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AUD/USD bought after not-so-dovish RBA

It's been almost two years since RBA last adjusted its cash rate. The rate remains at 1.50% after today's meeting and probably will for some time to come. Their outlook hasn't changed much. They're still expecting wages and inflation to pick up. Main risks being international trade wars, (lack of) domestic household consumption and debt levels. AUD/USD is up about 50 pips since the release, after not-so-dovish message by the bank.
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Aussie unimpressed as RBA remains neutral

At today's meeting, RBA decided to keep the cash rate on the record low of 1.5%. The accompanying statement is similar to the previous one, highlighting both upside and downside risks. The paragraph on the Australian dollar is unchanged.
The reaction was to sell Aussie on lack of any clear hawkish signal but, since the statement didn't deteriorate, selling didn't extend much lower. Area between 100 DMA and 0.78 held and European traders took AUD/USD back above the big figure. 0.7825 - 0.785 is t…
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NZD/USD to continue floating

Monthly chart:
In January, the pair has busted 100 month SMA, 38.2% retracement of 2009 to 2011 uptrend and the low of the 2011 - 2014 trading range around 0.7350. February and March were more or less range-bound. Support is now firmly established at 0.7175 with more at 0.70 level and 50.0% retracement (of 2009 to 2011 uptrend) at 0.6868. March candle signals indecision and direction is not clear at the moment.
Weekly chart:
The pair mostly traded in 0.7175 - 0.7600 range in February and March.…
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al_dcdemo 19 Apr.

UPDATE 6: New Zealand CPI report will be released early on Monday but even if it comes out weaker than expected, the dip will likely be bought into as commodity weakness is still regarded as temporary. Provided that the Dollar pullback continues, any declines should not extend past 50 and 100 DMA, which are serving as an additional level of support below 0.76. On the topside, 200 DMA shall offer decent resistance.

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al_dcdemo 25 Apr.

UPDATE 7: Kiwi was the laggard among major pairs in the past week but still has lost only about a cent. Weak CPI report, RBNZ jawboning and option expires were cited as the main culprits for the decline. Even though it closed the week (just) below pivotal 0.76 level, it still managed to preserve foothold above 50 and 100 DMA, so the technical picture doesn't look bearish at all.

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al_dcdemo 26 Apr.

UPDATE 8: There's quite a few important US, NZ and Chinese data releases in the week ahead that may impact the pair but the main events are RBNZ (Official Cash Rate and Rate Statement) and FOMC, both on Wednesday. Technically, the pair is right in the middle of 7-month trading range. It is contained by 50 and 100 DMA on the downside and 200 DMA on the upside. Whichever side will give way first, will likely determine direction for the next leg.

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al_dcdemo 30 Apr.

UPDATE 9: The pair fell in the early Asian session today, after RBNZ adopted conditional dovish stance. As widely expected, they have also talked the currency down, but its questionable if and to what extent this kind of "jawboning" works in current weaker Dollar environment. The pair is holding 0.76 pretty well and if there won't be any significant month-end flows overnight, it will most likely close the week above the level.

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UPDATE 10: If it weren't for New Zealand finance minister English comments overnight in which he "invited" RBNZ to ease monetary policy, the pair would most likely held above 0.76 level. It didn't fell much though and there wasn't any follow-through on that in European session. The pair ends forecast period roughly 50 pips below the target, which I'm quite happy about, even more so because the pair nicely conformed to the prediction outline.

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