Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)

Dollar index trading at 95.79 (+0.04%)

Strength meter (today so far) – Aussie +0.31%, Kiwi +0.16%, Loonie -0.01%

Strength meter (since last week) – Aussie +0.67%, Kiwi +0.45%, Loonie -0.23%

AUD/USD –

Trading at 0.709

Trend meter –

• Long term – Range/Sell, Medium term – Buy, Short term – Range/Buy

Support –

• Long term – 0.67, Medium term – 0.7, Short term – 0.72 (broken)

Resistance –

• Long term – 0.825, Medium term – 0.79, Short term – 0.75

Economic release today –

• NIL

Commentary –

• The Australian dollar is likely to decline further as the emerging market woes and strong dollar continues to dominate.

NZD/USD -

Trading at 0.646

Trend meter -

• Lthe ong term – Sell, Medium term – Sell, Short term – Range/Sell

Support –

• Long term – 0.62, Medium term – 0.65, Short term – 0.65

Resistance –

• Long term – 0.725, Medium term – 0.7, Short term – 0.675

Economic release today –

• Electronic card retail sales report will be released at 21:45 GMT.

Commentary –

• The New Zealand dollar remains under pressure as RBNZ vows to keep rate at this level through 2019 and 2020. Active Call - Sell kiwi targeting 0.59 area.

 USD/CAD –

Trading at 1.296

Trend meter –

• Long term – sell, Medium term – sell, Short term – Range/Buy

Support –

• Long term – 1.26, Medium term – 1.29, Short term – 1.29 (broken)

Resistance –

• Long term – 1.35, Medium term – 1.33, Short term – 1.32

Economic release today –

• NIL

Commentary –

• Loonie is the worst performer of the week due to ailing oil sector. Active Call - Sell USD/CAD at 1.314 targeting 1.25 area.