Morning all! - APAC stocks traded higher in continued thin conditions as many regional bourses remained closed for holidays. - RBNZ kept the OCR at 2.25%, as expected, and the central bank refrained from any hawkish surprises; NZD heavily underperforms. - US VP Vance said in

Original source ↗ | February 18, 2026 at 06:46 UTC | Twitter - @Newsquawk

Here are the actionable trade ideas extracted from the provided tweets:

IDEA [1] TICKER: NZD DIRECTION: short THESIS: The RBNZ kept rates unchanged as expected and refrained from hawkish surprises, leading to significant underperformance of the NZD. SPEAKER: @Newsquawk TIMEFRAME: short-term

IDEA [5] TICKER: NVDA DIRECTION: long THESIS: Nvidia is expanding its presence and commitments in India to build AI capacity, indicating potential for future growth in a key emerging market. SPEAKER: @business TIMEFRAME: medium-term

IDEA [7] TICKER: ETH DIRECTION: short THESIS: Peter Thiel's exit from Ethereum (ETH

Trade Ideas

Ticker	Direction	Speaker	Thesis	Time
NZD	SHORT	@Newsquawk	The RBNZ kept rates unchanged as expected and refrained from hawkish surprises, leading to significant underperformance of the NZD.	—