Looking at high conviction trades – Westpac

By FXStreet Analysts at Westpac explained that their small portfolio of bearish euro trades – long USD/CHF & short EUR/USD – were stopped out at 0.9840 and 1.1110 respectively after Draghi signalled that the ECB has no plans to ease again.

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“The lack of any meaningful EUR downside even as growth and policy differentials with the US start to palpably re-widen remains a deep a source of frustration. That said, still wedded to an eventual downside break below 1.08, though with the ECB unlikely to be the catalyst the onus falls on the Fed. 2016 Fed hike odds have risen to a more reasonable +30bp by Dec but still remain on the undercooked side vs our base case (+50bp, though our official call is +75bp). Soft retail sales aside US data trends near term should continue to pressure Fed odds higher, a strong read for March Fed Empire new orders signaling that the fever in manufacturing may be breaking and our US data surprise index still some distance from hitting peak levels.

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Source:: FX Street