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GBPAUD Trade Idea

Luke Suddards
Luke Suddards
Research Strategist
21 Feb 2022
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GBPAUD is looking interesting, with plenty of volatility for one to find opportunities. Read below to find out more.
GBPAUD is an interesting FX cross, both sensitive to risk with AUD probably taking the slight edge over GBP in this department. Today’s solid flash PMIs out from the UK show the economy continues to leave omicron in the rear view mirror. Prime Minister Johnson is also set to imminently reveal the removal of all legal covid restrictions for England, however, some wrangling is going on between the treasury and the health department. In terms of data we get a really important print for Australian in terms of Q4 wages this week. The reason for its significance is due to the RBA’s guidance on inflation sustainability being tied to growth in wages. Inflation is above the 2-3% target band, however, the RBA deem it premature to see this as entrenched given weak wage growth (currently running at 2.2% YoY). If the RBA hold back their policy normalization cycle this should allow a widening in rate differentials between GBP and AUD. However, given the lower expectations for the AUD, this does pose a risk for a sharp reversal and spread compression. We saw the euro strengthen with the hawkish pivot by the ECB. AUD positioning is also very net short which poses a short squeeze risk.
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(Source: Tradingview - Past performance is not indicative of future performance.)

What are the charts telling us? I’ve got the 4 hour time frame up. There’s a big bearish engulfing candle at present which took us through the uptrend line. I’ve drawn in a support zone (orange area) as opposed to a line due to the range bound behaviour within it. There is also a triangle structure which has formed which doesn’t tend to have a directional bias, but does precede breakouts. If the lower bound of the orange range support zone breaks, then a short framework would take hold. In terms of targets on the upside, I’d like to see what price does around the 200-day SMA and 50-day SMA (around 1.893/4). Higher than that within the ascending channel we have some horizontal resistance around the 1.896/7 level.


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