Aussie dollar to decline despite RBA’s status quo – FxWirePro’s option trades on triumph

From a central bank perspective, the main change since we last published has been a shift in the RBA’s commentary on the economy. The RBA has dropped references to 3% GDP growth in recent communications, preferring to note that recent data “are consistent with ongoing moderate growth.”

At the same time, the RBA has also acknowledged the recent lift in the unemployment rate. So while the RBA is yet to officially downgrade growth forecasts, it certainly feels as if the distribution of risks to the forecast set are starting to tilt to the downside. We continue to expect 50bp of cuts from the RBA in 2H17.

We forecast AUD to JPY 79 and against USD at 0.69 levels even if the RBA does not deliver easings in 2H17, three hikes from the Fed in 2017 will still leave minimal carry support for AUD (refer above chart), which is particularly important given its vulnerability to a turn in China’s momentum or adverse developments in global trade.

Please be noted as to how much the underlying pair has tumbled in spot FX markets in the recent times, we’ve run through in our technical write up, please go through following weblink:

http://www.econotimes.com/FxWirePro-AUD-JPY-tumbles-below-DMAs-with-bearish-engulfing-shooting-star-appears-exactly-at-50-Fibos-in-major-trend--Use-tunnel-spreads-to-trade-709385

Accordingly, in the recent past, we’ve already advocated options strategies to arrest the bearish risks. For more details on our previous write up on this stance please visit below weblink:

http://www.econotimes.com/FxWirePro-AUD-JPY-macros-outlook-and-option-trades-perspectives-685318

Well, by now you must’ve been convinced what would our previous strategy have earned or saved your trading exposure in this underlying pair of AUDJPY. Subsequently, for now, we continue to uphold these option trade recommendations with a view to tackling both short-term as well as the long-term puzzling trend:

Hold a 6M 80.00 AUDJPY one-touch put, short a 3M in premium-rebate notional.

Hold 3M AUDUSD ATM vs short 1Y AUDJPY 25D Put, 1.5:1 AUD vega.