EUR/AUD is slightly higher today but technical analysts at Citi say the pair is poised to fall over the coming month.

EURAUD daily technical analysis chart

They target the confluence of the 55-day moving average and the 50% retracement of the gains since April. Eventually, they say the pair could drop as low as the 200-day moving average, which is currently at 1.2779.

They say the gains will largely come from euro weakness on rising periphery spreads but say AUD short squeezes could also be a factor.

I think it’s too early to be on an AUD bounce but the Australian dollar is beginning to form a nice base around 0.9200.