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AUD/CAD technical analysis

Both charts depict the AUD/CAD currency pair over different timeframes, offering a comprehensive view of its price action. Key features include price action analysis, Z-Score, Sentiment indicator and trend analysis.

This chart spans a broader timeframe, from approximately June 2024 to late April 2025. This longer view is crucial for understanding the overall trend and key support/resistance levels.

Trend analysis

Downtrend Dominance: The primary trend is clearly bearish (downtrend). The price has exhibited a consistent decline from the highs in mid-2024 towards the lows in late April 2025.

Support Level Breach: A critical horizontal support level (indicated by the red line around 0.88) has been decisively broken. This breakdown signifies strong selling pressure and suggests further downside potential.

Resistance Level: A key resistance level is marked by the green dotted line around 0.93. The price has struggled to break above this level, reinforcing the bearish sentiment.

Price action analysis

Lower Highs and Lower Lows: The chart exhibits a classic pattern of lower highs and lower lows, a hallmark of a downtrend. Each successive peak and trough is lower than the previous one.

Sharp Sell-off: The most recent price action shows a sharp and significant sell-off in April, confirming the strength of the downtrend and the breakdown of the support level.

Volatility: The volatility appears to have increased significantly during the recent sell-off, indicated by the larger price swings.

Indicator analysis (Z-Score)

Oscillator Behavior: The Z-Score is an oscillator that helps identify overbought and oversold conditions. Bearish The indicator shows a general trend of bearish momentum, with the red line often below the zero line.

This chart provides a closer look at the price action from around October 2024 to late April 2025 for a more detailed examination of the recent downtrend.

Trend analysis

Descending Trendline: A clear descending trendline (drawn in blue) highlights the bearish trend. The price has repeatedly bounced off this trendline, confirming its validity as a dynamic resistance level. The recent sharp sell-off has broken below the descending trendline, further solidifying the bearish momentum. This reinforces the downtrend observed in Chart 1, providing a more detailed perspective of the recent decline.

Price action analysis

Consolidation and Breakdown: The price action shows a period of consolidation before the sharp breakdown. The price was trading in a range before the strong bearish move.

Strong Bearish Candles: The recent sell-off is characterized by strong bearish candles, indicating significant selling pressure.

New lows: The price has made new lows, confirming the strength of the downtrend.

Sentiment Indicator Analysis: This indicator measures bullish and bearish sentiment. The indicator predominantly shows red bars (bearish sentiment), which aligns with the overall downtrend in the price action. The increasing height of the red bars in the recent sell-off indicates the rising intensity of bearish sentiment.

Integrated analysis

Both charts converge to paint a strongly bearish picture for AUD/CAD. The longer-term chart establishes the overarching downtrend and significant support level breakdown, while the shorter-term chart provides a detailed view of the descending trendline break and the surge in bearish sentiment.

Potential for Further Downside: The combination of trendline breaks, support level breaches, strong bearish candles, and dominant bearish sentiment suggests the potential for further downside movement in AUD/CAD. While the bearish signals are strong, it's essential to exercise caution.

Potential bullish divergences should be monitored for any signs of a reversal. Traders should seek confirmation of continued bearish momentum before entering short positions and consider risk management strategies.

The AUD/CAD currency pair is currently in a well-defined downtrend. Recent price action has seen a significant breakdown of key support levels and a surge in bearish sentiment. The analysis of both charts, coupled with indicator analysis, strongly favors continued bearish momentum. Traders should closely monitor price action for any signs of reversal but, based on the provided data, the prevailing trend suggests further downside potential.

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