On 2026-08-11, NZD/USD closed at 0.58882, unchanged on the day. It trades at 59.7% of its 52-week range. Its RSI(14) of 61.16 is in the 81st percentile of its history since 2003, and its 20-day return of +2.17% in the 76th percentile. Leveraged-money positioning is net -29.7% of open interest, at 0% of its own two-year positioning range. It is trading above its 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 0.58407 / 0.57875 / 0.58277, with price +0.81% / +1.74% / +1.04% against them. Its 52-week range is 0.55842–0.60933; it closed 3.37% below the high and 5.44% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 0.488% daily, in the 18th percentile of its history since 2003. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 0.00448 (44.8 pips), 0.76% of price. It has returned +0.36% over 5 days and +0.24% over 60 days.
=== NZD/USD (pip 0.0001) ===
>> close 0.58882 +0.003% · price > all MAs; positioning net%OI -29.7% (near bottom of own 136w range (band bottoms at -29.7%))
price & change (as of 2026-08-11, prior 2026-08-10)
close 0.58882
change +0.00002 (+0.003%, +0.2 pips)
gap +0.00002 (+0.2 pips) (cross-session move on continuous FX; not a feed gap)
range (as of 2026-08-11)
range 0.00255 (25.5 pips)
close pos 74.1% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-11)
20d MA 0.58407 price above by +0.81%
50d MA 0.57875 price above by +1.74%
200d MA 0.58277 price above by +1.04%
price > all MAs
stack: 20d > 200d > 50d
volatility (as of 2026-08-11)
20d stdev 0.488% daily ≈ 7.7% annualized (×√252) (18th pct of own history, since 2003 (5849 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 0.82× (0.488% vs 0.594% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-11)
ATR(14) 0.00448 (44.8 pips)
ATR% 0.76% (11th pct of own history, since 2003 (5855 obs))
range/ATR 57.0%
52-week range (as of 2026-08-11)
high 0.60933 (-3.37% from high)
low 0.55842 (+5.44% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-11)
RSI(14) 61.16 (81st pct of own history, since 2003 (5855 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-11)
5d return +0.36%
20d return +2.17%
60d return +0.24%
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 0.5936%
positioning (as of 2026-08-04)
next COT as of 2026-08-11 (released ~that Fri, later if a holiday intervenes)
net -30,290 contracts (net short NZD)
net % OI -29.7%
net%OI range -29.7% … +28.5% (own 136w)
w/w change -263
rate differential (NZD–USD policy)
NZD (RBNZ_OCR) 2.50% (set 2026-07-08, announced target)
next RBNZ 2026-09-02 (22 days)
USD (EFFR) 3.63% (as of 2026-08-11, daily effective)
next Fed 2026-09-16 (36 days)
differential -1.13% (base−quote)
cross-asset corr (26w weekly returns; async daily closes cap the magnitude) (as of 2026-08-11)
vs DXY -0.76
vs S&P 500 +0.51
vs DXY beta -1.03 (26w)