stage last night and their slightly dovish twist has had a mixed effect on the…

AUD/USD staying heavy but .9000 remains untested today


The market is all beared up again on the AUD and local banks are now calling for another 2 rate…

AUD/JPY takes out previous trend lows


AUD/JPY has broken marginally below previous trend lows at 88.95 whilst AUD/USD is trading near…

EUR/AUD: Next major technical target at 1.50


Remember the beautiful basing formation on the weekly chart (see chart)! Well most of the oversold…

AUD crosses failing to bounce at all


EUR/AUD is 200 pips higher on the day and showing no signs of weariness just yet. AUD/JPY has…

AUD/USD likely to re-test .9000


Mr Stevens did what all good central bankers do and talked his currency lower. Stops were triggered…