GBP/AUD Down 92 Pips; Nears 20 Day Moving Average
Relative to other instruments in the forex asset class, gbp/aud ranked 34th yesterday in terms of percentage price change.
(Last Updated January 18, 2021)
Welcome to the news page for GBPAUD (GBPAUD). Below you’ll find our daily market updates. Here’s a technical and fundamental summary of where things currently stand:
metric_name | reference_period | asset_name | asset_id | date | time | forecast | outcome |
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Australia HIA New Home Sales MoM | Dec 2020 | Australian Dollar | AUD | 2021-01-19 | 00:00 GMT | ||
United Kingdom BoE Haldane Speech | NA | British Pound | GBP | 2021-01-19 | 18:00 GMT | ||
Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence Change | Jan 2021 | Australian Dollar | AUD | 2021-01-19 | 23:30 GMT | ||
Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence Index | Jan 2021 | Australian Dollar | AUD | 2021-01-19 | 23:30 GMT | ||
United Kingdom Inflation Rate MoM | Dec 2020 | British Pound | GBP | 2021-01-20 | 07:00 GMT | 0.2% |
On GBPAUD, there is currently a downtrend on the 90 and 30 day timeframes.
GBPAUD’s moving averages suggest the trend on a number of time horizons is bearish.
The chart below illustrates.
As for assets in the Forex asset class GBPAUD has been correlated to over the past week, it has demonstrated the strongest correlation with GBPNZD. Over the past 14 days, however, the asset showing the strongest correlation to GBPAUD is NZDJPY. Alternatively, the asset least correlated with GBPAUD over the past week has been EURNOK, but if we observe the prior two weeks, EURGBP has been the asset least correlated with GBPAUD. The chart below illustrates GBPAUD against its least correlated assets.
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At the time of this writing, GBPAUD’s rate is up 173 pips (0.99%) from the week prior. Moreover, note that this is a reversal of the price action on the previous week, in which price moved down. Regarding the trend, note that the strongest trend exists on the 10 week timeframe. Looking further out, the moving averages on the weekly timeframe suggest a choppiness in price, as the are all in a mixed alignment — meaning the trend across timeframes is inconsistent, indicating a potential opportunity for rangebound traders. The weekly chart below shows GBPAUD’s price action over the past year.
Monthly trend: strongest on the 120 month timeframe.
Relative to other instruments in the forex asset class, gbp/aud ranked 34th yesterday in terms of percentage price change.
Out of the 40 instruments in the forex asset class, gbp/aud ended up ranking 8th for the day in terms of day-over-day price change.
Related to the moving average crossover is that gbp/aud may have broken its trend on the 30 day basis, as the trend’s momentum appears to be slowing down.
Trade: entry potential at convulsion of the d1 resistance area (green dash line), keltner median channel line and the 50% fib level with sl at a few pips above last week high….
As for the rationale, technical traders seem to be citing the appearance of a triangle technical pattern.
This imputes a buy/sell ratio of 1.07, which is neutral.
As for the rationale, technical traders seem to be citing the appearance of a channel technical pattern.
Now we are waiting for breakout of the corrective structure as a confirmation to enter the short position….