On 2026-07-27, NZD/USD closed at 0.57985, up 0.42% on the day. It trades at 42.1% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 52.95 is in the 58th percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +2.80% in the 81st percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -28.6% of open interest, in the 0th percentile of its own two-year range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 0.57594 / 0.57952 / 0.5822, with price +0.68% / +0.06% / -0.40% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.55842–0.60933; it closed 4.84% below the high and 3.84% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.423% daily, in the 7th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00485 (48.5 pips), 0.84% of price. It has returned -0.71% over 5 days and -1.83% over 60 days.
=== NZD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.57985 +0.423% · positioning net%OI -28.6% (0th pct — near bottom of own 134w range (band bottoms at -28.6%))
cross-signal: flow signals align NZD/USD up: 20d return, daily %
price & change (as of 2026-07-27, prior 2026-07-24)
close 0.57985
change +0.00244 (+0.423%, +24.4 pips)
gap +0.00278 (+27.8 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-07-27)
range 0.00317 (31.7 pips)
close pos 62.8% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-07-27)
20d MA 0.57594 price above by +0.68%
50d MA 0.57952 price above by +0.06%
200d MA 0.58220 price below by -0.40%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 200d > 50d > 20d
volatility (as of 2026-07-27)
20d stdev 0.423% daily ≈ 6.7% annualized (×√252) (7th pct of own history, since 2003 (5838 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.71× (0.423% vs 0.595% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-07-27)
ATR(14) 0.00485 (48.5 pips)
ATR% 0.84% (18th pct of own history, since 2003 (5844 obs))
range/ATR 65.4%
52-week range (as of 2026-07-27)
high 0.60933 (-4.84% from high)
low 0.55842 (+3.84% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-07-27)
RSI(14) 52.95 (58th pct of own history, since 2003 (5844 obs))
returns (as of 2026-07-27)
5d return -0.71%
20d return +2.80%
60d return -1.83%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 0.9269% (from 2003-12-01)
ZIRP-2009 0.8375%
tightening-2015 0.6352%
ZIRP-2019 0.6132%
tightening-2022 0.7299%
easing-2024 0.5950%
positioning (as of 2026-07-21)
next COT as of 2026-07-28 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net -31,086 contracts (net short NZD)
net % OI -28.6%
net%OI range -28.6% … +28.5% (own 134w)
w/w change -2,084
rate differential (NZD–USD policy)
NZD (RBNZ_OCR) 2.50% (set 2026-07-08, announced target)
next RBNZ 2026-09-02 (37 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-07-24, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-07-29 (2 days)
differential -1.13% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-07-27)
vs DXY -0.74
vs S&P 500 +0.44
vs DXY beta -1.14 (26w)