Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)

Dollar index trading at 97.15 (-0.02%)

Strength meter (today so far) – Aussie -0.16%, Kiwi -0.29%, Loonie -0.40%

Strength meter (since last week) – Aussie +1.21%, Kiwi +2.04%, Loonie -0.39%

AUD/USD –

Trading at 0.767

Trend meter –

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

Support –

• Long term – 0.683, Medium term – 0.72, Short term – 0.73

Resistance –

• Long term – 0.782, Medium term – 0.765, Short term – 0.765

Economic release today –

• Retail sales grew by 0.6 percent in September.

Commentary –

• The Australian dollar continues to struggle to break key resistance. Active call – Buy AUD/USD at 0.752 and at dip with the stop loss at 0.71 and the target at 0.82

NZD/USD –

Trading at 0.731

Trend meter –

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

Support –

• Long term – 0.66, Medium term – 0.69, Short term – 0.69

Resistance –

• Long term – 0.8, Medium term – 0.76, Short term – 0.73

Economic release today –

• NIL

Commentary –

• The kiwi continues to rise as the milk prices soared. The kiwi is the best performer of the week. We expect kiwi to rise towards 0.81 area.

 USD/CAD –

Trading at 1.344

Trend meter –

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

Support –

• Long term – 1.248, Medium term – 1.25 , Short term – 1.25

Resistance –

• Long term – 1.38, Medium term – 1.345, Short term – 1.345

Economic release today –

• NIL

Commentary –   

• The Canadian dollar is the worst performer of the week. We expect the loonie to reach 1.375 and 1.4.