Friday 16 January 2009

Trade Entry: AUD/NZD Long Position, 16-Jan-09

Security: Spot FX (mini) AUD/NZD
Direction: Long
Opening Price: 1.22885
Contract: 1 (mini)
Opening Contract Value: AUD$10,000 (NZ$12,288.5)
Stop Level: 1.2000
Amount Risked: NZ$288.5
Interest rate differential fee: -0.75% p.a.

Technical Justifications:
  1. Standard & Poor’s warned that it could downgrade the country’s foreign currency debt rating, sending the Kiwi dollar on a downward spiral against other currencies; and NZ central bank expected to cut rates by at least 100 basis points on January 29, see here.
  2. There is a breakout on the daily chart resulting in a 1-month high for the pair.

Chart

AUDNZD Spot Mini - Daily

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